A select collection of poems: with notes [by J. Nichols]. |
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bleffings bleft breaft Britain's brow cauſe charms chearful death Depden epigram Epithalamia erft eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhort fhould figh fince fing firft firſt flain flow fmile foft fome fong foon forrow foul fpread ftand ftill ftrains ftreams fuch fure fweet George glory grace grief heart Heaven himſelf honour Horace JOSEPH SPENCE King lady laft laſt lefs LEWIS BAGOT Lord lyre magpies mankind Meffenger of Herne mind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er numbers nymph o'er paffion peace plain pleaſe pleaſure poem praife praiſe prefent pride Prince PRINCE OF WALES raiſe Ridley rife ROBERT LOWTH ſay ſhall Sir WALTER BAGOT ſtand ſtate thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought throne tranflation uſe verfe verſe VIII virtue Whilft whofe whoſe worfe
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 33 - The greatest modern critics have laid it down as a rule, That an heroic poem should be founded upon some important precept of morality, adapted to the constitution of the country in which the poet writes.
Seite 158 - Then brought'st me home in safety, that this earth Might bury me, which fed me from my birth ; Blest with a healthful age, a quiet mind ; Content with little ; to this work designed ; Which I at length have finished by Thy aid, And now my vows have at Thy altar paid.
Seite xvi - Of Truth, Religion, Liberty, and Laws." This faid, the venerable Shade retir'd : The wondering Hero, at the vifion fir'd, ^ With generous rapture glows ; forgets his pains, Smiles at his woes, and triumphs in his chains.
Seite 58 - Winchester school, and from thence was eledted to a fellowship at New College, Oxford, where he proceeded BCL April 29, 1729. In those two seminaries he cultivated an early acquaintance with the Muses, and laid the foundation of those elegant and solid acquirements for which he was afterwards so eminently distinguished, as a Poet, an Historian, and a Divine. During a vacation in 1728, he joined with four friends (Mr.
Seite 45 - ON AN OLD GATE. ERECTED IN CHISWICK GARDENS. O GATE, how cam'st thou here ? Gate. I was brought from Chelsea last year, Batter'd with wind and weather. Inigo Jones put me together ; Sir Hans Sloane Let me alone : Burlington brought me hither.
Seite 131 - The full-voic'd choir, in ftoles of pureft white, With frequent paufe, the foul-felt anthem raife; While o'er the walls, in darkeft fable dight, A thoufand tapers pour'd their holy blaze.
Seite 71 - Herring, who resided there at that time, and to whom, among other complimentary verses, he addressed an " Ode on his Grace's recovery," which was printed in Dodsley's Collection. These attentions, and his general merit as a scholar, induced the archbishop to collate him, in 1755, to the vicarage of Orpington, with St. Mary Cray in Kent. In 1757 he had occasion to lament his patron's death in a pathetic elegy, styled Aurelius, printed with his grace's sermons in 1763, but previously -in our author's...
Seite 131 - Tho' diftant not unmindful ? Still I learn'd Delighted, what each patriot plan devis'd Of arts, or glory, or diffufive commerce. Nor wanted its endearment every tale Of lighteft import. But oh ! heavy change, What notices come now...
Seite 118 - ... Evening soul to Love awakes at last. The late, the closing science is a Wife ; And Beauty only cheers the verge of life. Now will those Oxford Wags be apt to fleer At these old-fashion'd tricks we practise here. Those enterprising Clerks, I've heard them say, Have found a better and a nearer way : Philo with Hymen they have learn'd to blend, And jointure early — on their Dividend. There Marriage-deeds with Buttery-books can vie ; They storm and conquer — whilst we toast and sigh. Ladies !...
Seite 67 - In southern dimes there lies a village, Where oft the vicar, fond to pillage, Sallies with gun aloft on shoulder, (Orlando's self could ne'er look bolder) With which, well ramm'd with proper cartridge, He knocks down apples, or a partridge ; And whilst o'er all hjs neighbours...