Watts, A. Philips, West, Collins, Dyer, Shenstone, YoungAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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Pagina 9
... bliss , Thou seem'st ; while thou their everlasting songs Hast sung to mortal ears , and down to Earth Transferr'd the work of Heaven ; with thought sublime , And high sonerous words , thou sweetly sing'st To thy immortal lyre . Amaz'd ...
... bliss , Thou seem'st ; while thou their everlasting songs Hast sung to mortal ears , and down to Earth Transferr'd the work of Heaven ; with thought sublime , And high sonerous words , thou sweetly sing'st To thy immortal lyre . Amaz'd ...
Pagina 10
... bliss ; But then , dear sir , be cautious how you use To transports so intensely rais'd your Muse , Lest , whilst th ... bliss to bliss the happy beings rove , And taste the sweets of music and of love . But when the softer scenes of ...
... bliss ; But then , dear sir , be cautious how you use To transports so intensely rais'd your Muse , Lest , whilst th ... bliss to bliss the happy beings rove , And taste the sweets of music and of love . But when the softer scenes of ...
Pagina 22
... bliss ; For bliss can ne'er be found Till we arrive where Jesus is , And tread on heavenly ground . There's nothing round these painted skies , Or round this dusty clod ; Nothing , my soul , that's worth thy joys , Or lovely as thy God ...
... bliss ; For bliss can ne'er be found Till we arrive where Jesus is , And tread on heavenly ground . There's nothing round these painted skies , Or round this dusty clod ; Nothing , my soul , that's worth thy joys , Or lovely as thy God ...
Pagina 26
... bliss , Or sink in flaming waves , While the pale carcass thoughtless lies Among the silent graves . Some hearty friend shall drop his tear On our dry bones , and say , " These once were strong , as mine appear , And mine must be as ...
... bliss , Or sink in flaming waves , While the pale carcass thoughtless lies Among the silent graves . Some hearty friend shall drop his tear On our dry bones , and say , " These once were strong , as mine appear , And mine must be as ...
Pagina 36
... THE FAREWELL . DEAD be my heart to all below , To mortal joys and mortal cares ; To sensual bliss that charms us so Be dark , my eyes , and deaf , my ears . Here I renounce my carnal taste Of the fair fruit 36 WATTS'S POEMS .
... THE FAREWELL . DEAD be my heart to all below , To mortal joys and mortal cares ; To sensual bliss that charms us so Be dark , my eyes , and deaf , my ears . Here I renounce my carnal taste Of the fair fruit 36 WATTS'S POEMS .
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ANTISTROPHE Aristagoras art thou beauty behold beneath bless blest bliss bloom boast bosom breast breath bright Camarina charms dark dear death deep delight divine dreadful e'en Earth ECLOGUE EPODE Ergoteles eternal eyes fair fame fate fear fire flame flowers fond genius glory grace grief Grongar Hill grove hand happy heart Heaven heavenly honour immortal king labour Lord Lorenzo lov'd lyre maid mighty mind mortal mourn Muse Nature Nature's ne'er night Night Thoughts numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace Pelops Pindar plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet praise pride proud rage reign rise round sacred scene shade shine shore sigh sing skies smile soft song soul strain stream STROPHE swain sweet swell tears tempest terrour thee thine thou thought throne Tlepolemus toil truth vale verse virtue WILLIAM SHENSTONE wind wing wise Xenocrates youth
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Pagina 205 - He threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down, And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe ; And ever and anon he beat...
Pagina 204 - IF AUGHT of oaten stop or pastoral song May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales...
Pagina 206 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Pagina 219 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong...
Pagina 207 - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet, of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing Spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove ; But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No wither'd witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew; The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew...
Pagina 422 - TIRED Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unsullied with a tear.
Pagina 205 - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gemm'd with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known...
Pagina 328 - In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shed and mean attire, A matron old, whom we Schoolmistress name...
Pagina 425 - All promise is poor dilatory man, And that through every stage. When young, indeed, In full content we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves, and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan...