The Poetical Works of George CrabbeH. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1914 - 600 pàgines |
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... HOPE [ 1772 ] My Mira , shepherds , has a voice As soft as Syrinx in her grove , As sweet as echo makes her choice , As mild as whispering virgin - love ; Or fancy's song when poets dream . BUT , above all , the POET Owns thy powers ...
... HOPE [ 1772 ] My Mira , shepherds , has a voice As soft as Syrinx in her grove , As sweet as echo makes her choice , As mild as whispering virgin - love ; Or fancy's song when poets dream . BUT , above all , the POET Owns thy powers ...
Pàgina 6
... hope , and love allied My bliss precarious to a surer guide- To Him who gives pain , reason , hope , and love , Each for that end that angels must approve . One beam of light He gave my mind to see , And gave that light , my heavenly ...
... hope , and love allied My bliss precarious to a surer guide- To Him who gives pain , reason , hope , and love , Each for that end that angels must approve . One beam of light He gave my mind to see , And gave that light , my heavenly ...
Pàgina 7
... hope , — Had he chose the same style , he had never been Pope . You think of my muse with a friendly regard , And rejoice in her author's esteem and re- ward : But let not his glory your spirits elate , When pleased with his honours ...
... hope , — Had he chose the same style , he had never been Pope . You think of my muse with a friendly regard , And rejoice in her author's esteem and re- ward : But let not his glory your spirits elate , When pleased with his honours ...
Pàgina 9
... Hope , what Hope can never grant , Been fool'd by wishes , and still wish'd again , And loved the flattery , while I knew it vain ! ' Gain by the Muse ! ' - alas ! thou might'st as soon Pluck gain ( as Percy honour ) from the moon ; As ...
... Hope , what Hope can never grant , Been fool'd by wishes , and still wish'd again , And loved the flattery , while I knew it vain ! ' Gain by the Muse ! ' - alas ! thou might'st as soon Pluck gain ( as Percy honour ) from the moon ; As ...
Pàgina 10
... Hope to mock , Upon their wits - but with a larger stock . No , if for food thy unambitious pray'r , With supple acts to supple minds repair ; Learn of the base , in soft grimace to deal , And deck thee with the livery genteel ; Or trim ...
... Hope to mock , Upon their wits - but with a larger stock . No , if for food thy unambitious pray'r , With supple acts to supple minds repair ; Learn of the base , in soft grimace to deal , And deck thee with the livery genteel ; Or trim ...
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Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
Aldborough appear'd Arminian art thou beauty behold bless'd bosom breast call'd charm cold comfort cried dare deed delight Doctor Johnson doubt dread dream Duke of Rutland ease fair fame fancy fate father favour favourite fear fear'd feel felt fix'd fled foes fond gain'd gave gentle GEORGE CRABBE give grace grave grief grieved happy hear heard heart honour hope humble kind knew labour lady live look look'd lord Lord Holland Lord Robert Manners lover maid marriage mind Muse never night numbers nymph o'er OVID pain pass'd passions peace pity pleasure poison'd poor praise pride rest scenes scorn seem'd shame sigh smile soothe sorrow sought soul speak spirit spleen strong terror thee thine thou thought trembling truth twas vex'd virtue wealth wife wish'd wretched youth
Passatges populars
Pàgina 128 - Be brave then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be, in England, seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny : the threehooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass.
Pàgina vii - I loiter'd o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene ; How often have I paused on every charm — The sheltered cot...
Pàgina 34 - Which neither groves nor happy valleys boast; Where other cares than those the Muse relates, And other shepherds dwell with other mates; By such examples taught, I paint the Cot, As Truth will paint it, and as Bards will not...
Pàgina 266 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that, which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.
Pàgina 161 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond...
Pàgina 292 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder, in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all 'Guilty! guilty!
Pàgina x - I grant indeed that fields and flocks have charms For him that grazes or for him that farms; But when amid such pleasing scenes I trace The poor laborious natives of the place, And see the mid-day sun, with fervid ray, On their bare heads and dewy temples play; While some, with feebler heads and fainter hearts, Deplore their fortune, yet sustain their parts: Then shall I dare these real ills to hide In tinsel trappings of poetic pride?
Pàgina 320 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Pàgina 64 - How fair these names, how much unlike they look To all the blurr'd subscriptions in my book: The bridegroom's letters stand in row above, Tapering yet...
Pàgina 74 - Shame knew him not, he dreaded no disgrace ; Truth, simple truth, was written in his face.