Poems, Volum 1C. Whittingham; sold by R. Jennings ... T. Tegg ... A.K. Newman and Company ... London; J. Sutherland, Edinburgh; and R. Griffin, and Company Glasgow., 1821 |
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Side 9
... Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ' ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires . Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be ...
... Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ' ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires . Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be ...
Side 14
... I was a poet too : but modern taste Is so refined , and delicate , and chaste , That verse , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And 14 TABLE TALK .
... I was a poet too : but modern taste Is so refined , and delicate , and chaste , That verse , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And 14 TABLE TALK .
Side 17
... fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste ; But when the second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrain'd a nerve ...
... fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste ; But when the second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrain'd a nerve ...
Side 19
... thought , Harmony , strength , words exquisitely sought ; Fancy , that from the bow that spans the sky , Brings colours dipp'd in Heaven , that never die ; A soul , exalted above earth , a mind Skill'd TABLE TALK . 19.
... thought , Harmony , strength , words exquisitely sought ; Fancy , that from the bow that spans the sky , Brings colours dipp'd in Heaven , that never die ; A soul , exalted above earth , a mind Skill'd TABLE TALK . 19.
Side 20
... Fancy has sported all her powers away In tales , in trifles , and in children's play ; And ' tis the sad complaint , and almost true , Whate'er we write , we bring forth nothing new . ' Twere new indeed to see a bard all fire , Touch'd ...
... Fancy has sported all her powers away In tales , in trifles , and in children's play ; And ' tis the sad complaint , and almost true , Whate'er we write , we bring forth nothing new . ' Twere new indeed to see a bard all fire , Touch'd ...
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beams beneath bids bless'd bliss blooming groves boast BODHAM breast call'd charms Cheapside courser dark dear declension deeds delight design'd divine dream Druids e'en earth Edmonton eyes fair fancy fast fear feel fire flowers folly fool form'd frown GEORGE ROMNEY Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy hear heart Heaven heavenly hope hour John Gilpin labour land learn'd light lyre mankind mind Muse Nature never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pharisee pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove Rome rude sacred scene scorn scorn'd Scripture seem'd shine sight skies smile song SONNET soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach tears telescopic eye tempest thee theme thine thou hast thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas verse virtue waste whate'er WILLIAM WILBERFORCE wisdom zeal