A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes, Volum 3G. Pearch, Robert Dodsley assignment from the executors of G. Pearch, 1783 - 322 sider |
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Side 12
... cruel treatment of Mary which hiftory muft ever infpire , and to drop a tear over her fufferings , is not un- worthy of a Writer who would appear in the cause of Virtue . HENGIST HENGIST AND MEY : A BALLAD . BY THE SAME ( ( 12 ) )
... cruel treatment of Mary which hiftory muft ever infpire , and to drop a tear over her fufferings , is not un- worthy of a Writer who would appear in the cause of Virtue . HENGIST HENGIST AND MEY : A BALLAD . BY THE SAME ( ( 12 ) )
Side 25
... cause ; " See , Bayle , oft flily fhifting round , " Would fondly fix on fceptic ground , " And change , O Truth , thy laws . " And what the joy this lore bestows ? " Alas , no joy , no hope it knows , " Above what beftials claim : " To ...
... cause ; " See , Bayle , oft flily fhifting round , " Would fondly fix on fceptic ground , " And change , O Truth , thy laws . " And what the joy this lore bestows ? " Alas , no joy , no hope it knows , " Above what beftials claim : " To ...
Side 27
... cause , " And own thy wisdom vain . " For still the more thou knoweft , the more " Shalt thou the vanity deplore " Of all thy foul can find : " This life a fickly woeful dream , “ A burial of the foul will seem , “ A palfy of the mind ...
... cause , " And own thy wisdom vain . " For still the more thou knoweft , the more " Shalt thou the vanity deplore " Of all thy foul can find : " This life a fickly woeful dream , “ A burial of the foul will seem , “ A palfy of the mind ...
Side 36
... cause of his country , and adopted the fame measures he had before opposed . 66 b " Akenfide was impelled by his rage of patriotism to write a very acrimonious epifle to Pulteney , whom he stigmatized , under “ the name of Curio , or ...
... cause of his country , and adopted the fame measures he had before opposed . 66 b " Akenfide was impelled by his rage of patriotism to write a very acrimonious epifle to Pulteney , whom he stigmatized , under “ the name of Curio , or ...
Side 37
... cause that wak'd my song before , With praise , with triumph crowns the toil no more . If to the glorious man , whose faithful cares , Nor quell'd by malice , nor relax'd by years , Had aw'd Ambition's wild audacious hate , And dragg'd ...
... cause that wak'd my song before , With praise , with triumph crowns the toil no more . If to the glorious man , whose faithful cares , Nor quell'd by malice , nor relax'd by years , Had aw'd Ambition's wild audacious hate , And dragg'd ...
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Side 134 - Where his glowing eye-balls turn, Thousand banners round him burn : Where he points his purple spear, Hasty, hasty Rout is there, Marking with indignant eye Fear to stop, and Shame to fly. There Confusion, Terror's child, Conflict fierce, and Ruin wild, Agony, that pants for breath, Despair and honourable Death.
Side 254 - With you ! and quit my Susan's side ? With you ! " the hapless husband cried. " Young as I am, 'tis monstrous hard ! Besides, in truth, I'm not prepared; My thoughts on other matters go ; This is my wedding-day, you know.
Side 247 - To purchase heaven has gold the power ? Can gold remove the mortal hour ? In life can love be bought with gold ? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold ? No— all that's worth a wish — a thought, Fair virtue gives unbrib'd, unbought.
Side 114 - The murder'd saint, and the majestic lord, That broke the bonds of Rome. (Their tears, their little triumphs o'er, Their human passions now no more, Save Charity, that glows beyond the tomb...
Side 121 - He went, as if the devil drove him. Yet on his way (no sign of grace, For folks in fear are apt to pray) To Phoebus he preferr'd his case, And begg'd his aid that dreadful day.
Side 270 - Bastard, he laments in a very affecting manner : ——No mother's care Shielded my infant innocence with prayer ; No father's guardian hand my youth maintain'd, Call'd forth my virtues, or from vice restrain'd.
Side 121 - Short was his joy. He little knew The power of Magic was no fable ; Out of the window, whisk, they flew, But left a spell upon the table.
Side 125 - Shafts for shuttles, dipt in gore, Shoot the trembling cords along. Sword, that once a monarch bore, Keep the tissue close and strong.
Side 131 - Virgins these, in speechless woe, That bend to earth their solemn brow, That their flaxen tresses tear, And snowy veils, that float in air. Tell me whence their sorrows rose: Then I leave thee to repose. PR. Ha! no Traveller art thou, King of Men, I know thee now, Mightiest of a mighty line O.
Side 116 - Cecil7 wore, fhe brings, And to thy juft, thy gentle hand, Submits the fafces of her fway, While fpirits bleft above and men below Join with glad voice the loud fymphonious lay.