The temple of Apollo, being a selection of the best poems, from the most esteem'd authors, by W. Hodgson1800 |
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... thy aid The canvas breathes no longer . Mufic's charms , Uninfluenc'd by thee , forget to please : Thou giv'ft the organ found ; by thee the flute Breathes harmony ; the tuneful viol owns Thy pow'rful touch . The warbling voice is thine ...
... thy aid The canvas breathes no longer . Mufic's charms , Uninfluenc'd by thee , forget to please : Thou giv'ft the organ found ; by thee the flute Breathes harmony ; the tuneful viol owns Thy pow'rful touch . The warbling voice is thine ...
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... thine alone , Ineffable effufion of the day ! So very much the fame , that lovers say , MAY IS IANTHE ; or the dear IANTHE , MAY . So far as doth the harbinger of day The leffer lamps of night in theen excel ; So far in fweetness and in ...
... thine alone , Ineffable effufion of the day ! So very much the fame , that lovers say , MAY IS IANTHE ; or the dear IANTHE , MAY . So far as doth the harbinger of day The leffer lamps of night in theen excel ; So far in fweetness and in ...
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... thy fhrine , The bournlefs macocrofm's thine . Save me ! what's yon shrouded shade ? That wanders in the dark - brown glade . It beckons me ! -vain fears adieu , Myfterious ghoft , I follow you . Ah me ! too well that gait I know , My ...
... thy fhrine , The bournlefs macocrofm's thine . Save me ! what's yon shrouded shade ? That wanders in the dark - brown glade . It beckons me ! -vain fears adieu , Myfterious ghoft , I follow you . Ah me ! too well that gait I know , My ...
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... thine . Her air was fo modeft , her aspect fo meek ! So fimple , yet fweet , were her charms ! I kifs'd the ripe roses that glow'd on her cheek , And lock'd the dear maid in my arms . Now jocund together we tend a few sheep , And if ...
... thine . Her air was fo modeft , her aspect fo meek ! So fimple , yet fweet , were her charms ! I kifs'd the ripe roses that glow'd on her cheek , And lock'd the dear maid in my arms . Now jocund together we tend a few sheep , And if ...
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... thy hand , " But ill apply'd to fuch a rugged tafk ; " The fields , the mafter , all , my fair , are thine , " If to the various bleffings which thy house " Has on me lavish'd , thou wilt add that blifs , " That dearest blifs , the ...
... thy hand , " But ill apply'd to fuch a rugged tafk ; " The fields , the mafter , all , my fair , are thine , " If to the various bleffings which thy house " Has on me lavish'd , thou wilt add that blifs , " That dearest blifs , the ...
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beauty beneath blefs bleft blifs bloom bofom bow'r breaft breath bright charms cheek cry'd dear defert delight dreft e'er earth ev'ning ev'ry facred fafe faid fair fancy fate fcene fecret feek feen fhade fhall fhine fhore fide figh filent fing firanger firft fkies fleep flow flow'rs fmiles foft folemn fome fong fons foon footh forrow foul fpirit fpread fpring ftill ftorm ftray ftream fuch fwain fweet glow goddefs grace grove happy heart heav'n hermit IANTHE juft laft loft lov'd lyre maid mind MIRTH moffy moft morn mufe muft MUSIDORA nature's night nymph o'er paffion pain PALEMON PEACE pleaſure pow'r praife pride reft rife rofe round ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſtate tears thee thefe theſe thine thofe thou thouſand Twas vale vermil VIRTUE weft whofe wild wind youth
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Էջ 27 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Էջ 190 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Էջ 27 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Էջ 190 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Էջ 123 - And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Էջ 82 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Էջ 45 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Էջ 59 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Էջ 23 - In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Էջ 119 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...