The Muse's Pocket Companion. A Collection of Poems: By Lord Carlisle. Lord Lyttelton. Hon. C. Fox. ...J. Milliken, 1785 - 289 pàgines |
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Pàgina 4
... fcene remote , Where the grey linnets carol from the hill . O let them ne'er with artificial note , To please the tyrant , ftrain the little bill , But fing what heaven infpires , and wander where they will .. VI . Liberal , not lavifh ...
... fcene remote , Where the grey linnets carol from the hill . O let them ne'er with artificial note , To please the tyrant , ftrain the little bill , But fing what heaven infpires , and wander where they will .. VI . Liberal , not lavifh ...
Pàgina 8
... fcene refign For aught the huntfman's puny craft fupplies ? Ah ! no : he better knows great Nature's charms to prize , XX . And oft he traced the uplands to furvey , When o'er the sky advanced the kindling dawo , The crimson cloud ...
... fcene refign For aught the huntfman's puny craft fupplies ? Ah ! no : he better knows great Nature's charms to prize , XX . And oft he traced the uplands to furvey , When o'er the sky advanced the kindling dawo , The crimson cloud ...
Pàgina 27
... Youth , his rifing forrow to affuage , Home as he hied , the evening fcene enjoy'd : For now no cloud obfcures the starry void ? The yellow moonlight fleeps on all the hills ; D Nor is the mind with startling founds annoy'd , A [ 27 ]
... Youth , his rifing forrow to affuage , Home as he hied , the evening fcene enjoy'd : For now no cloud obfcures the starry void ? The yellow moonlight fleeps on all the hills ; D Nor is the mind with startling founds annoy'd , A [ 27 ]
Pàgina 33
... fcene , than Virtue thus infhrined In power , and man with man for mutual aid combined . XLIII . Hail facred Polity , by Freedom rear'd ! Hail facred Freedom , when by Law rettrain'd ! Without you what were man ? A groveling herd In ...
... fcene , than Virtue thus infhrined In power , and man with man for mutual aid combined . XLIII . Hail facred Polity , by Freedom rear'd ! Hail facred Freedom , when by Law rettrain'd ! Without you what were man ? A groveling herd In ...
Pàgina 61
... fcene he chofe , this fcene affign'd A parent's first embrace to wait , And many a foft fear fill'd his mind . Anxious for his fond letter's fate . The hand that bore those lines of love , The well informing bracelet bore- Ah ! may they ...
... fcene he chofe , this fcene affign'd A parent's first embrace to wait , And many a foft fear fill'd his mind . Anxious for his fond letter's fate . The hand that bore those lines of love , The well informing bracelet bore- Ah ! may they ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
beauteous beauty beneath Bertram BIRTHA bleffings bleft blifs blissful band blooming bofom bower breaſt bright Brinkburn Priory charms David Garrick dear Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe faid fair fame fate fcene fear feek feen fhade fhall fhore fhould figh filent filk filver fimple fire firft fkies fleep flowers fmile foft fome fond fong foon footh forrow foul fpirit fpread fpring ftands fteps ftill ftrain ftranger ftream fuch funk fwain fweet gentle grace grief grove hand heart heaven Hermit hour laft loft Lord lov'd lyre maid mind Mufe Nature's ne'er night Northumberland o'er paft pale PERCY pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride raiſe reft rife rocks rofe round ſhall ſhe ſkies ſmile tale tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thro truth Twas vale vex'd virtue Warkworth waves weep whofe wonder youth
Passatges populars
Pàgina 231 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Pàgina 182 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
Pàgina 189 - To new-found worlds, and wept for others' woe ; But for himself, in conscious virtue brave, He only wish'd for worlds beyond the grave. His lovely daughter, lovelier in her tears, The fond companion of his helpless years, Silent went next, neglectful of her charms, And left a lover's for a father's arms.
Pàgina 185 - 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...
Pàgina 201 - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot, too cool; for a drudge, disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Pàgina 203 - And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, Adopting his portraits, are pleas'd with their own. Say, where has our poet this malady caught ? Or wherefore his characters thus without fault ? Say, was it that vainly directing his view To find out men's virtues, and finding them few, Quite sick of pursuing each troublesome elf, He grew lazy at last, and drew from himself.
Pàgina 179 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Pàgina 235 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Pàgina 184 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Pàgina 175 - And thou fair Freedom, taught alike to feel The rabble's rage, and tyrant's angry steel...