A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Volum 1J. Hughs, 1765 |
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Side 7
... kings , and fields of death , too long Have been the subject of the British song . Who hath not read of fam'd Ramilia's plain , Bavaria's fall , and Danube choak'd with flain ? A 4 Exhausted Exhausted themes ! A gentler note I raise ...
... kings , and fields of death , too long Have been the subject of the British song . Who hath not read of fam'd Ramilia's plain , Bavaria's fall , and Danube choak'd with flain ? A 4 Exhausted Exhausted themes ! A gentler note I raise ...
Side 8
... kings , and give each kingdom bounds ; The face of ravag'd nature to repair , By leagues , to foften earth , and heav'n by pray'r ; To gain by love , where rage and slaughter fail , And make the crofier o'er the sword prevail . So when ...
... kings , and give each kingdom bounds ; The face of ravag'd nature to repair , By leagues , to foften earth , and heav'n by pray'r ; To gain by love , where rage and slaughter fail , And make the crofier o'er the sword prevail . So when ...
Side 9
... kings contend To stile companion , and to make their friend , Great STRAFFORD , rich in every courtly grace , With joyful pride accepts the second place , ) From Britain's ifle , and Ifis ' facred fpring , One hour , oh ! liften while ...
... kings contend To stile companion , and to make their friend , Great STRAFFORD , rich in every courtly grace , With joyful pride accepts the second place , ) From Britain's ifle , and Ifis ' facred fpring , One hour , oh ! liften while ...
Side 11
... kings defpair Of chiefs fo brave , till they have nymphs fo fair . See the fond wife , in tears of transport drown'd , Hugs her rough lord , and weeps o'er ev'ry wound ; Hangs on the lips that fields of blood relate , And smiles , and ...
... kings defpair Of chiefs fo brave , till they have nymphs fo fair . See the fond wife , in tears of transport drown'd , Hugs her rough lord , and weeps o'er ev'ry wound ; Hangs on the lips that fields of blood relate , And smiles , and ...
Side 15
... kings : Her gen'rous fons in choiceft gifts abound , Alike in arms , alike in arts renown'd . As when sweet Venus , ( so the fable fings ) Awak'd by Nereids , from the Ocean fprings ; With smiles fhe fees the threat'ning billows rife ...
... kings : Her gen'rous fons in choiceft gifts abound , Alike in arms , alike in arts renown'd . As when sweet Venus , ( so the fable fings ) Awak'd by Nereids , from the Ocean fprings ; With smiles fhe fees the threat'ning billows rife ...
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æther becauſe beneath beſt bleffings bleft boaſt breaſt Britiſh charms defire diftant eaſe endleſs Engliſh Ev'n eyes facred fafe fair falſe fame fate fecret feem fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhun fide filent fing firſt fkies flain fmile foes foft fome fons foon foul fpring ftill fuch fweet Gaul grace Grongar Hill happineſs heart heav'n houſe joys juſt kings laſt leaſt lefs loft mind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er nymph o'er paffion pain pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride proud purſue quæ quid rage raiſe reafon reſt rife riſe ſcene ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhould ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak Spleen ſpread ſtage ſtands ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood ſtream ſtrength ſtrive ſtrong ſweet taſte thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tow'rs Unleſs uſe virtue whofe Whoſe wife wiſh youth
Populære avsnitt
Side 260 - While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such deeds alone as pride and pomp disguise; Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprize...
Side 30 - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Side 215 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His pow'rful strokes presiding Truth impress'd, And unresisted Passion storm'd the breast.
Side 231 - Grongar Hill Silent nymph! with curious eye Who the purple evening lie On the mountain's lonely van Beyond the noise of busy man, Painting fair the form of things...
Side 209 - This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways.
Side 261 - ... green, On which the tribe their gambols do display ; And at the door...
Side 217 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Side 131 - To cure the mind's wrong bias, Spleen, Some recommend the bowling-green ; Some, hilly walks ; all, exercise ; Fling but a stone, the giant dies. Laugh and be well. Monkeys have been Extreme good doctors for the Spleen ; And kitten, if the humour hit, Has harlequin'd away the fit.
Side 234 - That cast an awful look below ; Whose ragged walls the ivy creeps, And with her arms from falling keeps : So both a safety from the wind On mutual dependence find. 'Tis now the raven's bleak abode ; Tis now th...
Side 265 - On thee she calls, on thee her parent dear! . . (Ah ! too remote to ward the shameful blow!) She sees no kind domestic visage near, And soon a flood of tears begins to flow ; And gives a loose at last to unavailing woe.