Miscellaneous PoemsDavison, 1812 - 179 էջ |
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... , And feign'd affliction mocks the Muse's tears ; Unhonour'd , say , shall talents , virtue , worth , Unwept go down unto their kindred earth ? The noisy strings while venal idiots sweep , O'er her ON THE DEATH OF ...
... , And feign'd affliction mocks the Muse's tears ; Unhonour'd , say , shall talents , virtue , worth , Unwept go down unto their kindred earth ? The noisy strings while venal idiots sweep , O'er her ON THE DEATH OF ...
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... earth's contracted bound , Ardent in search of " hidden things profound , " Struck from the path to meaner mortals given , And soar'd on wings of thought sublime to heaven ! Where CHAUCER , ancient bard , with chere right mery , Of ...
... earth's contracted bound , Ardent in search of " hidden things profound , " Struck from the path to meaner mortals given , And soar'd on wings of thought sublime to heaven ! Where CHAUCER , ancient bard , with chere right mery , Of ...
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... Earth to Heaven , from Time t ' Eternity ! Where COLLINS wildly pour'd th ' impassion'd ‡ lay ; Where wak'd th ' Eolian lyre§ ethereal GRAY , Or toll'd at eve " the knell of parting day ; " * Essay on Man . + Alluding to his poem of ...
... Earth to Heaven , from Time t ' Eternity ! Where COLLINS wildly pour'd th ' impassion'd ‡ lay ; Where wak'd th ' Eolian lyre§ ethereal GRAY , Or toll'd at eve " the knell of parting day ; " * Essay on Man . + Alluding to his poem of ...
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... earth , and mistress of the sea , Still proudly rear thy head pre - eminent and free . Now pause , my Muse ! From harsher notes abstain ; And strike the chords unto a softer strain : * In the foregoing lines a few Names have appeared ...
... earth , and mistress of the sea , Still proudly rear thy head pre - eminent and free . Now pause , my Muse ! From harsher notes abstain ; And strike the chords unto a softer strain : * In the foregoing lines a few Names have appeared ...
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... Earth sustains , Long with benignant eye regard thy shore , And shield thy warriors ' mid the battle's roar . Thine be it still to check the Tyrant's hand , To stand the champion of each injur❜d Land ; Proud to maintain thy Liberties ...
... Earth sustains , Long with benignant eye regard thy shore , And shield thy warriors ' mid the battle's roar . Thine be it still to check the Tyrant's hand , To stand the champion of each injur❜d Land ; Proud to maintain thy Liberties ...
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Էջ 71 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Էջ 111 - I have heard of your paintings too, well enough ; God hath given you one face and you make yourselves another: you jig, you amble, and you lisp, and nick-name God's creatures, and make your wantonness your ignorance.
Էջ 176 - Prescrib'd her heights, and prun'd her tender wing, (Her guide now lost,) no more attempts to rise, But in low numbers short excursions tries ; Content, if hence th...
Էջ 120 - When honour is a support to virtuous principles, and runs parallel with the laws of God and our country, it cannot be too much cherished and encouraged ; but when the dictates of honour are contrary to those of religion and equity, they are the greatest depravations of human nature, by giving wrong ambitious and false ideas of what is good and laudable ; and should, therefore, be exploded by all governments, and driven out as the bane and plague of human society.
Էջ 160 - Will lug your priests and servants from your sides, Pluck stout men's pillows from below their heads : This yellow slave Will knit and break religions ; bless the accursed ; Make the hoar leprosy adored ; place thieves, And give them title, knee and approbation With senators on the bench...
Էջ 160 - What is here ( Gold/ yellow, glittering, precious gold/— No, gods, I am no idle votarist : Roots, you clear heavens ! Thus much of this will make Black white, foul fair, wrong right, Base noble, old young, coward valiant. Ha, you gods ! why this / what this, you gods / Why, this Will lug your priests and servants from your sides, Pluck stout men's pillows from below their heads: This yellow slave Will knit and break religions ; bless the accurs'd ; Make the hoar leprosy ador'd ; place thieves,...
Էջ 139 - Things vulgar, and well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise and they admire they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other : And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues and be their talk, Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise...
Էջ 157 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Էջ 83 - Would shrink to hear th' obstreperous trump of Fame; Supremely blest, if to their portion fall Health, competence, and peace. Nor higher aim Had he, whose simple tale these artless lines proclaim.
Էջ 152 - Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.