Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, & Entertaining, in Poetry ... Being Similar in Design to Extracts in Prose, Volums 1-2Rivingtons, 1791 - 944 pàgines |
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Pàgina 27
... truth acquaints us what we are . That fteals fo foftly o'er the ftripling's heart , Beauty thou pretty plaything ! dear deceit And gives it a new pulfe unknown Before ! The grave difcredits thee : thy charms expung'd , Thy rofes faded ...
... truth acquaints us what we are . That fteals fo foftly o'er the ftripling's heart , Beauty thou pretty plaything ! dear deceit And gives it a new pulfe unknown Before ! The grave difcredits thee : thy charms expung'd , Thy rofes faded ...
Pàgina 39
... truth , And felt its juft controul : The paffions ceas'd their loud alarms , And virtue's foft perfuafive charms O'er all their fenfes stole . Thy breath infpires the poet's fong , The patriot's free unbiafs'd tongue , The hero's gen ...
... truth , And felt its juft controul : The paffions ceas'd their loud alarms , And virtue's foft perfuafive charms O'er all their fenfes stole . Thy breath infpires the poet's fong , The patriot's free unbiafs'd tongue , The hero's gen ...
Pàgina 40
... truth fevere : Unmix'd his nature , and fublim'd his pow'rs From all the grofs allay that tempers ours ; In whofe clear eye the bright angelic train Appear fuffus'd with imperfection's ftain ! Impervious to the man's or feraph's eye ...
... truth fevere : Unmix'd his nature , and fublim'd his pow'rs From all the grofs allay that tempers ours ; In whofe clear eye the bright angelic train Appear fuffus'd with imperfection's ftain ! Impervious to the man's or feraph's eye ...
Pàgina 41
... truth unerring gave not the defign ? Where , as in nature's fair according plan , All fmiles benevolent and good to man . Plac'd in this narrow clouded spot below , We darkly fee around , and darkly know ! Religion lends the falutary ...
... truth unerring gave not the defign ? Where , as in nature's fair according plan , All fmiles benevolent and good to man . Plac'd in this narrow clouded spot below , We darkly fee around , and darkly know ! Religion lends the falutary ...
Pàgina 44
... truth and freedom fell , Or Nero reign'd the delegate of hell : In vain by reafon is the maze pursued , Of ill triumphant , and afflicted good . Fix'd to the hold , fo might the failor aim To judge the pilot , and the fteerage blame ...
... truth and freedom fell , Or Nero reign'd the delegate of hell : In vain by reafon is the maze pursued , Of ill triumphant , and afflicted good . Fix'd to the hold , fo might the failor aim To judge the pilot , and the fteerage blame ...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volum 1 Vicesimus Knox Visualització completa - 1791 |
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