Watlington Hill: A PoemA.J. Valpy, 1812 - 37 pages |
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... beauty and their feats proclaim , And give and steal the minstrel's fame , Of all , of each , my harp should ring ! But light as he the strain should spring That sings the greyhound rare ; And soft as Beauty's plumy wing The lay that ...
... beauty and their feats proclaim , And give and steal the minstrel's fame , Of all , of each , my harp should ring ! But light as he the strain should spring That sings the greyhound rare ; And soft as Beauty's plumy wing The lay that ...
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... home - scene's vallies sweet , Of wood and turf and field ; Where the snug cot , the lordly seat , Like grandeur and contentment meet , And mutual beauty yield . And first would trace the winding road Which through the 14.
... home - scene's vallies sweet , Of wood and turf and field ; Where the snug cot , the lordly seat , Like grandeur and contentment meet , And mutual beauty yield . And first would trace the winding road Which through the 14.
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... Beauty saw her work matur'd , And Grandeur aw'd whom Grace allur'd , Th ' imperious mandate harshly bore The finish'd charmer from our shore ; Bore her from friendship , bliss , and love , Envy , neglect , contempt to prove From hearts ...
... Beauty saw her work matur'd , And Grandeur aw'd whom Grace allur'd , Th ' imperious mandate harshly bore The finish'd charmer from our shore ; Bore her from friendship , bliss , and love , Envy , neglect , contempt to prove From hearts ...
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... beauty early cropp'd , Nor manhood's strength untimely dropp'd , Could waken more regretful sighs , Or more with sorrow blend surprise . For she , his noble prey , had stood Like an old oak in Sherburn wood , In varied verdure richly ...
... beauty early cropp'd , Nor manhood's strength untimely dropp'd , Could waken more regretful sighs , Or more with sorrow blend surprise . For she , his noble prey , had stood Like an old oak in Sherburn wood , In varied verdure richly ...
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... strongest spells to find ; And cluster'd round the blazing fire , When beauty , virtue , wit inspire , O they that learn not to admire , Dull must they be , and deaf , and blind ! NOTES . STANZA III . " THEN should the swan 37.
... strongest spells to find ; And cluster'd round the blazing fire , When beauty , virtue , wit inspire , O they that learn not to admire , Dull must they be , and deaf , and blind ! NOTES . STANZA III . " THEN should the swan 37.
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admire beamy Bedews thy pale blest breast breeding high bright Brittwell's shades cares relief Chalgrove's honor'd field CHANCERY LANE cheek on thy confest Congenial Direr than absence eglantine ever-lov'd Ewelm fairy bower Farm Forest Hill Freedom's holy shrine fur of snow golden-crested Marmion greyhounds Hampden hard to sing Hayward joyful turn lichens long-hair'd lichens grey lov'd Macclesfield maid mansion master's fame sustain meed thy mother Milton Mitford nimble-footed nip her beauties Northumbrian Fly Phidias Prince Hal ready tear Bedews Scarce from thy scythe shame his breeding Sharks successive reign show As spotless shrine to bow sing thy varying Swaffham swan-neck'd Nancy show sweet As Friendship's sweet-briar tear Bedews thy Thou Cottage Thou didst Thou saw'st thou the meed thou thy name thou wert thy bier thy mother won thy pale cheek thy varying charm tis Forest Hill tongue Twere hard village WATLINGTON Whilst WILLIAM HAYWARD Windsor shame Zosia
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Page 29 - As we ascended the hill, the variety of beautiful objects, the agreeable stillness and natural simplicity of the whole scene, gave us the highest pleasure. We at length reached the spot, whence Milton undoubtedly took most of his images ; it is on the top of the hill, from which there is a most extensive prospect on all sides : the distant mountains that seemed to support the...
Page 20 - Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the Sweet-Briar, or the Vine, Or the twisted Eglantine...
Page 29 - From betwixt two aged oaks, &c. It was neither the proper season of the year, nor time of the day, to hear all the rural sounds, and see all the objects mentioned in this description ; but, by a pleasing concurrence of circumstances, we were saluted, on our approach to the village, with the music of the mower and his scythe ; we saw the ploughman intent upon his labor, and the milkmaid returning from her country employment.
Page 31 - The poet's house was close to the church ; the greatest part of it has been pulled down, and what remains belongs to an adjacent farm. I am informed, that several papers in Milton's own hand were found by the gentleman who was last in possession of the estate. The tradition of his having lived there is current among the villagers : one of them showed us a ruinous wall, that made part of his chamber ; and I was much pleased with another, who had forgotten the name of Milton, but recollected him by...
Page 30 - ... description, but that it was a most exact and lively representation of nature. Thus will this fine passage, which has always been admired for its elegance, receive an additional beauty from its exactness. After we had walked, with a kind of poetical enthusiasm, over this enchanted ground, we returned to -the village.
Page 37 - The necessary trouble of correcting the first printed sheets of my history, prevented me to-day from paying a proper respect to the memory of Shakespeare, by attending his jubilee. But I was resolved to do all the honour in my power to as great a poet, and set out in the morning, in company with a friend, to visit a place, where Milton spent some part of his life, and where, in all probability, he composed several of his earliest productions.
Page 32 - Thro' the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine; for it is evident, that he meant a sort of honey-suckle by the eglantine; though that word is commonly used for the sweet-briar, which he could not mention twice in the same couplet. " If I ever pass a month or six weeks at Oxford in the summer, I shall be inclined to hire and repair...