Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected and Arranged ...J. Roach, 1793 - 240 Seiten |
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... fcene of man ; A mighty maze !, but not without a plan ; A wild , where weeds and flow'rs promifcuous fhoot : Or garden , tempting with forbidden fruit . Together let us beat this ample field , Try what the open , ' what the covert ...
... fcene of man ; A mighty maze !, but not without a plan ; A wild , where weeds and flow'rs promifcuous fhoot : Or garden , tempting with forbidden fruit . Together let us beat this ample field , Try what the open , ' what the covert ...
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... fcene he chofe , this fcene affiga'd ' A parent's first embrace to wait , And many a soft tear fill'd his mind , Anxious for his fond letter's fate . The hand that bore thofe lines of love , The well - informing bracelet bore- Ah ! may ...
... fcene he chofe , this fcene affiga'd ' A parent's first embrace to wait , And many a soft tear fill'd his mind , Anxious for his fond letter's fate . The hand that bore thofe lines of love , The well - informing bracelet bore- Ah ! may ...
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... fcene compofe . I ftood , methought , betwixt earth , feas , and ( kies ; The whole creation open to my eyes : In air felf - balanc'd hung the globe bel ow , Where mountains rife , and circling oceans flow : Here naked rocks and empty ...
... fcene compofe . I ftood , methought , betwixt earth , feas , and ( kies ; The whole creation open to my eyes : In air felf - balanc'd hung the globe bel ow , Where mountains rife , and circling oceans flow : Here naked rocks and empty ...
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... fcene , and fnatch'd me from the throne . Before my view appear'd a firuêture fair , Its fcite uncertain , if in earth or air ; With rapid motion turn'd the manfion round ; With ceafelefs noife , the ringing walls refound Not lefs in ...
... fcene , and fnatch'd me from the throne . Before my view appear'd a firuêture fair , Its fcite uncertain , if in earth or air ; With rapid motion turn'd the manfion round ; With ceafelefs noife , the ringing walls refound Not lefs in ...
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... fcene Does the face of nature fhew ? In all the hues of heaven's bow ; And , fwelling to embrace the light , Spreads around beneath the fight . Old caftles on the cliffs arife , Proudly tow'ring in the fkios ; Rushing from the woods ...
... fcene Does the face of nature fhew ? In all the hues of heaven's bow ; And , fwelling to embrace the light , Spreads around beneath the fight . Old caftles on the cliffs arife , Proudly tow'ring in the fkios ; Rushing from the woods ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ALEXANDER POPE angels behold beneath BIRTHA bleffing bleft blifs bofom breaft caft charms crown'd death defcend diftant dreadful earth EDWARD YOUNG eternal ev'ry facred fair fame fate fcene fear fecond feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhone fide figh filent fill fing firft fix'd fkies flain flame flate fleep flood flow fmile foft fome forrow foul fpreads frike ftill fuch funk fweet fwell glory grace GRONGAR HILL grove happineſs heart heav'n itſelf juft laft lefs loft Lord lyre mind mourn mufe mufic muft muſt nature nature's o'er paffion pain pale pallions Phaon pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife pride rage raiſe reafon reft rife rocks Sappho ſhall tears Theatre Royal thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro throne trembling Twas vaft vale virtue weft whofe youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 54 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Seite 59 - Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fir'd another Troy. Thus, long ago, (Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, — While organs yet were mute) Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
Seite 27 - Look round our world; behold the chain of love Combining all below and all above. See plastic Nature working to this end, The single atoms each to other tend, Attract, attracted to, the next in place Form'd and impell'd its neighbour to embrace.
Seite 39 - Where grows ? — where grows it not ? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Seite 50 - Pursues that chain which links th' immense design, Joins Heaven and Earth, and mortal and divine ; Sees, that no being any bliss can know, But touches some above, and some below ; Learns from this union of the rising whole The first, last purpose of the human soul ; And knows where faith, law, morals, all began, • All end in love of God, and love of man.
Seite 55 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride : — Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
Seite 26 - Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite...
Seite 60 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Seite 57 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure ; Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain.
Seite 56 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus...