The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred PoetryC. Whittingham, 1806 - 304 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 36
... silent horror o'er the boundless waste The driver Hassan with his camels past . One cruse of water on his back he bore , And his light scrip contain'd a scanty store ; A fan of painted feathers in his hand , To guard his shaded face ...
... silent horror o'er the boundless waste The driver Hassan with his camels past . One cruse of water on his back he bore , And his light scrip contain'd a scanty store ; A fan of painted feathers in his hand , To guard his shaded face ...
الصفحة 38
... asp shall creep , At that dead hour , the silent If aught of rest I find , upon my sleep ; Or some swoln serpent twist his scales around , And wake to anguish with a burning wound . 7 Thrice happy they , the wise contented poor , From 38.
... asp shall creep , At that dead hour , the silent If aught of rest I find , upon my sleep ; Or some swoln serpent twist his scales around , And wake to anguish with a burning wound . 7 Thrice happy they , the wise contented poor , From 38.
الصفحة 57
... silence.- 66 -He " That living could not bear to see " An equal , now lies torn and dead , " Here his pale trunk , and there his head ; " Great Pompey ! while I meditate " With solemn horror thy sad fate , 66 Thy carcass scatter'd on ...
... silence.- 66 -He " That living could not bear to see " An equal , now lies torn and dead , " Here his pale trunk , and there his head ; " Great Pompey ! while I meditate " With solemn horror thy sad fate , 66 Thy carcass scatter'd on ...
الصفحة 66
... silence keep ; Sunk at his feet , with trembling homage own Their zeal - presumption , and their art outdone . The theme too mighty for creation's tongue , The seraph's ardour , or the cherub's song . As none but He , whose wisdom knows ...
... silence keep ; Sunk at his feet , with trembling homage own Their zeal - presumption , and their art outdone . The theme too mighty for creation's tongue , The seraph's ardour , or the cherub's song . As none but He , whose wisdom knows ...
الصفحة 72
... and with thy wonted love , Our weakness spare , nor in thy wrath reprove Our glowing zeal ; but let thy goodness hear Our silence speak : what tho ' our tongues forbear ? Our hearts shall muse , our raptur'd wonder feel , 72.
... and with thy wonted love , Our weakness spare , nor in thy wrath reprove Our glowing zeal ; but let thy goodness hear Our silence speak : what tho ' our tongues forbear ? Our hearts shall muse , our raptur'd wonder feel , 72.
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angels behold beneath bless blest bliss bloom bosom bow'rs breast breath bright charms cherub clime clouds crown'd darkness death deep divine dreadful dust e'er earth eternal ev'n ev'ry ev❜n eyes fair faithless fame fate fix'd flame flow'rs gloom glory golden grace grave GRONGAR HILL hand happy hast heart heaven hermit hill horrors hour land light liquid sky live LORD lyre mighty mind MONODY morn mortal Muse nature's ne'er night o'er pain patriot war peace Petrarch Pindus plain pleas'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rais'd rise round sacred scene seraph shade shine sight silent skies smile soft solemn song soul sound spread spring swain sweet SWEET Auburn swell tears tempest thee thine thou thought thro throne toil trembling Twas vale virtue voice waking eyes wand'ring waves Whilst wild winds wings wretch
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الصفحة 19 - On earth, join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end ! Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
الصفحة 94 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
الصفحة 78 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
الصفحة 90 - But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread, But. all the bloomy flush of life is fled.
الصفحة 92 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
الصفحة 95 - Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robbed the neighbouring fields of half their growth, His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant spurns the cottage from the green...
الصفحة 89 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
الصفحة 147 - The next with dirges due in sad array Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
الصفحة 26 - His hand to execute what his decree Fix'd on this day? Why do I overlive? Why am I mock'd with death, and lengthen'd out To deathless pain ? How gladly would I meet Mortality my sentence, and be earth Insensible ! How glad would lay me down, As in my mother's lap ? There I should rest, And sleep secure...
الصفحة 145 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...