Poems

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Author, 1801 - 332 pages
 

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Page 60 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Page 284 - Who love to be told where good claret's in store, Attend to the call Of one who's ne'er frighted, But greatly delighted, With six bottles more : Be sure you don't pass The good house Money-glass, Which the jolly red god so peculiarly owns ; 'Twill well suit your humour. For pray what would you more, Than mirth, with good claret, and bumpers, Squire Jones.
Page 231 - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal.
Page 317 - Quand' era in parte altr' uom da quel ch' i' sono; Del vario stilc in ch' io piango e ragiono Fra le vane speranze e 'l van dolore , Ove sia chi per prova intenda amore , Spero trovar pietŕ , non che perdono Ma ben veggi' or si come al popol tutto Favola fui gran tempo : onde sovente Di me medesmo meco mi vergogno.
Page 78 - S'embellit par sa rougeur. Son front oů la candeur brille. Les yeux, sa bouche, et son sein, Font reconnoitre une belle Dans la charmante pelerin. ' Voyez,' dit-elle, ' une amante, Qui cherche en vain le repos ; Voyez une fille errante, Dont l'amour cause les maux.
Page 13 - WhiiUe in ruilic glee along ; Or hear fome true love's gentle pain Breath'd from the milkmaid's fong. Wild are thofe notes, but fweeter far to me Than the foft airs borne from Italian groves : To which the wanton mufe and naked loves Strike the wild lyre, and dance in gamefome glee. And rofy health, for whom fo long Mid fleeplefs nights I've figh'd in vain, Shall throw her airy veftment on, And meet me on the plain.
Page 150 - Who knew'ft, perchance, to harmonize thy fhades Still fofter than thy fong ; yet was that fong Nor rude, nor inharmonious, when attun'd To paftoral plaint, or tale of flighted love.
Page 266 - Sydenham, the well-known translator of Plato, one of the most useful, if not one of the most competent Greek scholars of his age; a man revered for his knowledge, and beloved for the candour of his temper and the gentleness of his manners...
Page 252 - MULLA'S parent ftream, And mourn aloud the pang " to ride, to run, To fpend, to give, to want, to be undone.
Page 43 - And carnage with destruction clos'd his rear. " The necks of kings, that never knew to yield, " Bow'd to his yoke, and wore his rigorous chain ; " And, while rude slaughter ravag'd o'er the field, " How did he trample over nations...

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