The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Հատոր 691790 |
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... cars , A filence fo profound ! III . A kind , a philofophic calm , The cool creation wears ! And what Day drank of dewey balm , The gentle Night repairs . IV . Behind their leafy curtains hid , The feather'd Behind [ 11 ]
... cars , A filence fo profound ! III . A kind , a philofophic calm , The cool creation wears ! And what Day drank of dewey balm , The gentle Night repairs . IV . Behind their leafy curtains hid , The feather'd Behind [ 11 ]
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... kind ; But ah ! the fetting fun proclaim'd That women's vows are - wind , II . The fickle fex , the boy defy'd ; And fwore , in terms prophane , That Beauty in her brightest pride Might fue to him in vain . When Delia from the neighb ...
... kind ; But ah ! the fetting fun proclaim'd That women's vows are - wind , II . The fickle fex , the boy defy'd ; And fwore , in terms prophane , That Beauty in her brightest pride Might fue to him in vain . When Delia from the neighb ...
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... Would Damon have Phillis prove kind , And all his keen anguish remove , Let him tell her foft tales , and he'll find The MAY is the mother of love . THE THE VIOLET . I. SH HELTER'D from the blight ambition 40 CUNNINGHAM'S POEMS .
... Would Damon have Phillis prove kind , And all his keen anguish remove , Let him tell her foft tales , and he'll find The MAY is the mother of love . THE THE VIOLET . I. SH HELTER'D from the blight ambition 40 CUNNINGHAM'S POEMS .
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... kind , Her manners are graceful , untainted her mind ! The sweets of contentment her cottage adorn , She's fair as the rofe - bud , and fresh as the morn ! She fmiles like Pomona - These smiles I'd refign , If Phillis were faithful ...
... kind , Her manners are graceful , untainted her mind ! The sweets of contentment her cottage adorn , She's fair as the rofe - bud , and fresh as the morn ! She fmiles like Pomona - These smiles I'd refign , If Phillis were faithful ...
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... kind . THE WARNING . I. YOUNG Colin once courted Myrtilla the prude , If he figh'd or look'd tender , fhe cry'd he was rude ; Tho ' he begg'd with devotion , fome ease for his pain , The fhepherd got nothing but frowns and difdain ...
... kind . THE WARNING . I. YOUNG Colin once courted Myrtilla the prude , If he figh'd or look'd tender , fhe cry'd he was rude ; Tho ' he begg'd with devotion , fome ease for his pain , The fhepherd got nothing but frowns and difdain ...
Common terms and phrases
Anacreon beauty becauſe behold beſt birds bleft bloom bofom breaſt charms CORYDON Countess of Northumberland cry'd Cupid Damon defire delight deſpair divine dreft ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair falute fame FANCY fate fatire fav'rite fays feat fenfe ferene fhades fhall fhepherd fhould fide fighs fing firſt fleep fmiles foft fome fond fong foon forrow FORTUNE foul fpring freſh ftands ftate ftill fuch fweet fwell gentle glory glowing Goddeſs golden grace grove halcion heart honours Jove juſt kifs LXIX maid marble live mighty mind mufe muft muſt Newcaſtle o'er paffions Phaëton Phillis plac'd pleaſe pleaſure praiſe pride Queen raiſe rife rofe rofy roſes round SALADIN ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſmile Spleen ſporting ſpread ſtand ſtate ſweet thefe theſe thofe thoſe thouſand thro try'd virgin whofe Whoſe William fung wings worfe wretch youth
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Էջ 239 - Rules, which, when truths themselves reveal, Bid us to follow what we feel. The world can't hear the...
Էջ 215 - Nor, hir'd to praise with stallion pen Serve the ear-lechery of men; But to avoid religious jars The laws are my expositors, Which in my doubting mind create Conformity to church and state.
Էջ 237 - Said a formal non-con, (whose rich stock of grace Lies forward expos'd in shop-window of face) Ah! pity your soul: come, be of our sect: For then you are safe, and may plead you're elect.
Էջ 225 - Two hundred pounds, half-yearly paid, Annuity securely made, A farm some twenty miles from town, Small, tight, salubrious, and my own: Two maids, that never saw the town, A serving-man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow...
Էջ 248 - Not knowing home in such a plight, Fly to and' fro, afraid to light. — Far from my theme, from method far, Convey'd in Venus' flying car, I go compell'd by feather'd steeds, That scorn the rein, when Delia leads.
Էջ 213 - Am loth to lend, or run in debt. No compter-writs me agitate ; Who moralizing pass the gate, And there mine eyes on spendthrifts turn, Who vainly o'er their bondage mourn.
Էջ 246 - Before they died, been forced to creep. They politics, like ours, profess : The greater prey upon the less. Some strain on foot huge loads to bring, Some toil incessant on the wing...
Էջ 226 - Invite, and contemplation aid: Here nymphs from hollow oaks relate The dark decrees and will of fate, And dreams beneath the spreading beech Inspire, and docile fancy teach; While soft as breezy breath of wind, Impulses rustle through the mind: Here Dryads, scorning Phoebus
Էջ 246 - Some frolic, toil, marry, increase, Are sick and well, have war and peace, And, broke with age, in half a day Yield to successors, and away. Let not prophane this sacred place, Hypocrisy with Janus...
Էջ 241 - Eloquent Want, whose reasons sway, And make ten thousand truths give way. While I your scheme with pleasure trace, Draws near, and stares me in the face.