The Beauties of English Poesy, Том 1William Griffin, 1767 - 12 страница |
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... bright inhabitants of air ! If e'er one Vifion touch thy infant thought , Of all the Nurfe and all the Priest have taught ; Of airy Elves by moonlight fhadows seen , The filver token , and the circled green , Or virgins vifited by Angel ...
... bright inhabitants of air ! If e'er one Vifion touch thy infant thought , Of all the Nurfe and all the Priest have taught ; Of airy Elves by moonlight fhadows seen , The filver token , and the circled green , Or virgins vifited by Angel ...
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... Bright as the fun , her eyes the gazers strike , And , like the fun , they shine on all alike . Yet graceful ease , and sweetness void of pride , Might hide her faults , if Belles had faults to hide : If to her fhare fome female errors ...
... Bright as the fun , her eyes the gazers strike , And , like the fun , they shine on all alike . Yet graceful ease , and sweetness void of pride , Might hide her faults , if Belles had faults to hide : If to her fhare fome female errors ...
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... bright order blaze , While nymphs take treats , or affignations give , So long my honour , name , and praife fhall live ! What Time would spare , from Steel receives its date , And monuments , like men , fubmit to fate ! Steel could the ...
... bright order blaze , While nymphs take treats , or affignations give , So long my honour , name , and praife fhall live ! What Time would spare , from Steel receives its date , And monuments , like men , fubmit to fate ! Steel could the ...
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... bright , as vifions of expiring maids . Now glaring ends , and fuakes on rolling spires , Pale fpetres , gaping tombs , and purple fires : Now lakes of liquid gold , Elyfian scenes , And cryftal domes , and Angels in machines . Unnumber ...
... bright , as vifions of expiring maids . Now glaring ends , and fuakes on rolling spires , Pale fpetres , gaping tombs , and purple fires : Now lakes of liquid gold , Elyfian scenes , And cryftal domes , and Angels in machines . Unnumber ...
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... bright , The heav'ns bespangling with dishevel❜d light . The Sylphs behold it kindling as it flies , And , pleas'd , purfue its progrefs thro ' the skies . This the Beau - monde shall from the Mall furvey , And hail with mufic its ...
... bright , The heav'ns bespangling with dishevel❜d light . The Sylphs behold it kindling as it flies , And , pleas'd , purfue its progrefs thro ' the skies . This the Beau - monde shall from the Mall furvey , And hail with mufic its ...
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Balaam beſtow bleffings Blouzelind breaſt breath cry'd CUDDY Dæmon defcend defigns ECLOGUE erft Eurydice Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fecret fecure feen fhade fhall fhining fhould fide fighs fight filent filk filver fing fire firft firſt fleep flow'rs fmiles foft folemn fome fong foon foul ftands ftate ftill ftreams fuch fung fwains fweet fwell Gnome guife hair heart Heav'n heel I three himſelf juft king laft laſt lefs LOBBIN CLOUT loft Lubberkin maid moſt mufe mufic muſt numbers Nymph o'er paffion parterre plain pleaſure poet pow'r praiſe pray'r raiſe reft rife roſe ſcenes ſhade ſhall ſharp ſhe ſkies ſky ſpread ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtrain Sylphs tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand three times mark thro trembling turn me thrice Twas Umbriel uſeful Vafes ween whofe Whoſe winds youth
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Страница 49 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd shade; And young and old come forth to play On.
Страница 42 - 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...
Страница 47 - Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Страница 39 - Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Страница 57 - One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the heath and near his fav'rite 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 thro' the church-way path we saw him borne.
Страница 47 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Страница 57 - 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...
Страница 216 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend, To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let Nature never be forgot.
Страница 54 - Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Страница 50 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.