The Poetical Works of William Shenstone: In Two Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:Printed at the Stanhope Press, by Charles Whittingham, ... for John Sharpe, 1808 |
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... soft beneath his bowers . Wak'd by the stock - dove's melting strain , Behold them rise ! and , with the train Of nymphs that haunt the stream or grove , Or o'er the flowery champaign rove , Join hand in hand - attentive gaze- And mark ...
... soft beneath his bowers . Wak'd by the stock - dove's melting strain , Behold them rise ! and , with the train Of nymphs that haunt the stream or grove , Or o'er the flowery champaign rove , Join hand in hand - attentive gaze- And mark ...
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... soft and pensive scene , very pro . 8 IMITATION . O Galatea ! Nereus ' lovely child , Sweeter than Hybla thyme , more undefil'd Than down of swan , or ivy's purest white , When the full oxen , warn'd by fading light , Home to the stall ...
... soft and pensive scene , very pro . 8 IMITATION . O Galatea ! Nereus ' lovely child , Sweeter than Hybla thyme , more undefil'd Than down of swan , or ivy's purest white , When the full oxen , warn'd by fading light , Home to the stall ...
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... soft thy murmurs are , Thy waters lovely , cool , and fair . ' Flow , gentle Stream ! nor let the vain Thy small unsullied stores disdain ; Nor let the pensive sage repine , Whose latent course resembles thine . " The view from it is a ...
... soft thy murmurs are , Thy waters lovely , cool , and fair . ' Flow , gentle Stream ! nor let the vain Thy small unsullied stores disdain ; Nor let the pensive sage repine , Whose latent course resembles thine . " The view from it is a ...
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... soft image of our youthful mind ! ' Soft whilst we sleep beneath the rural bow'rs , The Loves and Graces steal unseen away , And where the turf diffus'd its pomp of flow'rs , We wake to wintry scenes of chill decay ! Curse the sad ...
... soft image of our youthful mind ! ' Soft whilst we sleep beneath the rural bow'rs , The Loves and Graces steal unseen away , And where the turf diffus'd its pomp of flow'rs , We wake to wintry scenes of chill decay ! Curse the sad ...
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... presume to stray Where sleep the reliques of that virtuous maid ; Nor aught unlovely bend its devious way Where soft Ophelia's dear remains are laid . Haply thy Muse , as with unceasing sighs She keeps 66 ELEGIES . Ophelia's Urn To Mr.
... presume to stray Where sleep the reliques of that virtuous maid ; Nor aught unlovely bend its devious way Where soft Ophelia's dear remains are laid . Haply thy Muse , as with unceasing sighs She keeps 66 ELEGIES . Ophelia's Urn To Mr.
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Էջ 159 - Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair; Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are; To save from finger wet the letters fair: The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been Kens the forth-coming rod, unpleasing sight, I ween!
Էջ 44 - What it is to admire and to love, And to leave her we love and admire. Ah ! lead forth my flock in the morn, And the damps of each evening repel ; Alas ! I am faint and forlorn — • I have bade my dear Phyllis farewell.
Էջ 158 - Here oft the dame, on Sabbath's decent eve, Hymned such psalms as Sternhold forth did mete, If winter 'twere, she to her hearth did cleave, But in her garden found a...
Էջ 154 - AH me! full sorely is my heart forlorn, To think how modest Worth neglected lies While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such deeds alone, as pride and pomp disguise; Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprise: Lend me thy clarion, goddess!
Էջ 143 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Էջ 155 - ... mean attire, A matron old, whom we Schoolmistress name: Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame; They grieven sore in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the...
Էջ 120 - If through the garden's flowery tribes I stray, Where bloom the jasmines that could once allure, "Hope not to find delight in us," they say, "For we are spotless, Jessy; we are pure.
Էջ 57 - Their colours and their sash he wore, And in the fatal dress was found ; And now he must that death endure, Which gives the brave the keenest wound.
Էջ 45 - I fed on the smiles of my dear ? They tell me, my favourite maid. The pride of that valley, is flown ; Alas ! where with her I have stray'd I could wander with pleasure, alone.
Էջ 157 - One ancient hen she took delight to feed, The plodding pattern of the busy dame, Which ever and anon, impell'd by need, Into her school, begirt with chickens, came; Such favour did her past deportment claim: And if neglect had lavish'd on the ground Fragment of bread, she would collect the same; For well she knew, and quaintly could expound, What sin it were to waste the smallest crumb she found.