A Collection of Poems ...Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1758 |
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... give them vent .. Ye Nymphs , he cry'd , ye Dryads , who fo long Have favour'd , Damon , and infpir'd his fong ; For whom , retir'd , I fhun the gay reforts Of fportful cities , and of pompous courts ; In vain I bid the restless world ...
... give them vent .. Ye Nymphs , he cry'd , ye Dryads , who fo long Have favour'd , Damon , and infpir'd his fong ; For whom , retir'd , I fhun the gay reforts Of fportful cities , and of pompous courts ; In vain I bid the restless world ...
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... give no blifs fincere : Wealth is disturb'd by care , and pow'r by fear . Of all the paffions that employ the mind , In gentle Love the sweetest joys we find ; Yet e'en those joys dire Jealousy molefts , And blackens each fair image in ...
... give no blifs fincere : Wealth is disturb'd by care , and pow'r by fear . Of all the paffions that employ the mind , In gentle Love the sweetest joys we find ; Yet e'en those joys dire Jealousy molefts , And blackens each fair image in ...
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... gives me skill to fing ; Though far unequal to those polish'd strains , With which thy Congreve charm'd the lift'ning plains , Yet shall its mufick please thy partial ear , And footh thy breast with thoughts that once were dear ; Recall ...
... gives me skill to fing ; Though far unequal to those polish'd strains , With which thy Congreve charm'd the lift'ning plains , Yet shall its mufick please thy partial ear , And footh thy breast with thoughts that once were dear ; Recall ...
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... give . Whose people vain in want , in bondage bleft , Tho ' plunder'd , gay ; industrious , though opprefs'd ; With happy follies rise above their fate , The jeft and envy of each wiser state . Yet here the Mufes deign'd awhile to sport ...
... give . Whose people vain in want , in bondage bleft , Tho ' plunder'd , gay ; industrious , though opprefs'd ; With happy follies rise above their fate , The jeft and envy of each wiser state . Yet here the Mufes deign'd awhile to sport ...
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... give . ********************** SON G. Written in the Year 1732. By the Same . I. HEN DELIA on the plain appears , WH Aw'd by a thousand tender fears , I wou'd approach , but dare not move ; Tell me , my Heart , if this be Love ? II ...
... give . ********************** SON G. Written in the Year 1732. By the Same . I. HEN DELIA on the plain appears , WH Aw'd by a thousand tender fears , I wou'd approach , but dare not move ; Tell me , my Heart , if this be Love ? II ...
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ARCHIMAGE bards Bavius beſt bleft blifs bluſh boaſt bofom breaſt Britiſh cauſe charms cou'd defire Delia delight difdain Druids eaſe Edward EPIGRAM erft Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fage fair falfe fame fenfe fhade fhall fhine fing firft firſt flame flave flow'ry fmiles foft fome fong fons foon footh form'd foul fov'reign fpirit ftill ftream fuch fure fweet GARTER gen'rous glorious glory heart heav'n heav'nly honour immortal infpire juft juftice king lefs loft lov'd lyre mind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt nature's o'er paffion pain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride prince publick rage raiſe reafon reft rife ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhould sk sk ſmile ſpread ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtore ſweet thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thro throne toils train truth uſe verſe vex'd virtue virtue's whofe whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh wou'd
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Side 269 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Side 267 - That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage: Lo! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, Th
Side 79 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove...
Side 265 - Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty: Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign And unknown regions dare descry: Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.
Side 264 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Side 46 - Tell me, my heart, if this be love? If she some other youth commend, Though I was once his fondest friend, His instant enemy I prove: Tell me, my heart, if this be love?
Side 37 - To whom I gave my own harmonious lyre, If high exalted on the Throne of Wit, Near Me and Homer thou afpire to...
Side 70 - VII. Where were ye, Mufes, when relentlefs fate From thefe fond arms your fair difciple tore, From thefe fond arms that vainly ftrove With haplefs...
Side 2 - Damon came, unknowing where he ftray'd, Full of the image of his beauteous maid : His flock far off, unfed, untended lay, To ev'ry favage a defencelefs prey ; No fenfe of int'reft could their matter move, And ev'ry care feem'd trifling now but Love. Awhile in penfive filence he remain'd> But tho...
Side 43 - Seek to be good, but aim not to be great: A woman's noblest station is retreat; Her fairest virtues fly from public sight, Domestic worth, that shuns too strong a light.