The Minstrel: Or, The Progress of Genius. In Two Books. With Some Other PoemsWilliam Durell, no. 106, Maiden-Lane, P. Heard, printer, 1802 - 124 էջ |
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... fires the soul , and sparkles in the eyes VII . Then grieve not , thou , to whom th ' indulgent Muse Vouchsafes a portion of celestial fire ; Nor blame the partial Fates , if they refuse Th ' imperial banquet , and the rich attire ...
... fires the soul , and sparkles in the eyes VII . Then grieve not , thou , to whom th ' indulgent Muse Vouchsafes a portion of celestial fire ; Nor blame the partial Fates , if they refuse Th ' imperial banquet , and the rich attire ...
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... young desire ! Pursue , poor imp , th ' imaginary charm , Indulge gay Hope , and Fancy's pleasing fire : Fancy and Hope too soon shall of themselves expire . XXXII . When the long - sounding curfew from afar 25 THE MINSTREL .
... young desire ! Pursue , poor imp , th ' imaginary charm , Indulge gay Hope , and Fancy's pleasing fire : Fancy and Hope too soon shall of themselves expire . XXXII . When the long - sounding curfew from afar 25 THE MINSTREL .
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... fire of seraphim , To sing thy glories with devotion due ! Blest be the day I ' scaped the wrangling crew , From Pyrrho's maze , and Epicurus ' sty ; And held high converse with the godlike few , Who to th ' enraptur'd heart , and ear ...
... fire of seraphim , To sing thy glories with devotion due ! Blest be the day I ' scaped the wrangling crew , From Pyrrho's maze , and Epicurus ' sty ; And held high converse with the godlike few , Who to th ' enraptur'd heart , and ear ...
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... fire , to soar On Fancy's wing above this vale of tears ; Where dark cold - hearted sceptics , creeping , pore Through microscope of metaphysic lore : And much they grope for truth , but never hit . For why ? their powers , inadequate ...
... fire , to soar On Fancy's wing above this vale of tears ; Where dark cold - hearted sceptics , creeping , pore Through microscope of metaphysic lore : And much they grope for truth , but never hit . For why ? their powers , inadequate ...
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... noise and folly . To the pure soul by Fancy's fire refined , Ah what is mirth but turbulence unholy , When with the charm compared of heavenly melancholy . THE NEW [ PUBLIC D ASTOR . LENOX AND TILDEN 38 THE MINSTREL .
... noise and folly . To the pure soul by Fancy's fire refined , Ah what is mirth but turbulence unholy , When with the charm compared of heavenly melancholy . THE NEW [ PUBLIC D ASTOR . LENOX AND TILDEN 38 THE MINSTREL .
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Էջ 19 - IX. 0 how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Էջ 15 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
Էջ 124 - So breaks on the traveller faint and astray, The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. See Truth, Love, and Mercy, in triumph descending, And nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom ! On the cold cheek of death, smiles and roses are blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
Էջ 19 - Stung with disease, and stupified with spleen ; Fain to implore the aid of flattery's screen, Even from thyself thy loathsome heart to hide (The mansion then no more of joy serene), Where fear, distrust, malevolence abide, And impotent desire, and disappointed pride...
Էջ 26 - In truth he was a strange and wayward wight, Fond of each gentle, and each dreadful scene» In darkness, and in storm, he found delight : Nor less, than when on ocean-wave serene The southern sun diffused his dazzling shene*.
Էջ 31 - Or, when the setting Moon, in crimson dyed, Hung o'er the dark and melancholy deep, To haunted stream, remote from man, he hied, Where fays of yore their revels wont to keep ; And there let Fancy rove at large, till sleep A vision brought to his entranced sight.
Էջ 123 - Father of light,' then I cried, ' Thy creature, who fain would not wander from Thee : Lo, humbled in dust, I relinquish my pride : From doubt and from darkness Thou only canst free.
Էջ 11 - HE design was, to trace the progress of a Poetical Genius, born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a MINSTREL...
Էջ 21 - An honest heart was almost all his stock; His drink the living water from the rock: The milky dams supplied his board, and lent Their kindly fleece to baffle winter's shock ; And he, though oft with dust and sweat besprent, Did guide and guard their wanderings, wheresoe'er they went. xm From labour health, from health contentment springs : Contentment opes the source of every joy.
Էջ 43 - Is there a heart that music cannot melt ? Alas ! how is that rugged heart forlorn ! Is there who ne'er those mystic transports felt Of solitude and melancholy born ? He needs not woo the Muse ; he is her scorn : The sophist's rope of cobweb he shall twine ; Mope o'er the schoolman's peevish page; or mourn, And delve for life in Mammon's dirty mine ; Sneak with the scoundrel fox, or grunt with glutton swine.