Watts, A. Philips, West, Collins, Dyer, Shenstone, YoungAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... Death .. 33 The Absence of Christ 47 The Mourning Piece ib . Epitaphium viri venerabilis Dom. HE Author's Life , by Dr. Johnson TRecommendatory Verses .... Preface ........ HORE LYRICE . IN THREE BOOKS . Page Page 34 ****** ....... ib ...
... Death .. 33 The Absence of Christ 47 The Mourning Piece ib . Epitaphium viri venerabilis Dom. HE Author's Life , by Dr. Johnson TRecommendatory Verses .... Preface ........ HORE LYRICE . IN THREE BOOKS . Page Page 34 ****** ....... ib ...
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... Death of the Duke of Gloucester , just after Mr. Dryden . An Epigram 70 ib . ib . 71 ib . The Conclusion . God exalted above all Praise ib . BOOK II . SACRED TO VIRTUE , HONOUR , AND FRIENDSHIP . .......... 49 50 An Epigram of Martial ...
... Death of the Duke of Gloucester , just after Mr. Dryden . An Epigram 70 ib . ib . 71 ib . The Conclusion . God exalted above all Praise ib . BOOK II . SACRED TO VIRTUE , HONOUR , AND FRIENDSHIP . .......... 49 50 An Epigram of Martial ...
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... Death of Col. Charles Ross , in the Action at Fontenoy . Written May , 1745 201 Ode to Evening 202 ib . Ode to Peace ib . The Manners . An Ode ib . ... The Passions . An Ode for Music ... 203 An Epistle addressed to Sir Thomas Hanmer ...
... Death of Col. Charles Ross , in the Action at Fontenoy . Written May , 1745 201 Ode to Evening 202 ib . Ode to Peace ib . The Manners . An Ode ib . ... The Passions . An Ode for Music ... 203 An Epistle addressed to Sir Thomas Hanmer ...
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... Death's grim aspect thou art not alarm'd , He , for thy sake , has death itself disarm'd ; Nor shall the Grave o'er thee a victory boast ; Her triumph in thy rising shall be lost , When thou shalt join th ' angelic choirs above , In ...
... Death's grim aspect thou art not alarm'd , He , for thy sake , has death itself disarm'd ; Nor shall the Grave o'er thee a victory boast ; Her triumph in thy rising shall be lost , When thou shalt join th ' angelic choirs above , In ...
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... Death , Change your dire hissings into heavenly songs , And praise your Maker with your forked tongues . This profanation and debasement of so divine an art has tempted some weaker Christians to imagine , that poetry and vice are ...
... Death , Change your dire hissings into heavenly songs , And praise your Maker with your forked tongues . This profanation and debasement of so divine an art has tempted some weaker Christians to imagine , that poetry and vice are ...
Common terms and phrases
ANTISTROPHE Aristagoras art thou beauty behold beneath bless blest bliss bloom boast bosom breast breath bright Camarina charms dark dear death deep delight divine dreadful e'en Earth ECLOGUE EPODE Ergoteles eternal eyes fair fame fate fear fire flame flowers fond genius glory grace grief Grongar Hill grove hand happy heart Heaven heavenly honour immortal king labour Lord Lorenzo lov'd lyre maid mighty mind mortal mourn Muse Nature Nature's ne'er night Night Thoughts numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace Pelops Pindar plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet praise pride proud rage reign rise round sacred scene shade shine shore sigh sing skies smile soft song soul strain stream STROPHE swain sweet swell tears tempest terrour thee thine thou thought throne Tlepolemus toil truth vale verse virtue WILLIAM SHENSTONE wind wing wise Xenocrates youth
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Էջ 206 - Tis said, and I believe the tale, Thy humblest reed could more prevail, Had more of strength, diviner rage, Than all which charms this laggard age...
Էջ 205 - He threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down, And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe ; And ever and anon he beat...
Էջ 204 - IF AUGHT of oaten stop or pastoral song May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales...
Էջ 206 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Էջ 219 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong...
Էջ 207 - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet, of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing Spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove ; But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. 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...
Էջ 422 - TIRED Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unsullied with a tear.
Էջ 205 - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gemm'd with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known...
Էջ 328 - In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shed and mean attire, A matron old, whom we Schoolmistress name...
Էջ 425 - All promise is poor dilatory man, And that through every stage. When young, indeed, In full content we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves, and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan...