The Works of the British Poets, Volume 10John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh., 1795 - 1157 páginas |
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... wish , with ease we fancy near . SATIRE IV . TO THE RIGHT HON . SIR SPENGER COMPTON . ROUND fome fair tree th ' ambitious woodbine grows , And breathes her sweets on the supporting boughs ; So fweet the verfe , th ' ambitious verfe ...
... wish , with ease we fancy near . SATIRE IV . TO THE RIGHT HON . SIR SPENGER COMPTON . ROUND fome fair tree th ' ambitious woodbine grows , And breathes her sweets on the supporting boughs ; So fweet the verfe , th ' ambitious verfe ...
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... wish for pain No numerous are our joys , when life is new ; And yearly fome are falling of the few ; But when we conquer life's meridian stage , And downward tend into the vale of age , They drop apace ; by nature fome decay , And fome ...
... wish for pain No numerous are our joys , when life is new ; And yearly fome are falling of the few ; But when we conquer life's meridian stage , And downward tend into the vale of age , They drop apace ; by nature fome decay , And fome ...
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... WISH . " Let the fea make a noife , let the floods clap their “ hands . " SWEET rural scene ! Of flocks and green ! At carelefe eafe my limbs are spread ; All nature ftill , But yonder rill ; PSAL . xcviii . And liftening pines nod o'er ...
... WISH . " Let the fea make a noife , let the floods clap their “ hands . " SWEET rural scene ! Of flocks and green ! At carelefe eafe my limbs are spread ; All nature ftill , But yonder rill ; PSAL . xcviii . And liftening pines nod o'er ...
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... wish , When worlds want wealth to buy . Bid day fland ftill , Bid him drive back his car , and reimport The period paft , re - give the given hour . Lorenzo , more than miracles we want ; Lorenzo - O for yesterdays to come ! Such is the ...
... wish , When worlds want wealth to buy . Bid day fland ftill , Bid him drive back his car , and reimport The period paft , re - give the given hour . Lorenzo , more than miracles we want ; Lorenzo - O for yesterdays to come ! Such is the ...
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... wish , ' fis later with the wife than he's aware : A Wilmington goes flower than the fun : And all mankind mistake their time of day ; Ev'n age itfelf . Fresh hopes are hourly fown In furrow'd brows .. To gentle life's defcent We fhut ...
... wish , ' fis later with the wife than he's aware : A Wilmington goes flower than the fun : And all mankind mistake their time of day ; Ev'n age itfelf . Fresh hopes are hourly fown In furrow'd brows .. To gentle life's defcent We fhut ...
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Página 217 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 217 - 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.
Página 217 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Página 223 - Sisters, weave the web of death; Sisters, cease, the work is done. Hail the task, and hail the hands!
Página 63 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 247 - I saw difficulties which staggered me ; but I kept my mind open to conviction. The evidences and doctrines of Christianity, studied with attention, made me a most firm and persuaded believer of the Christian religion. I have made it the rule of my life, and it is the ground of my future hopes.
Página 231 - And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet Morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain. I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear And weep the more because I weep in vain.
Página 220 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Página 14 - Alas ! misfortunes travel in a train, And oft in life form one perpetual chain ; Fear buries fear, and ills on ills attend, Till life and sorrow meet one common end.
Página 379 - And they sung a new song, saying, "Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof; for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation...