Poetical Works of Thomson and GrayT. Nelson, 1861 - 425 էջ |
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... fame of the Author of the Seasons was established . JAMES THOMSON was born at Ednam , near Kelso , on the 7th of September 1700. His father was minister of the parish in which his son was born , but shortly afterwards removed to that of ...
... fame of the Author of the Seasons was established . JAMES THOMSON was born at Ednam , near Kelso , on the 7th of September 1700. His father was minister of the parish in which his son was born , but shortly afterwards removed to that of ...
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... fame of Thomson now rose high . " Every day , " says . Johnson , " brought him new friends . " To the Lord Chancellor Talbot he was introduced by Dr. Rundle . The publication of Summer secured him the favour of Bubb Dodington . His ...
... fame of Thomson now rose high . " Every day , " says . Johnson , " brought him new friends . " To the Lord Chancellor Talbot he was introduced by Dr. Rundle . The publication of Summer secured him the favour of Bubb Dodington . His ...
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... fame . High as his own opinion of the poem was , it had few readers in his own day and has almost ceased to be read in ours . The First Minister retired , the Cabinet was partially re- modeled , and the nation soon discovered that its ...
... fame . High as his own opinion of the poem was , it had few readers in his own day and has almost ceased to be read in ours . The First Minister retired , the Cabinet was partially re- modeled , and the nation soon discovered that its ...
Էջ viii
... fame . It was brought upon the stage for the benefit of his family with all the advantages it could derive from the then unequalled acting of Quin . Lyttelton prefaced the performance with a prologue of much elegance and feeling , which ...
... fame . It was brought upon the stage for the benefit of his family with all the advantages it could derive from the then unequalled acting of Quin . Lyttelton prefaced the performance with a prologue of much elegance and feeling , which ...
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... fame . Mistaken minds ! " Tis reason's prime aspiring , greatly just ; ' Tis happiness supreme to venture forth In quest of nobler worlds , to try the depths Of dark futurity with heaven our guide , The unerring hand that led us safe ...
... fame . Mistaken minds ! " Tis reason's prime aspiring , greatly just ; ' Tis happiness supreme to venture forth In quest of nobler worlds , to try the depths Of dark futurity with heaven our guide , The unerring hand that led us safe ...
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Էջ 373 - A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Էջ 366 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death?
Էջ 366 - Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the Poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Էջ 179 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Էջ 369 - The next, with dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Էջ 368 - Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn...
Էջ 378 - Aeolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take: The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong, Through verdant vales and Ceres...
Էջ 125 - Through the hush'd air the whitening shower descends, At first thin wavering; till at last the flakes Fall broad, and wide, and fast, dimming the day With a continual flow.
Էջ 369 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Էջ 368 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.