Select poems of Prior and Swift [ed. by C. Bathurst].J. W. Parker & Son, 1853 - 184 sider |
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... honours faithfully discharg'd ) Had brought back his paternal coat enlarg'd With a new mark , the witness of his toil , And no inglorious part of foreign spoil . From the loud camp retir'd , and noisy court , 20 PRIOR .
... honours faithfully discharg'd ) Had brought back his paternal coat enlarg'd With a new mark , the witness of his toil , And no inglorious part of foreign spoil . From the loud camp retir'd , and noisy court , 20 PRIOR .
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... honour'd feather decks her hair . Yet still , as from the sportive field she goes , His downcast eye reveals his inward woes , And by his look and sorrow is express'd A nobler game pursued than bird or beast . A shepherd now along the ...
... honour'd feather decks her hair . Yet still , as from the sportive field she goes , His downcast eye reveals his inward woes , And by his look and sorrow is express'd A nobler game pursued than bird or beast . A shepherd now along the ...
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... honour shown ; The gift still prais'd , the giver still unknown . His secret note the troubled Henry writes ; To the known tree the lovely maid invites : Imperfect words and dubious terms express That unforeseen mischance disturb'd his ...
... honour shown ; The gift still prais'd , the giver still unknown . His secret note the troubled Henry writes ; To the known tree the lovely maid invites : Imperfect words and dubious terms express That unforeseen mischance disturb'd his ...
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... of youthful blood , and fond of man , She to the woodland with an exile ran . Reflect , that lessen'd fame is ne'er regain'd , And virgin honour , once , is always stain'd : Timely advis'd , the coming evil shun : Better not PRIOR . 27.
... of youthful blood , and fond of man , She to the woodland with an exile ran . Reflect , that lessen'd fame is ne'er regain'd , And virgin honour , once , is always stain'd : Timely advis'd , the coming evil shun : Better not PRIOR . 27.
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... honour hates : Mix thee amongst the bad ; or make thee run Too near the paths which virtue bids thee shun . Yet with her Henry still let Emma go ; With him abhor the vice , but share the woe ; And sure my little heart can never err ...
... honour hates : Mix thee amongst the bad ; or make thee run Too near the paths which virtue bids thee shun . Yet with her Henry still let Emma go ; With him abhor the vice , but share the woe ; And sure my little heart can never err ...
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Abra bawn blest bosom breast call'd CHARLES KINGSLEY charms Charon command condemn'd confess'd court crown'd cruel doubt Dean dear death delight destin'd diff'rent distinguish'd Dryden earth Emma Emma's epigram ev'ning ev'ry fair fame fate fear fix'd flame flow'rs folly Fraser's Magazine GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS grace grief hand happy hast heart heav'n Henry HERACLITUS honour hope human king land light Lord lov'd lyre madam mind mourn ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er OVID pain passion pleas'd pleasure poet Post Octavo pow'r praise pray'r pride Protogenes race rage rais'd reason receiv'd rise round rove shade sighs sing smiles soft sorrow soul sure Swift tears tell tempests thee thou thought throne toil trembling twas Venus verse vex'd virtue vows Water Lily weep whence whilst winds woods wound wretched youth
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Side 149 - His stomach too begins to fail: 'Last year we thought him strong and hale; 'But now, he's quite another thing; 'I wish he may hold out till Spring.' Then hug themselves, and reason thus; 'It is not yet so bad with us.
Side 160 - With all the turns of Whigs and Tories : Was cheerful to his dying day ; And friends would let him have his way. " He gave the little wealth he had To build a house for fools and mad ; And show'd by one satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much.
Side 14 - Thomas, did'st thou never pop Thy head into a tin-man's shop? There, Thomas, did'st thou never see (Tis but by way of Simile !) A squirrel spend his little rage, In jumping round a rolling cage? The cage, as either side...
Side 147 - I believe them true; They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast: 'In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our private ends; While nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.
Side 124 - IN ancient times, as story tells, The saints would often leave their cells, And stroll about but hide their quality To try good people's hospitality. It...
Side 157 - To turn religion to a fable, And make the government a Babel ; Pervert the laws, disgrace the gown, Corrupt the senate, rob the crown ; To sacrifice old England's glory, And make her infamous in story: When such a tempest shook the land, How could unguarded virtue stand! •• With horror, grief, despair, the Dean Beheld the dire destructive scene : His friends in exile, or the tower, Himself within the frown of power; Pursued by base envenom'd pens, Far to the land of s and fens; A servile race...
Side 169 - Parnassus' top you sit, You rarely bite, are always bit : Each poet of inferior size On you shall rail and criticize, And strive to tear you limb from limb ; While others do as much for him.
Side 167 - And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us. Then, lest with Greek he overrun ye, Procure the book for love or money, Translated from Boileau's translation, And quote quotation on quotation.
Side 14 - DEAR Thomas, didst thou never pop Thy head into a tin-man's shop? There, Thomas, didst thou never see ('Tis but by way of simile) A squirrel spend his little rage, In jumping round a rolling cage? The cage, as either side turn'd up, Striking a ring of bells a-top?
Side 165 - So geographers in Afric maps With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er unhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns.