The Poetical Works of William Shenstone: In Two Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:Printed at the Stanhope Press, by Charles Whittingham, ... for John Sharpe, 1808 |
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... Winds ... He repeats the Song of Colin , a discerning Shepherd , lamenting the State of the Woollen Manufactory ... Written in Spring 1743 ...... He compares his humble Fortune with the Distress of others , and his Subjection to Delia ...
... Winds ... He repeats the Song of Colin , a discerning Shepherd , lamenting the State of the Woollen Manufactory ... Written in Spring 1743 ...... He compares his humble Fortune with the Distress of others , and his Subjection to Delia ...
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... winds ! the cause display , In whispers as ye blow , Why did your treacherous gales convey The poison'd shafts of woe ? Did he not plant the shady bower , Where you so blithely meet ? The scented shrub , and fragrant flower , To make ...
... winds ! the cause display , In whispers as ye blow , Why did your treacherous gales convey The poison'd shafts of woe ? Did he not plant the shady bower , Where you so blithely meet ? The scented shrub , and fragrant flower , To make ...
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... wind along into the other valley : and here I cannot but take notice of the judgment which formed this piece of water ; for although it be not very large , yet , as it is formed by the concurrence of three vallies , in which two of the ...
... wind along into the other valley : and here I cannot but take notice of the judgment which formed this piece of water ; for although it be not very large , yet , as it is formed by the concurrence of three vallies , in which two of the ...
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... winds out of sight . Here entering a gate , you are led through a thicket of many sorts of willows , into a large root- house , inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Stamford . It seems that worthy peer was pre- sent at the ...
... winds out of sight . Here entering a gate , you are led through a thicket of many sorts of willows , into a large root- house , inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Stamford . It seems that worthy peer was pre- sent at the ...
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... winds up the back part of a circular green hill , discovering little of the country till you enter a clump of stately firs upon the summit . Over- arched by these firs is an octagonal seat , the back of which is so contrived as to form ...
... winds up the back part of a circular green hill , discovering little of the country till you enter a clump of stately firs upon the summit . Over- arched by these firs is an octagonal seat , the back of which is so contrived as to form ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
bard beauty Beauty mourns beneath bless'd bliss bloom boast bosom bow'r breast breathe charms Clent hill crown'd dame Damon dear Delia delight drooping e'er Elegy envy ev'n fair faithless fame Fancy fate favour'd flame flow flow'rs fond form'd gentle glow gold grace ground grove haunts hear Heav'n hill lawn Leasowes Leather Lane lov'd lyre Lyttelton maid mind mournful Muse naiad native ne'er numbers nymph o'er pain paint path peace pensive plain pleas'd pleasure polish'd pomp pow'r praise pride rill ROBERT DODSLEY rose rove rural scene scorn seat shade SHENSTONE shepherd shine shore shrubs shun sigh silvan sing skies smile soft song soul stream swain sweet swell taste tear tender thee thine thou toils train trees tuneful Twas vale valley verdant virtue ween wild WILLIAM SHENSTONE wind wood youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 159 - Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair; Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are; To save from finger wet the letters fair: The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been Kens the forth-coming rod, unpleasing sight, I ween!
Seite 44 - What it is to admire and to love, And to leave her we love and admire. Ah ! lead forth my flock in the morn, And the damps of each evening repel ; Alas ! I am faint and forlorn — • I have bade my dear Phyllis farewell.
Seite 158 - Here oft the dame, on Sabbath's decent eve, Hymned such psalms as Sternhold forth did mete, If winter 'twere, she to her hearth did cleave, But in her garden found a...
Seite 154 - AH me! full sorely is my heart forlorn, To think how modest Worth neglected lies While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such deeds alone, as pride and pomp disguise; Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprise: Lend me thy clarion, goddess!
Seite 143 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Seite 155 - ... mean attire, A matron old, whom we Schoolmistress name: Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame; They grieven sore in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the...
Seite 120 - If through the garden's flowery tribes I stray, Where bloom the jasmines that could once allure, "Hope not to find delight in us," they say, "For we are spotless, Jessy; we are pure.
Seite 57 - Their colours and their sash he wore, And in the fatal dress was found ; And now he must that death endure, Which gives the brave the keenest wound.
Seite 45 - I fed on the smiles of my dear ? They tell me, my favourite maid. The pride of that valley, is flown ; Alas ! where with her I have stray'd I could wander with pleasure, alone.
Seite 157 - One ancient hen she took delight to feed, The plodding pattern of the busy dame, Which ever and anon, impell'd by need, Into her school, begirt with chickens, came; Such favour did her past deportment claim: And if neglect had lavish'd on the ground Fragment of bread, she would collect the same; For well she knew, and quaintly could expound, What sin it were to waste the smallest crumb she found.