Miscellanies in Prose and Verse Intended as a Specimen of the Types: At the Logographic Printing OfficeJ. Walter, 1785 - 225 pagina's |
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Pagina 9
... MAID . The GRACES danc'd before the fair ; And white - rob'd INNOCENCE was there . The trees with golden fruits were crown'd , And rifing flow'rs adorn'd the ground ; The fun difplay'd each brighter ray , And fhone in all the pride of ...
... MAID . The GRACES danc'd before the fair ; And white - rob'd INNOCENCE was there . The trees with golden fruits were crown'd , And rifing flow'rs adorn'd the ground ; The fun difplay'd each brighter ray , And fhone in all the pride of ...
Pagina 11
... maid ) A graceful perfon came in view , ( His form it seems is known to few ; ) His dress was unadorn'd with lace , But charms ! a thoufand in his face . This , Sir , your property ? I cry'd- Mafter and manfion coincide ; Where all ...
... maid ) A graceful perfon came in view , ( His form it seems is known to few ; ) His dress was unadorn'd with lace , But charms ! a thoufand in his face . This , Sir , your property ? I cry'd- Mafter and manfion coincide ; Where all ...
Pagina 25
... maid ; Delicious WINE our tafte employs , His crimson bowl exalts our joys : I felt its gen'rous pow'r , and thought The pearl was found , that long I fought . Determin'd here to fix my home , I blefs'd the change , nor with'd to roam ...
... maid ; Delicious WINE our tafte employs , His crimson bowl exalts our joys : I felt its gen'rous pow'r , and thought The pearl was found , that long I fought . Determin'd here to fix my home , I blefs'd the change , nor with'd to roam ...
Pagina 35
... maid to the regal fair . This nymph , indulgent , conftant , kind , Derives from Heav'n her spotlefs mind ; When actions wear a dubious face , Puts the best meaning on the cafe ! She fpreads her arms , and bares her breast , Takes in ...
... maid to the regal fair . This nymph , indulgent , conftant , kind , Derives from Heav'n her spotlefs mind ; When actions wear a dubious face , Puts the best meaning on the cafe ! She fpreads her arms , and bares her breast , Takes in ...
Pagina 37
... maids of honour to the queen ; Who farther favours fhar'd befside , As daughters of her statesman PRIDE . The first CONCEIT , with tow'ring crest , Who look'd with fcorn upon the reft ; Fond of herself , nor lefs , I deem , Than Duchefs ...
... maids of honour to the queen ; Who farther favours fhar'd befside , As daughters of her statesman PRIDE . The first CONCEIT , with tow'ring crest , Who look'd with fcorn upon the reft ; Fond of herself , nor lefs , I deem , Than Duchefs ...
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Pagina 142 - 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; "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.
Pagina 143 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Pagina 87 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Pagina 139 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th
Pagina 142 - Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th...
Pagina 142 - 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. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love.
Pagina 138 - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Pagina 168 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Pagina 89 - And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Pagina 142 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.