A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Swift. Thompson. Watts. Hamilton. A. Philips. G. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Mallet. Akenside. HarteJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1794 |
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Side 3
... firft to gain : In this your virtue claims a double fhare , Which , what it bravely won , does all maintain . Your arm has now your rightful title fhow'd , An arm on which all Europe's hopes depend , To which they look as to fome ...
... firft to gain : In this your virtue claims a double fhare , Which , what it bravely won , does all maintain . Your arm has now your rightful title fhow'd , An arm on which all Europe's hopes depend , To which they look as to fome ...
Side 12
... firft it grew ; There all the little fchool - boys run , Envying to fee themselves outdone . From fuch deep rudiments as these , Van is become by due degrees For building fam'd , and juftly reckon'd , At Court , Vitruvius the fecond ...
... firft it grew ; There all the little fchool - boys run , Envying to fee themselves outdone . From fuch deep rudiments as these , Van is become by due degrees For building fam'd , and juftly reckon'd , At Court , Vitruvius the fecond ...
Side 37
... firft the ventur'd out with him ; Jehn wifh'd that he had broke a leg , When first for her he quitted Peg . But what adventures more befel them , The Mufe hath now no time to tell them , How Johnny wheeddled , threaten'd , fawn'd , Till ...
... firft the ventur'd out with him ; Jehn wifh'd that he had broke a leg , When first for her he quitted Peg . But what adventures more befel them , The Mufe hath now no time to tell them , How Johnny wheeddled , threaten'd , fawn'd , Till ...
Side 38
... firft run one another down , And then fall foul on all the town ; Skill'd in the horse - laugh and dry rub , And call'd by excellence The Club . I mean your Butler , Dawfon , Car , All fpecial friends , and always jar . The mettled and ...
... firft run one another down , And then fall foul on all the town ; Skill'd in the horse - laugh and dry rub , And call'd by excellence The Club . I mean your Butler , Dawfon , Car , All fpecial friends , and always jar . The mettled and ...
Side 39
... firft 1 faw thee at fixteen ,, The brightest virgin on the green : • England . The fact may be true ; but the rhyme coft me fome trouble . So little is thy form declin'd : Made up fo largely in thy mind . Oh , would it please the gods ...
... firft 1 faw thee at fixteen ,, The brightest virgin on the green : • England . The fact may be true ; but the rhyme coft me fome trouble . So little is thy form declin'd : Made up fo largely in thy mind . Oh , would it please the gods ...
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ANTISTROPHE beauty behold beneath blefs bleft breaft breath charms Dean dear death defcending defire delight divine dreft earth ECLOGUE Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fave fcene fecret feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhore fhould fhow fide filk fing firft firſt fkies flain flame fleep fmile foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftrain ftream fubject fuch funk fure fwain fweet fwell glory grace heart heaven himſelf honour juft king laft lefs loft Lord mind moſt mufe muft muſt ne'er never numbers nymph o'er paffion pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet praife praiſe pride profe rage reafon reft reign rife rofe round ſcene ſhall ſkies ſky ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand toil verfe virtue Whig whofe wife youth
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Side 152 - I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall : (I wish I knew what king to call.) Madam, your husband will attend The funeral of so good a friend.
Side 227 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Side 200 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Side 308 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Side 417 - Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport tost, My breath was gone, my voice was lost : My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. In dewy damps my limbs were chill'd ; My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd ; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and died away.
Side 532 - O thou, whose spirit most possest The sacred seat of Shakspeare's breast! By all that from thy prophet broke. In thy divine emotions spoke ; Hither again thy fury deal, Teach me but once like him to feel : His cypress wreath my meed decree, And I, O Fear, will dwell with thee ! ODE TO SIMPLICITY.
Side 537 - And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Side 150 - As Rochefoucault his Maxims drew From Nature, 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 234 - Great Source of day, best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round, On Nature write with every beam his praise.
Side 10 - Then stepp'd aside to fetch them drink, Fill'da large jug up to the brink, And saw it fairly twice go round ; Yet (what is wonderful !) they found, 'Twas still replenish'd to the top, As if they ne'er had touch'da drop.