The poetical works of William Collins, with critical observations by dr. LanghorneSuttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1815 - 96 էջ |
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... heard him speak with great kindness of Leo the Tenth , and with keen resentment of his tasteless successor . But probably not a page of his history was ever written . planned several tragedies , but he only planned them . He wrote now ...
... heard him speak with great kindness of Leo the Tenth , and with keen resentment of his tasteless successor . But probably not a page of his history was ever written . planned several tragedies , but he only planned them . He wrote now ...
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... heard her song ; And sought , the vales and echoing groves among ; At length he found , and woo'd the rural maid ; She knew the monarch , and with fear obey'd . " Be every youth like royal Abbas mov'd ; " And every Georgian maid like ...
... heard her song ; And sought , the vales and echoing groves among ; At length he found , and woo'd the rural maid ; She knew the monarch , and with fear obey'd . " Be every youth like royal Abbas mov'd ; " And every Georgian maid like ...
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... heard A shriller shriek ; and nearer fires appear'd : The affrighted shepherds , through the dews of night Wide o'er the moonlight hills renew'd their flight . ODES . O Ode to Pity . Thou , the 20 00 ORIENTAL ECLOGUES .
... heard A shriller shriek ; and nearer fires appear'd : The affrighted shepherds , through the dews of night Wide o'er the moonlight hills renew'd their flight . ODES . O Ode to Pity . Thou , the 20 00 ORIENTAL ECLOGUES .
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... heard thy strains , And echo , midst thy native plains , Been sooth'd by Pity's lute . * Euripides , of whom Aristotle pronounces , on a com- parison of him with Sophocles , that he was the greater master of the tender passions , ην ...
... heard thy strains , And echo , midst thy native plains , Been sooth'd by Pity's lute . * Euripides , of whom Aristotle pronounces , on a com- parison of him with Sophocles , that he was the greater master of the tender passions , ην ...
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... heard , When once alone it broke the silent scene , And he the wretch of Thebes no more appear'd . O Fear , I know thee by my throbbing heart : Thy withering power inspir'd each mournful line : Though gentle Pity claim her mingled part ...
... heard , When once alone it broke the silent scene , And he the wretch of Thebes no more appear'd . O Fear , I know thee by my throbbing heart : Thy withering power inspir'd each mournful line : Though gentle Pity claim her mingled part ...
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Abra lov'd AGIB allegorical imagery ANTISTROPHE bard blank verse blast blest boast breathe Brownie charm Circassia Collins Cymbeline death delight drest E'en e'er EPODE Ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fairy Fancy Fear fix'd flowers fond genius Georgian maid golden hair Greece green grief grove hail hallow'd hand happy harmony haste haunt hear heard heart Hebrides hour isle John Home lubber fiend luckless lyre lyric magic maid like Abra midst Milesian Miletus mind moral mountains mourn murmurs Muse myrtles native nature Ne'er numbers Nymph o'er Oriental Eclogues passions pastoral Peace Pity Pity's plain poems poet poet's poetical pour'd pride rage round rural scene Schiraz SECANDER sentiment shade shepherds shore sighs Sir Thomas Hanmer soft song Sophocles sounds strain sullen sung swain sweet tears tender thee Theocritus thou thought toil truth vale verse virtue voice of peace western isle wild
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Էջ 53 - Remembrance oft shall haunt the shore When Thames in summer wreaths is drest, And oft suspend the dashing oar To bid his gentle spirit rest...
Էջ 52 - No wither'd witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew; The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew ! The red-breast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid.
Էջ 29 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Էջ 23 - What mortal eye can fix'd behold ! Who stalks his round, an hideous form, Howling amidst the midnight storm ; Or throws him on the ridgy steep Of some loose hanging rock to sleep...
Էջ 44 - Next Anger rush'd, his eyes on fire, In lightnings own'd his secret stings, In one rude clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings.
Էջ 6 - By degrees I gained his confidence ; and one day was admitted to him when he was immured by a bailiff, that was prowling in the street. On this occasion recourse was had to the booksellers, who, on the credit of a translation of Aristotle's Poetics...
Էջ 52 - midst the chase, on every plain, The tender thought on thee shall dwell ; Each lonely scene shall thee restore ; For thee the tear be duly shed ; Belov'd till life can charm no more, And mourn'd till Pity's self be dead.
Էջ 15 - I view his printed feet; And fearful oft when Day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner Night, By hunger...
Էջ 54 - No sedge-crown'd sisters now attend, Now waft me from the green hill's side Whose cold turf hides the buried friend...
Էջ 43 - O Nature boon, from whom proceed Each forceful Thought, each prompted Deed If but from Thee I hope to feel, On all my Heart imprint thy Seal...