Poems by Mr. GrayWilliam Sleater, 1768 - 187 Seiten |
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... lively chear of vigour born ; The thoughtless day , the eafy night , The fpirits pure , the flumbers light , That fly th ' approach of morn . Alas , Alas , regardless of their doom , The little victims 28 ODE ON A DISTANT.
... lively chear of vigour born ; The thoughtless day , the eafy night , The fpirits pure , the flumbers light , That fly th ' approach of morn . Alas , Alas , regardless of their doom , The little victims 28 ODE ON A DISTANT.
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... hands . To raise the cieling's fretted height , Each pannel in achievements cloathing , Rich windows that exclude the light , And paffages , that lead to nothing . C 2 Full Full oft within the spacious walls , When he had.
... hands . To raise the cieling's fretted height , Each pannel in achievements cloathing , Rich windows that exclude the light , And paffages , that lead to nothing . C 2 Full Full oft within the spacious walls , When he had.
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... and thoughtless Joy , And leave us leifure to be good . Light they disperse , and with them go The fummer Friend , the flatt'ring Foe ; By By vain Prosperity receiv'd , To her they vow their 52 HYMN TO ADVERSITY . HYMN to ADVERSITY.
... and thoughtless Joy , And leave us leifure to be good . Light they disperse , and with them go The fummer Friend , the flatt'ring Foe ; By By vain Prosperity receiv'd , To her they vow their 52 HYMN TO ADVERSITY . HYMN to ADVERSITY.
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... light'nings of his eye . Thee * Power of harmony to calm the turbulent fal- lies of the foul . The thoughts are borrowed from the first Pythian Ode of Pindar . + This is a weak imitation of fome incompar- able lines in the fame Ode . I ...
... light'nings of his eye . Thee * Power of harmony to calm the turbulent fal- lies of the foul . The thoughts are borrowed from the first Pythian Ode of Pindar . + This is a weak imitation of fome incompar- able lines in the fame Ode . I ...
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... light in frolic measures ; Now pursuing , now retreating , Now in circling troops they meet : To brifk notes in cadence beating + Glance their many - twinkling feet . Slow melting ftrains their Queen's approach de- clare : Where'er fhe ...
... light in frolic measures ; Now pursuing , now retreating , Now in circling troops they meet : To brifk notes in cadence beating + Glance their many - twinkling feet . Slow melting ftrains their Queen's approach de- clare : Where'er fhe ...
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 65 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Seite 61 - Man's feeble race what ills await ! . Labour, and Penury, the racks of Pain, Disease, and Sorrow's weeping train, And Death, sad refuge from the storms of fate ! The fond complaint, my song, disprove, And justify the laws of Jove.
Seite 102 - Hoarse he bays with hideous din, Eyes that glow, and fangs that grin ; And long pursues, with fruitless yell, The father of the powerful spell.
Seite 52 - Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When...
Seite 31 - That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage: Lo! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, Th
Seite 68 - Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far ! — but far above the...
Seite 22 - Eight times emerging from the flood She mew'd to ev'ry watry God, Some speedy aid to send. No Dolphin came, no Nereid stirr'd: Nor cruel Tom, nor Susan heard. A Fav'rite has no friend! From hence, ye Beauties, undeceiv'd, Know, one false step is ne'er retriev'd, And be with caution bold. Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes And heedless hearts, is lawful prize; Nor all, that glisters, gold.
Seite 147 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Seite 137 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th
Seite 145 - On some fond breast the parting soul relies. Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th...