A collection of poems, by several hands [ed. by R. Dodsley]. [2 other copies of vols. 5,6].1766 |
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... rise , Where oft thy votary shall be found ; What time pale Autumn lulls the skies , And fickening verdure fades around . Ye bufy race , ye factious train , That haunt Ambition's guilty fhrine ; No more perplex the world in vain , But ...
... rise , Where oft thy votary shall be found ; What time pale Autumn lulls the skies , And fickening verdure fades around . Ye bufy race , ye factious train , That haunt Ambition's guilty fhrine ; No more perplex the world in vain , But ...
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... rise . Again I'll listen to your grave debates , I'll think I hear your various maxims told , Your numbers , leaders , policies , and states , Your limits fettled , and your tribes enroll'd . I'll think I hear you tell of diftant lands ...
... rise . Again I'll listen to your grave debates , I'll think I hear your various maxims told , Your numbers , leaders , policies , and states , Your limits fettled , and your tribes enroll'd . I'll think I hear you tell of diftant lands ...
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... glancing ray is sweet . XI . The filver moon , and each fair star Forth to the best advantage shine , And by the richest scene prepare For noble thoughts th ' enlarged mind . XII . He , when the mornings flowest rise , ( 108 )
... glancing ray is sweet . XI . The filver moon , and each fair star Forth to the best advantage shine , And by the richest scene prepare For noble thoughts th ' enlarged mind . XII . He , when the mornings flowest rise , ( 108 )
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Collection Robert Dodsley. XII . He , when the mornings flowest rise , Can fweetly pass the nights away In lucubration with the wife , Or converfation with the gay . XIII . And when the winter tedious grows , And length'ning days cold ...
Collection Robert Dodsley. XII . He , when the mornings flowest rise , Can fweetly pass the nights away In lucubration with the wife , Or converfation with the gay . XIII . And when the winter tedious grows , And length'ning days cold ...
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... rise . Nay , prayers each day ( ftrange things to modern beaux ) Open our morning , and our evening close : Nor yet content with what at home we do , Our laws prefent us to the public view ; We We to the Abbey march in white array ...
... rise . Nay , prayers each day ( ftrange things to modern beaux ) Open our morning , and our evening close : Nor yet content with what at home we do , Our laws prefent us to the public view ; We We to the Abbey march in white array ...
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Seite 117 - WHILE at the helm of state you ride, Our nation's envy, and its pride ; While foreign courts with wonder gaze, And curse those councils which they praise; Would you not wonder, sir, to view Your bard a greater man than you ? Which that he is, you cannot doubt, When you have read the sequel out. You know, great sir, that ancient fellows, Philosophers, and such folks, tell us, No great analogy between Greatness and happiness is seen. If then, as it might follow straight, Wretched to be, is to be great....
Seite 7 - In fome fair villa's peaceful bound, To catch foft hints from nature's tongue, And bid ARCADIA bloom around: Whether we fringe the •Hoping hill, Or fmoothe below the verdant mead ; Whether we break the falling rill, Or thro...
Seite 223 - Oft has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark, With eyes that hardly served at most To guard their master 'gainst a post; Yet round the world the blade has been, To see whatever could be seen.
Seite 225 - I'll eat him." He said : then full before their sight Produced the beast, and lo! — 'twas white. Both stared, the man looked wondrous wise — "My children," the chameleon cries, (Then first the creature found a tongue), "You all are right, and all are wrong: When next you talk of what you view, Think others see as well as you: Nor wonder, if you find that none Prefers your eyesight to his own.
Seite 4 - By her aufpicious aid refin'd ; Lo ! not an hedge-row hawthorn blows, Or humble hare-bell paints the plain, Or valley winds, or fountain flows...
Seite 82 - To print, or not to print — that is the question. Whether 'tis better in a trunk to bury The quirks and crotchets of outrageous fancy, Or send a well wrote copy to the press...
Seite 225 - Twere no great loss," the friend replies; "For if they always serve you thus, You'll find them but of little use." So high at last the contest rose, From words they almost came to blows: When luckily came by a third; To him the question they referred; And begged he'd tell them, if he knew, Whether the thing was green or blue. "Sirs," cries the umpire, "cease your pother, The creature's neither one nor t'other.
Seite 80 - See what a little dab of dirt is here ! But yields all Warwick more, O tell me where...
Seite 224 - And what a length of tail behind! How slow its pace! And then its hue, — Who ever saw so fine a blue?
Seite 225 - I'll lay my life the thing is blue.' — . ' And I'll be sworn that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green.' ' Well, then, at once to ease the doubt,' Replies the man, ' I'll turn him out : And when before your eyes I've set him, If you don't find him black, I'll eat him.