Poems, Viz: Grongar Hill. The ruins of Rome. The fleece, in four books. I.. II.. III.R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - 188 Seiten |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Ægyptus æther airy ancient ariſe beauteous Bedford Level behold beneath bleating Brigantes brows buſy chearful clime cloſe clouds coaft coaſt courſe dales deep delight diſtant domes duft eaſe erft Ev'n ev'ry facred Falernum feas fhade fhall fhepherds fhores fides filent filver finks firſt fleece flocks flow'rs foft folemn fome fong fons ftrong fuch fwains fwelling Gaul gloffy gloomy green Grongar Grongar Hill groves hand Herefordshire hills howe'er ifle induſtry Iolcos JOHN DYER labor lawns locks lofty loom luxury moffy muſe num'rous nymphs o'er op'ning paftures plains pow'r profpect proud purple realms rife riſe rocks ruins ruſh ſcene ſea ſeek ſhall ſheep ſhore Sir JOHN HEATHCOTE ſkies ſkill ſky ſoft ſpacious ſpeed ſpread ſtate ſtep ſtill ſtores ſtrand ſtreams ſtreets ſwains ſweet ſwift taſte theſe thofe thoſe thouſand thro toil tow'rs trade unnumber'd uſe vales vallies various wave wealth whofe whoſe wide wild wind woods wool
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 12 - The slender fir that taper grows, The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs. And beyond the purple grove, Haunt of Phillis, queen of love ! Gaudy as the op'ning dawn, Lies a long and level lawn, On which a dark hill, steep and high, Holds and charms the wand'ring eye!
Seite 15 - As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air Which to those who journey near Barren, brown and rough appear: Still we tread the same coarse way; The present's still a cloudy day.
Seite 13 - And see the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in shade and sun Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, Wave succeeding wave, they go A various journey to the deep, Like human life, to endless sleep...
Seite 13 - But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
Seite 15 - Tis thus the busy beat the air, And misers gather wealth and care. Now, ev'n now, my joys run high, As on the mountain-turf I lie; While the wanton zephyr sings, And in the vale perfumes his wings ; While the waters murmur deep ; While the shepherd charms his sheep ; While the birds unbounded fly, And with music fill the sky, Now, ev'n now, my joys run high.
Seite 12 - That cast an awful look below ; Whose ragged walls the ivy creeps, And with her arms from falling keeps : So both a safety from the wind On mutual dependence find. 'Tis now the raven's bleak abode ; Tis now th...
Seite 20 - Fall'n, fall'n, a silent heap ; her heroes all Sunk in their urns ; behold the pride of pomp, The throne of nations fall'n ; obscur'd in dust ; E'en yet majestical...
Seite 10 - As circles on a smooth canal : The mountains round, unhappy fate ! Sooner or later, of all height, Withdraw their summits from the skies, And lessen as the others rise : Still the prospect wider spreads, Adds a thousand woods and meads ; Still it widens, widens still, And sinks the newly-risen hill. Now I gain the mountain's brow...
Seite 24 - INAPPLICABLE NAME. How doth it pleafe and fill the memory With deeds of brave renown, while on each hand...
Seite 158 - Its ancient lustre : Alexandria's port, Once the metropolis of trade, as Tyre And elder Sidon, as the Attic town, Beautiful Athens, as rich Corinth, Rhodes, Unhonour'd droops. Of all the numerous marts That in...