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 6
... verse , No bard , howe'er majestic , old or new , Should claim my fix'd attention more than you . B. Not Brindley nor Bridgewater would assay To turn the course of Helicon that way ; Nor would the Nine consent the sacred tide Should ...
... verse , No bard , howe'er majestic , old or new , Should claim my fix'd attention more than you . B. Not Brindley nor Bridgewater would assay To turn the course of Helicon that way ; Nor would the Nine consent the sacred tide Should ...
Side 9
... 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 there ; And I will sing at Liberty's dear feet , In Afric's ...
... 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 there ; And I will sing at Liberty's dear feet , In Afric's ...
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 15
... verse . B. Thus reputation is a spur to wit , And some wits flag through fear of losing it . Give me the line that ploughs its stately course Like a proud swan , conquering the stream by force ; That , like some cottage beauty , strikes ...
... verse . B. Thus reputation is a spur to wit , And some wits flag through fear of losing it . Give me the line that ploughs its stately course Like a proud swan , conquering the stream by force ; That , like some cottage beauty , strikes ...
Side 17
... Verse , in the finest mould of 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 ...
... Verse , in the finest mould of 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 ...
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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