Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's Traveller, and Goldsmith's Deserted village1814 |
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... society courted by all . He was learn- ed ; - —a man of taste , and of manners the most polite * See his letter to Dr. Doddridge , Feb. 25 , 1741-42 , which is written in a style of peculiar ease and mo- desty , and sets him in so ...
... society courted by all . He was learn- ed ; - —a man of taste , and of manners the most polite * See his letter to Dr. Doddridge , Feb. 25 , 1741-42 , which is written in a style of peculiar ease and mo- desty , and sets him in so ...
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... society , I owe thee much . Thou hast deserv'd from me Far , far beyond what I can ever pay . Oft have I prov'd the labours of thy love , And the warm efforts of thy gentle heart , Anxious to please . - Oh ! when my friend and I In some ...
... society , I owe thee much . Thou hast deserv'd from me Far , far beyond what I can ever pay . Oft have I prov'd the labours of thy love , And the warm efforts of thy gentle heart , Anxious to please . - Oh ! when my friend and I In some ...
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... society , And look upon themselves as fiends less foul . Our time is fix'd , and all our days are number'd : How long , how short , we know not : --- this we know , Duty requires we calmly wait the summons , Nor dare to stir till Heaven ...
... society , And look upon themselves as fiends less foul . Our time is fix'd , and all our days are number'd : How long , how short , we know not : --- this we know , Duty requires we calmly wait the summons , Nor dare to stir till Heaven ...
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... society forbid your speaking Upon a point so nice ? —I'll ask no more : Sullen , like lamps in sepulchres , your shine Enlightens but yourselves . Well , ' tis no matter ; A very little time will clear up all , And make us learn'd as ...
... society forbid your speaking Upon a point so nice ? —I'll ask no more : Sullen , like lamps in sepulchres , your shine Enlightens but yourselves . Well , ' tis no matter ; A very little time will clear up all , And make us learn'd as ...
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... merits to disclose , Or draw his frailties from their dread abode , ( There they alike in trembling hope repose ) The bosom of his Father and his God . THE TRAVELLER ; OR , A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY . H3 GRAY'S ELEGY . 89.
... merits to disclose , Or draw his frailties from their dread abode , ( There they alike in trembling hope repose ) The bosom of his Father and his God . THE TRAVELLER ; OR , A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY . H3 GRAY'S ELEGY . 89.
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alike Amidst beneath Blair blank verse bless'd blessing blest bliss blood boast breast breath charms climes creature dear death e'en e'er earth ease Elegy EPISTLE EPISTLE II eternal ev'n ev'ry fame fear fix'd flies fool form'd gen'ral giv'n grave hand happiness heart Heav'n honour hope hope and fear human instinct int'rest kings land laws learn'd looks lord luxury man's mankind mind monarch moral nature nature's ne'er never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH once pain passions plac'd Pleas'd pleasure poem poor pow'r pride proud reason reign rest rich rill rise Robert Blair round Self-love shade shame sire skies slave smiling society soul spread strength swain sweet SWEET AUBURN taught tell thee thine thing thou thro toil Twas tyrant vice village virtue weak wealth Whilst whole wise world unknown wretch yonder
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Página 88 - E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Página 19 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Página 86 - Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor.
Página 114 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd 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...
Página 18 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Página 112 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate...
Página 14 - In Pride, in reas'ning Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Página 115 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Página 118 - And, pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour, When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
Página 85 - And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight...