A Collection of Poems ...Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1758 |
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Side 28
... Truth ; By foreign arts domeftick faults to mend , Enlarge my notions , and my views extend ; The useful science of the world to know , Which books can never teach , or pedants fhew . A nation here I pity , and admire , Whom noblest ...
... Truth ; By foreign arts domeftick faults to mend , Enlarge my notions , and my views extend ; The useful science of the world to know , Which books can never teach , or pedants fhew . A nation here I pity , and admire , Whom noblest ...
Side 32
... Truth on all his moments wait , Pleas'd with Retirement better than with State ; And round the bow'r where humbly great he lies , Fair olives bloom , or verdant laurels rise . So when thy Country shall no more demand The needful aid of ...
... Truth on all his moments wait , Pleas'd with Retirement better than with State ; And round the bow'r where humbly great he lies , Fair olives bloom , or verdant laurels rise . So when thy Country shall no more demand The needful aid of ...
Side 34
... truth my verfe would prove , That Happiness is near allay'd to Love . XXX XXXXXX XXXX VERSES to be written under a Picture of Mr. POYNTZ . By the Same . UCH is thy form , O Poyntz ! but who fhall find SU A hand , or colours , to exprefs ...
... truth my verfe would prove , That Happiness is near allay'd to Love . XXX XXXXXX XXXX VERSES to be written under a Picture of Mr. POYNTZ . By the Same . UCH is thy form , O Poyntz ! but who fhall find SU A hand , or colours , to exprefs ...
Side 41
... truths as women feldom learn from men . Nor think I praise you ill , when thus I fhew What female Vanity might fear to know : Some merit's mine , to dare to be fincere , But greater your's , fincerity to bear . Hard is the fortune that ...
... truths as women feldom learn from men . Nor think I praise you ill , when thus I fhew What female Vanity might fear to know : Some merit's mine , to dare to be fincere , But greater your's , fincerity to bear . Hard is the fortune that ...
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... me a real pain you give . DELIA . Tho ' well I might your truth difstrust , My foolish heart believes you just ; Reafon this faith may disapprove ; But I believe , because I love . ODE , ODE , in Imitation of PASTOR FIDO . ( 0 [ 50 ]
... me a real pain you give . DELIA . Tho ' well I might your truth difstrust , My foolish heart believes you just ; Reafon this faith may disapprove ; But I believe , because I love . ODE , ODE , in Imitation of PASTOR FIDO . ( 0 [ 50 ]
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
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
Populære avsnitt
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.