PoemsM. Jones, 1803 - 235 Seiten |
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... thoughts he fed ; For him full oft the heav'nly Muses led To clear Euphrates , and the secret mount , To Araby , and Eden , fragrant climes , All which the sacred bard would oft recount : And thus in strain , unus'd in sylvan shade , To ...
... thoughts he fed ; For him full oft the heav'nly Muses led To clear Euphrates , and the secret mount , To Araby , and Eden , fragrant climes , All which the sacred bard would oft recount : And thus in strain , unus'd in sylvan shade , To ...
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... thought remote from Hare- wood . CHORUS . And would you wish that Athelwold should slight The weal of England , and on these light toys Waste his unvalued hours ? No , fond Elfrida ; His active soul is wing'd for nobler flights ...
... thought remote from Hare- wood . CHORUS . And would you wish that Athelwold should slight The weal of England , and on these light toys Waste his unvalued hours ? No , fond Elfrida ; His active soul is wing'd for nobler flights ...
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William Mason. ELFRIDA . So soon to fall into this musing mood- I thought , my Lord , you promis'd you would leave These looks behind at Court . Nay , ' twas the cause Assign'd for this my residence at Harewood , That you might never ...
William Mason. ELFRIDA . So soon to fall into this musing mood- I thought , my Lord , you promis'd you would leave These looks behind at Court . Nay , ' twas the cause Assign'd for this my residence at Harewood , That you might never ...
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... thought Of quitting Harewood . ATHELWOLD . Go to the clear surface Of yon unruffled lake , and , bending o'er it , There read my answer . ELFRIDA . These are riddles , Sir- ATHELWOLD . No ; for its glassy and reflecting surface Will ...
... thought Of quitting Harewood . ATHELWOLD . Go to the clear surface Of yon unruffled lake , and , bending o'er it , There read my answer . ELFRIDA . These are riddles , Sir- ATHELWOLD . No ; for its glassy and reflecting surface Will ...
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... thought of my disloyalty . ELFRIDA . If so , what danger now ? ATHELWOLD . Ask'st thou , what danger ? ' Sdeath , will that glance not instantly proclaim My tenfold treachery ? ELFRIDA . He shall not see me . I'll hide 77.
... thought of my disloyalty . ELFRIDA . If so , what danger now ? ATHELWOLD . Ask'st thou , what danger ? ' Sdeath , will that glance not instantly proclaim My tenfold treachery ? ELFRIDA . He shall not see me . I'll hide 77.
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antient Antistrophe art thou ARVIRAGUS ATHELWOLD AULUS DIDIUS BARD beauty Behold Belinus bless blest bold breast breath Brigantes bright Britons brother brow Cæsar captive CARACTACUS CARACTACUS's charm CHORUS constant wife daughter death Dost thou doth drama dread Druid e'er Earl EDGAR EDWIN ELFRIDA ELIDURUS Ev'n ev'ry EVELINA fair falchion fate father fear flame fled give gods grace grief grove hail hallow'd Harewood Hark harp hast head hear heart heav'n holy honours hour immortal instant King kneel light Lord lyre maid Mona Muse o'er ORGAR pardon peace perchance pity praise prepar'd Prince Queen Romans Rome round sacred sage scene SEMICHORUS shade shalt sigh smile soft solemn song soul Strabo strain sword tears tell thee thine thro throne trembling Twas VELLINUS Virgins virtue warble weep wretch yonder youth
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Seite 47 - Take, holy earth! all that my soul holds dear: Take that best gift which Heaven so lately gave : To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form; she bowed to taste the wave, And died.
Seite 30 - Behold each neighb'ring monarch's tomb ; The trophied arch, the breathing bust, The laurel shades their sacred dust: While thou, vile Out-cast, on this hostile plain, Moulder'st, a vulgar corse, among the vulgar slain.
Seite 42 - Or caught the orient blush of quick surprise, How sweetly mutable, how brightly wild, The liquid lustre darted from her eyes ? Each look, each motion wak'da new-born grace, That o'er her form its transient glory cast : Some lovelier wonder soon usurp'd the place, Chas'd by a charm still lovelier than the last.
Seite 138 - gainst Heav'n's will To violate their echoes : Patience here, Her meek hands folded on her modest breast, In mute submission lifts th' adoring eye, Ev'n to the storm that wrecks her.
Seite 16 - When darkness, brooding on thy sight, Exiled the sov'reign lamp of light ; Say, what could then one cheering hope diffuse ? What friends were thine, save Mem'ry and the Muse ? Hence the rich spoils, thy studious youth Caught from the stores of ancient truth : Hence all thy classic...
Seite 47 - Ev'n from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee ; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move ; And if as fair, from vanity as free ; As firm in friendship, and as fond in love.
Seite 191 - Julius feel, when, fir'd by it, our fathers First drove him recreant to his ships ; and ill Had far'd his second landing, but that fate Silenc'd the master Bard, who led the song.
Seite 9 - Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart...
Seite 12 - And every lily droop'd its silver head. Sad sympathy! yet sure his rightful meed Who charm'd all nature : well might Nature mourn Through all her choicest sweets Musaeus dead.
Seite 198 - Now, thanks to the bright star that rul'd his birth ; Yes, he will soon return to claim my blessing, And he shall have it pour'd in tears of joy On his bold breast ! methought I heard a step : Is it not his ? BARD. 'Tis some of our own train, And as I think, they lead six Romans captive. CHORUS, CARACTACUS, CAPTIVES.