Watts, A. Philips, West, Collins, Dyer, Shenstone, YoungAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... once you thought Others , for the sublimest wisdom scorn'd ; When pointed lightnings from the wrathful Judge Shall singe your blighted laurels , and the men Who thought they flew so high shall fall so low . No more , my Muse , of that ...
... once you thought Others , for the sublimest wisdom scorn'd ; When pointed lightnings from the wrathful Judge Shall singe your blighted laurels , and the men Who thought they flew so high shall fall so low . No more , my Muse , of that ...
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... once ; and thus , by degrees , draw the superior powers of the mind to piety . Among the infinite numbers of mankind , there is not more difference in their outward shape and features , than in their temper and inward inclination . Some ...
... once ; and thus , by degrees , draw the superior powers of the mind to piety . Among the infinite numbers of mankind , there is not more difference in their outward shape and features , than in their temper and inward inclination . Some ...
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... once at Montpelier built , Stood and proclaim'd their madness and their guilt ; Too long it stood beneath Heaven's angry frown , Worthy when rising to be thunder'd down . Lewis , at last , th ' avenger of the skies , Commands , and ...
... once at Montpelier built , Stood and proclaim'd their madness and their guilt ; Too long it stood beneath Heaven's angry frown , Worthy when rising to be thunder'd down . Lewis , at last , th ' avenger of the skies , Commands , and ...
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... Once I beheld his face , when beams divine Broke from his eye - lids , and unusual light Wrapt me at once in glory and surprise . My joyful heart high leaping in my breast With transport cried , " This is the Christ of God ; " Then ...
... Once I beheld his face , when beams divine Broke from his eye - lids , and unusual light Wrapt me at once in glory and surprise . My joyful heart high leaping in my breast With transport cried , " This is the Christ of God ; " Then ...
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... once , and lost the skies : In vain I sought the scenes of light , Rolling abroad my longing eyes , For all around them stood my curtains and the night . STRICT RELIGION VERY RARE . I'm borne aloft , and leave the crowd , I sail upon a ...
... once , and lost the skies : In vain I sought the scenes of light , Rolling abroad my longing eyes , For all around them stood my curtains and the night . STRICT RELIGION VERY RARE . I'm borne aloft , and leave the crowd , I sail upon a ...
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Page 206 - Tis said, and I believe the tale, Thy humblest reed could more prevail, Had more of strength, diviner rage, Than all which charms this laggard age...
Page 205 - He threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down, And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe ; And ever and anon he beat...
Page 204 - IF AUGHT of oaten stop or pastoral song May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales...
Page 206 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Page 219 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong...
Page 207 - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet, of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing Spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove ; But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No wither'd witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew; The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew...
Page 422 - TIRED Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unsullied with a tear.
Page 205 - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gemm'd with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known...
Page 328 - In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shed and mean attire, A matron old, whom we Schoolmistress name...
Page 425 - All promise is poor dilatory man, And that through every stage. When young, indeed, In full content we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves, and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan...