Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1793 - English poetry |
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... faithful steps Have led us to thefe awful folitudes Of Nature and of Science ; Nurfe rever'd Of gen'rous counfels and heroick deeds ! O let fome portion of thy matchiefs praise Dwell in my breast , and teach me to adorn This unattempted ...
... faithful steps Have led us to thefe awful folitudes Of Nature and of Science ; Nurfe rever'd Of gen'rous counfels and heroick deeds ! O let fome portion of thy matchiefs praise Dwell in my breast , and teach me to adorn This unattempted ...
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... faithfully published from co- pies which had been prepared by himself for publica tion . That the principal poem fhould appear in fo difad . vantageous a state , may require fome explanation . The first publication of it was at a very ...
... faithfully published from co- pies which had been prepared by himself for publica tion . That the principal poem fhould appear in fo difad . vantageous a state , may require fome explanation . The first publication of it was at a very ...
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... faithful aim have we prefum'd Advent'rous to delineate Nature's form , Whether in vaft majestick pomp array'd , Or dreft for pleafing wonder , or ferene In Beauty's rofy fmile . It now remains Thro ' various Being's fair proportion'd ...
... faithful aim have we prefum'd Advent'rous to delineate Nature's form , Whether in vaft majestick pomp array'd , Or dreft for pleafing wonder , or ferene In Beauty's rofy fmile . It now remains Thro ' various Being's fair proportion'd ...
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... faithful dogs with eager airs of joy Salute their fellows . Thus doth Beauty dwell There molt confpic ' ous , ev'n in outward shape , 460 465 Where dawns the high expreffion of a mind , By Book I. 45 PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION .
... faithful dogs with eager airs of joy Salute their fellows . Thus doth Beauty dwell There molt confpic ' ous , ev'n in outward shape , 460 465 Where dawns the high expreffion of a mind , By Book I. 45 PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION .
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... faithful Reps Well pleas'd I follow thro ' the facred paths Of Nature and of Science ; Nurse divine Of all heroick deeds and fair defires ! O let the breath of thy extended praise Infpire my kindling bofom to the height 570 Of this ...
... faithful Reps Well pleas'd I follow thro ' the facred paths Of Nature and of Science ; Nurse divine Of all heroick deeds and fair defires ! O let the breath of thy extended praise Infpire my kindling bofom to the height 570 Of this ...
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Academus Amalthea ANACREON ancient ancient Greece arts awful bards beauty Beauty's behold bloom bofom bosom breast breath bright brow charms Corydon cry'd darts delight diff'rent divine dwell earth eternal ev'ning ev'ry facred fair faithful fame Fancy Fate fav'rite fcene fenfe fix'd flame flow'rs fmiles fome fond fong forms Fortune foul fublime fuch gen'rous genius gentle glory glowing grace grove hand happy hath heart heav'n Hesiod honours Imagination Jove light lyre maid MARK AKENSIDE meaſure mind morn mortal Mufe Muse Naiads Nature Nature's numbers Nymphs o'er paffions PALEMON Phillis Plato pleaſure poem pomp pow'r praife pride publick radiant rage ridiculous rill round sacred ſcene shade shepherd Sire smiles song springs ſteps ſtill sweet Tethys thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thro throne toil tongue truth Tuning sweet virtue voice whofe wretch young youth
Popular passages
Page 162 - Which left thee void of hope; O ye who roam In exile; ye who through the' embattled field Seek bright renown; or who for nobler palms Contend, the leaders of a public cause; Approach: behold this marble.
Page 160 - For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life: through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying. Though perchance From Blenheim's towers...
Page 65 - I've rich ones rejected, and great ones denied, But take me, fond shepherd - I'm thine.' Her air was so modest, her aspect so meek! So simple, yet sweet, were her charms! I kiss'd the ripe roses that glow'd on her cheek, And lock'd the dear maid in my arms.
Page 91 - Tis Kate of Aberdeen. Now lightsome o'er the level mead, Where midnight fairies rove, Like them, the jocund dance we'll lead, Or tune the reed to love. For see, the rosy May draws nigh : She claims a virgin queen; And hark, the happy shepherds cry 'Tis Kate of Aberdeen.
Page 42 - But when from envy and from death to claim A hero bleeding for his native land ; When to throw incense on the vestal flame Of Liberty my genius gives command, Nor Theban voice nor Lesbian lyre From thee, O Muse, do I require ; While my presaging mind, Conscious of powers she never knew, Astonish'd grasps at things beyond her view, Nor by another's fate submits to be confin'd.
Page 152 - Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ? For lo ! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, And Rome again is free...
Page 109 - Eternal Maker has ordain'd The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being ; to be great like him, Beneficent and active.
Page 102 - THY verdant scenes, O Goulder's Hill, Once more I seek, a languid guest : With- throbbing temples and with burden'd breast Once more I climb thy steep aerial way. O faithful cure of oft-returning ill, Now call thy sprightly breezes round, Dissolve this rigid cough profound, And bid the springs of life with gentler movement play.
Page 160 - The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang ; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life : through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying.
Page 134 - Nymphs, ye blue-ey'd progeny of Thames, Who now the mazes of this rugged heath Trace with your fleeting steps ; who all night long Repeat, amid the cool and tranquil air, Your lonely murmurs, tarry : and receive My ofFer'd lay. To pay you homage due, I leave the gates of Sleep ; nor shall my lyre Too far into the splendid hours of morn Engage your audience : my observant band Shall close the strain ere any sultry beam Approach you.