The poetical works of William Collins, with critical observations by dr. LanghorneSuttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1815 - 96 sider |
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... mind chiefly upon works of fiction , and subjects of fancy ; and , by indulging some peculiar habits of thought , was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature , and to which the mind is ...
... mind chiefly upon works of fiction , and subjects of fancy ; and , by indulging some peculiar habits of thought , was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature , and to which the mind is ...
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... mind which enchains the faculties without destroying them , and leaves reason the knowledge of right without the power of pursuing it . These clouds which he perceived gathering on his intellects , he endeavoured to dis- perse by travel ...
... mind which enchains the faculties without destroying them , and leaves reason the knowledge of right without the power of pursuing it . These clouds which he perceived gathering on his intellects , he endeavoured to dis- perse by travel ...
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... mind , but general laxity and feebleness , a deficiency rather of his vital than intellectual powers . What he spoke wanted neither judgment nor spirit ; but a few minutes exhausted him , so that he was forced to rest upon the couch ...
... mind , but general laxity and feebleness , a deficiency rather of his vital than intellectual powers . What he spoke wanted neither judgment nor spirit ; but a few minutes exhausted him , so that he was forced to rest upon the couch ...
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... mind . When sweet and blushing , like a virgin bride , The radiant morn resum'd her orient pride ; When wanton gales along the vallies play , Breathe on each flower , and bear their sweets away ; By Tigris ' wandering waves he sat , and ...
... mind . When sweet and blushing , like a virgin bride , The radiant morn resum'd her orient pride ; When wanton gales along the vallies play , Breathe on each flower , and bear their sweets away ; By Tigris ' wandering waves he sat , and ...
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... mind ! Blest were the days when Wisdom held her reign , And shepherds sought her on the silent plain ! With Truth she wedded in the secret grove ; Immortal Truth ; and daughters bless'd their love . --- O haste , fair maids ! ye Virtues ...
... mind ! Blest were the days when Wisdom held her reign , And shepherds sought her on the silent plain ! With Truth she wedded in the secret grove ; Immortal Truth ; and daughters bless'd their love . --- O haste , fair maids ! ye Virtues ...
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Abra lov'd AGIB allegorical imagery ANTISTROPHE bard blank verse blast blest boast breathe Brownie charm Circassia Collins Cymbeline death delight drest E'en e'er EPODE Ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fairy Fancy Fear fix'd flowers fond genius Georgian maid golden hair Greece green grief grove hail hallow'd hand happy harmony haste haunt hear heard heart Hebrides hour isle John Home lubber fiend luckless lyre lyric magic maid like Abra midst Milesian Miletus mind moral mountains mourn murmurs Muse myrtles native nature Ne'er numbers Nymph o'er Oriental Eclogues passions pastoral Peace Pity Pity's plain poems poet poet's poetical pour'd pride rage round rural scene Schiraz SECANDER sentiment shade shepherds shore sighs Sir Thomas Hanmer soft song Sophocles sounds strain sullen sung swain sweet tears tender thee Theocritus thou thought toil truth vale verse virtue voice of peace western isle wild
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Side 53 - Remembrance oft shall haunt the shore When Thames in summer wreaths is drest, And oft suspend the dashing oar To bid his gentle spirit rest...
Side 52 - No wither'd witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew; The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew ! The red-breast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid.
Side 29 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Side 23 - What mortal eye can fix'd behold ! Who stalks his round, an hideous form, Howling amidst the midnight storm ; Or throws him on the ridgy steep Of some loose hanging rock to sleep...
Side 44 - Next Anger rush'd, his eyes on fire, In lightnings own'd his secret stings, In one rude clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings.
Side 6 - By degrees I gained his confidence ; and one day was admitted to him when he was immured by a bailiff, that was prowling in the street. On this occasion recourse was had to the booksellers, who, on the credit of a translation of Aristotle's Poetics...
Side 52 - midst the chase, on every plain, The tender thought on thee shall dwell ; Each lonely scene shall thee restore ; For thee the tear be duly shed ; Belov'd till life can charm no more, And mourn'd till Pity's self be dead.
Side 15 - I view his printed feet; And fearful oft when Day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner Night, By hunger...
Side 54 - No sedge-crown'd sisters now attend, Now waft me from the green hill's side Whose cold turf hides the buried friend...
Side 43 - O Nature boon, from whom proceed Each forceful Thought, each prompted Deed If but from Thee I hope to feel, On all my Heart imprint thy Seal...