The Works of the English Poets: Rowe and TickellH. Hughs, 1779 |
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Ah willow Albion arms Atreus Atrides beneath beſt beſtow bleſs bleſt blood boſom breaſt Britannia's cauſe charms convey'd courſe deſtin'd diſdain diſtant divine doſt dreadful Ev'n eyes facred fair fairy falſe fame fate fceptre fecret fight filent fing fire firſt fix'd flain fome footh foul Gaul gods grace hand heart heaven hecatomb ILIAD inſpire Jove juſt king laſt leſs lov'd maid maſter mighty monarch mortal moſt Muſe muſt ne'er Neptune numbers nymph o'er once paſt peace pleaſing pleaſure praiſe prince race rage raiſe reaſon reſt rife riſe roſe ſcene ſcorn ſeems ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhalt ſhare ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſmile ſome ſon ſpeak ſpoils ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtrain ſtream ſtrength ſtrife ſuch ſwain ſway ſwear ſweet ſwell ſword thee theſe thine thoſe thou vaſt verſe vex'd vows waſte whoſe youth
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Page 191 - Or dost thou warn poor mortals left behind, A task well suited to thy gentle mind? Oh ! if sometimes thy spotless form descend : To me, thy aid, thou guardian genius, lend ! When rage misguides me, or when fear alarms, When pain distresses, or when pleasure charms, In silent whisperings purer thoughts impart, And turn from ill, a frail and feeble heart ; Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before, Till bliss shall join, nor death can part us more.
Page 194 - Nor think him all thy own. To-morrow, in the church to wed, Impatient, both prepare ! But know, fond maid ; and know, false man, That Lucy will be there!
Page 208 - The Sun's meridian rays Veil the horizon in one mighty blaze : Nor moon nor star in Heaven's blue arch is seen With kindly rays to silver o'er the green, Grateful to fairy eyes ; they secret take Their rest, and only wretched mortals wake.
Page 38 - Oak, fo much of old renown'd? How many worthy gentlemen of late Swore to be true to Mother-church and State ; When their falfe Hearts...
Page 195 - When, stretch'd before her rival's corse, She saw her husband dead. Then to his Lucy's new-made grave, Convey'd by trembling swains, One mould with her, beneath one sod, For ever he remains.
Page 99 - Through the new pupil fosf ring juices flow, Thrust forth the gems, and give the flowers to blow ; Aloft, immortal reigns the plant unknown, With borrow'd life, and vigour not his own.'* 'TO THE SPECTATOR GENERAL.
Page 53 - To forsake the fine folk of the town ! To think that a beauty so gay, So kind and so constant...
Page 207 - To red-cheek'd fweet-hearts in their home-fpun gowns. All in a lawn of many a various hue, A bed of flowers (a fairy foreft) grew; 'Twas here one noon, the gaudieft of the May, The ftill, the fecret, filent hour of day, Beneath a lofty tulip's ample made Sate the young lover and th
Page 189 - Addison unpaid, Blame not her silence, Warwick, but bemoan, And judge, Oh judge, my bosom by your own. What mourner ever felt poetic fires ! Slow comes the verse that real woe inspires : Grief unaffected suits but ill with art, Or flowing numbers with a bleeding heart.
Page 194 - The solemn boding sound, And thus in dying words bespoke The virgins weeping round...