Elegant Extracts: Consisting of larger poemsWells and Lilly, 1826 |
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... force to ravish , or by fraud betray ; For when success a lover's toil attends , Few ask if fraud or force attain'd his ends . For this , ere Phoebus rose , he had implor'd Propitious Heav'n , and every power ador'd , But chiefly Love ...
... force to ravish , or by fraud betray ; For when success a lover's toil attends , Few ask if fraud or force attain'd his ends . For this , ere Phoebus rose , he had implor'd Propitious Heav'n , and every power ador'd , But chiefly Love ...
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... force or slight ; But what , or where , the fates have wrapp'd in night . Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law , Or some frail china - jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour , or her new brocade ; Forget her prayʼrs , or miss a ...
... force or slight ; But what , or where , the fates have wrapp'd in night . Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law , Or some frail china - jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour , or her new brocade ; Forget her prayʼrs , or miss a ...
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... force with care : ' Let spades be trumps ! ' she said ; and trumps they Now move to war her sable matadores , [ were . In show like leaders of the swarthy Moors : Spadillio first , unconquerable lord ! Led off two captive trumps , and ...
... force with care : ' Let spades be trumps ! ' she said ; and trumps they Now move to war her sable matadores , [ were . In show like leaders of the swarthy Moors : Spadillio first , unconquerable lord ! Led off two captive trumps , and ...
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... force of unresisted steel ? CANTO IV . [ feel BUT anxious cares the pensive nymph oppress'd , And secret passions labour'd in her breast . For youthful kings in battle seiz'd alive , Not scornful virgins who their charms survive , Not ...
... force of unresisted steel ? CANTO IV . [ feel BUT anxious cares the pensive nymph oppress'd , And secret passions labour'd in her breast . For youthful kings in battle seiz'd alive , Not scornful virgins who their charms survive , Not ...
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... force of female lungs , Sighs , sobs , and passions , and the war of tongues . A vial next she fills with fainting fears , Soft sorrows , melting griefs , and flowing tears . The gnome rejoicing bears her gifts away , Spreads his black ...
... force of female lungs , Sighs , sobs , and passions , and the war of tongues . A vial next she fills with fainting fears , Soft sorrows , melting griefs , and flowing tears . The gnome rejoicing bears her gifts away , Spreads his black ...
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airy arms beauteous beauty bless'd bliss bosom breast bright charms cheek cincture cried crown'd dark delight dread e'en Earth Emma Emma's eyes fair fame fancy fate fear fire fix'd flame flies fond fondly frown gentle gnome grace groves guardian hair hand happy hast heart Heaven heavenly Henry honour hope hour lord Lord Percy lov'd lyre maid mind mortal Muse Nature's ne'er night Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er pain pass'd passions Percy Pleas'd pleasure poison'd pomp pow'r praise pride proud quick Raby Castle rage rais'd rapture rise rose round scene seem'd Serena shade shine sigh sight sire smil'd smile soft song Sophrosyne soul spirit Spleen spoke sprite sullen sweet SWEET Auburn swell sylphs tears tender Thalestris thee thine thou thought toil trembling triumph truth Umbriel vale vex'd virtue voice Warkworth wealth wild wings wonder wound youth
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Página 94 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Página 93 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 81 - Gay, sprightly land of mirth and social ease, Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please ! How often have I led thy sportive choir, With tuneless pipe beside the murmuring Loire...
Página 98 - Where the dark scorpion gathers death around ; Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake ; Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey, And savage men more murderous still than they ; While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies, Mingling the ravaged landscape with the skies.
Página 10 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home : Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Página 94 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose...
Página 5 - Goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Página 158 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Página 87 - In every government , though terrors reign , Though tyrant kings, or tyrant laws restrain, How small , of all that human hearts endure , That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Página 98 - With heavy heart, deplores that luckless hour When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown. Do thine, sweet AUBURN, thine, the loveliest train, Do thy fair tribes participate her pain?