The Poetical Works of William Shenstone: In Two Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:Printed at the Stanhope Press, by Charles Whittingham, ... for John Sharpe, 1808 |
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Pagina 12
... crown'd with pines , Or Mænalus , with leaves autumnal strew'd , The tuneful Pan retires , the vocal hills Resound no more , and all Arcadia mourns . Yet here we fondly dream'd of lasting joys ; Here we had hop'd , from noisy throngs ...
... crown'd with pines , Or Mænalus , with leaves autumnal strew'd , The tuneful Pan retires , the vocal hills Resound no more , and all Arcadia mourns . Yet here we fondly dream'd of lasting joys ; Here we had hop'd , from noisy throngs ...
Pagina 20
... crown'd thy barren hills with useful shade , And cheer'd with tinkling rills each silent glade ; Here taught the day to wear a thoughtful gloom , And there enliven'd Nature's vernal bloom . Propitious Earth ! lie lightly on his head ...
... crown'd thy barren hills with useful shade , And cheer'd with tinkling rills each silent glade ; Here taught the day to wear a thoughtful gloom , And there enliven'd Nature's vernal bloom . Propitious Earth ! lie lightly on his head ...
Pagina 26
... crown'd ! But harm betide the wayward swain Who dares our hallow'd haunts profane ! ' These sentiments correspond as well as possible with the ideas we form of the abode of Fairies , and , appearing deep in this romantic valley , serve ...
... crown'd ! But harm betide the wayward swain Who dares our hallow'd haunts profane ! ' These sentiments correspond as well as possible with the ideas we form of the abode of Fairies , and , appearing deep in this romantic valley , serve ...
Pagina 34
... crown thy healthful board , All that milk and fruits afford . ' Seek no more - the rest is vain ; Pleasure ending soon in pain ; Anguish lightly gilded o'er : Close thy wish , and seek no more . ' And now , passing through a wicket ...
... crown thy healthful board , All that milk and fruits afford . ' Seek no more - the rest is vain ; Pleasure ending soon in pain ; Anguish lightly gilded o'er : Close thy wish , and seek no more . ' And now , passing through a wicket ...
Pagina 63
... crown'd , Say , will she hear the distant voice of Fame ? Or , hearing , fancy sweetness in the sound ? Perhaps ev'n Genius pours a slighted lay ; Perhaps ev'n Friendship sheds a fruitless tear ; Ev'n Lyttelton but vainly trims the bay ...
... crown'd , Say , will she hear the distant voice of Fame ? Or , hearing , fancy sweetness in the sound ? Perhaps ev'n Genius pours a slighted lay ; Perhaps ev'n Friendship sheds a fruitless tear ; Ev'n Lyttelton but vainly trims the bay ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
bard beauty Beauty mourns beneath bless'd bliss bloom boast bosom bow'r breast breathe charms Clent hill crown'd dame Damon dear Delia delight drooping e'er Elegy envy ev'n fair faithless fame Fancy fate favour'd flame flow flow'rs fond form'd gentle glow gold grace ground grove haunts hear Heav'n hill lawn Leasowes Leather Lane lov'd lyre Lyttelton maid mind mournful Muse naiad native ne'er numbers nymph o'er pain paint path peace pensive plain pleas'd pleasure polish'd pomp pow'r praise pride rill ROBERT DODSLEY rose rove rural scene scorn seat shade SHENSTONE shepherd shine shore shrubs shun sigh silvan sing skies smile soft song soul stream swain sweet swell taste tear tender thee thine thou toils train trees tuneful Twas vale valley verdant virtue ween wild WILLIAM SHENSTONE wind wood youth
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Pagina 159 - Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair; Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are; To save from finger wet the letters fair: The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been Kens the forth-coming rod, unpleasing sight, I ween!
Pagina 44 - What it is to admire and to love, And to leave her we love and admire. Ah ! lead forth my flock in the morn, And the damps of each evening repel ; Alas ! I am faint and forlorn — • I have bade my dear Phyllis farewell.
Pagina 158 - Here oft the dame, on Sabbath's decent eve, Hymned such psalms as Sternhold forth did mete, If winter 'twere, she to her hearth did cleave, But in her garden found a...
Pagina 154 - AH me! full sorely is my heart forlorn, To think how modest Worth neglected lies While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such deeds alone, as pride and pomp disguise; Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprise: Lend me thy clarion, goddess!
Pagina 143 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Pagina 155 - ... mean attire, A matron old, whom we Schoolmistress name: Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame; They grieven sore in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the...
Pagina 120 - If through the garden's flowery tribes I stray, Where bloom the jasmines that could once allure, "Hope not to find delight in us," they say, "For we are spotless, Jessy; we are pure.
Pagina 57 - Their colours and their sash he wore, And in the fatal dress was found ; And now he must that death endure, Which gives the brave the keenest wound.
Pagina 45 - I fed on the smiles of my dear ? They tell me, my favourite maid. The pride of that valley, is flown ; Alas ! where with her I have stray'd I could wander with pleasure, alone.
Pagina 157 - One ancient hen she took delight to feed, The plodding pattern of the busy dame, Which ever and anon, impell'd by need, Into her school, begirt with chickens, came; Such favour did her past deportment claim: And if neglect had lavish'd on the ground Fragment of bread, she would collect the same; For well she knew, and quaintly could expound, What sin it were to waste the smallest crumb she found.