Letters to a Young Lady on a Course of English Poetry: By J. AikinJ. Johnson, 1807 - 297 pagina's |
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Pagina 273 - Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions and a will resign...
Pagina 44 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Pagina 270 - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
Pagina 138 - To quell the mighty of the earth, the oppressor, The brute and boisterous force of violent men, Hardy and industrious to support Tyrannic power, but raging to pursue The righteous, and all such as honour truth...
Pagina 26 - Whilst listening to the murmuring leaves he stood, More than a mile immers'd within the wood, At once the wind was laid, the whispering sound Was dumb; a rising earthquake rock'd the ground; With deeper brown the grove was overspread; A sudden horror seiz'd his giddy head, And his ears tinkled, and his colour fled ; Nature was in alarm; some danger nigh Seem'd threaten'd, though unseen to mortal eye.
Pagina 94 - She, who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting sways, Yet has her humour most, when she obeys...
Pagina 267 - Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion...
Pagina 282 - And Reason, now, through Number, Time, and Space, ' Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, ' And learns, from facts compared, the laws to trace, ' Whose long progression leads to Deity.
Pagina 87 - Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide : Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, tho' less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th...
Pagina 68 - Your generous boldness to defend An innocent and absent friend; That courage which can make you just To merit humbled in the dust; The detestation you express For vice in all its glittering dress...
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Letters to a Young Lady on a Course of English Poetry: By J. Aikin |
| Auteur | John Aikin |
| Editie | 2 |
| Uitgever | J. Johnson, 1807 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Oxford University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 31 juli 2007 |
| Lengte | 297 pagina's |
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