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Page 157
... thou- sand fancies of emulation : but alas ! when I read the Georgics , and then survey my own powers , ' tis like the idea of a Shetland poney , drawn up by the side of a thorough - bred hunter , to start for the plate . I own I am ...
... thou- sand fancies of emulation : but alas ! when I read the Georgics , and then survey my own powers , ' tis like the idea of a Shetland poney , drawn up by the side of a thorough - bred hunter , to start for the plate . I own I am ...
Page 171
... Thou whom chance may hither lead , Be thou clad in russet weed , Be thou deckt in silken stole , ' Grave these maxims on thy soul . Life is but a day at most , Sprung from night , in darkness lost : Hope not sunshine ev'ry hour ; Fear ...
... Thou whom chance may hither lead , Be thou clad in russet weed , Be thou deckt in silken stole , ' Grave these maxims on thy soul . Life is but a day at most , Sprung from night , in darkness lost : Hope not sunshine ev'ry hour ; Fear ...
Page 172
... thou canst guard ; But thy utmost duly done , Welcome what thou canst not shun . Follies past give thou to air , Make their consequence thy care : Keep the name of man in mind , And dishonor not thy kind . Reverence with lowly heart Him ...
... thou canst guard ; But thy utmost duly done , Welcome what thou canst not shun . Follies past give thou to air , Make their consequence thy care : Keep the name of man in mind , And dishonor not thy kind . Reverence with lowly heart Him ...
Page 184
... thou who giv'st with all a courtier's grace ; Friend of my life , true patron of my rhymes ! Prop of my dearest hopes for future times . Why shrinks my soul half blushing , half afraid , Backward , abash'd to ask thy friendly aid ? I ...
... thou who giv'st with all a courtier's grace ; Friend of my life , true patron of my rhymes ! Prop of my dearest hopes for future times . Why shrinks my soul half blushing , half afraid , Backward , abash'd to ask thy friendly aid ? I ...
Page 232
... thou mother of ten thousand blessings - thou cook of fat beef and dainty greens ! -thou manufacturer of warm Shetland hose , and comfortable surtouts ! -thou old housewife , darn- ing thy decayed stockings with thy ancient spec- tacles ...
... thou mother of ten thousand blessings - thou cook of fat beef and dainty greens ! -thou manufacturer of warm Shetland hose , and comfortable surtouts ! -thou old housewife , darn- ing thy decayed stockings with thy ancient spec- tacles ...
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Page 22 - There is scarcely any earthly object gives me more — I do not know if I should call it pleasure — but something which exalts me, something which enraptures me — than to walk in the sheltered side of a wood, or high plantation, in a cloudy winter day, and hear the stormy wind howling among the trees, and raving over the plain. It is my best season for devotion: my mind is wrapt up in a kind of enthusiasm to Him, who, in the pompous language of the Hebrew bard, ' walks on the wings of the wind.
Page 293 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Page 200 - Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie; That I may drink before I go A service to my bonnie lassie...
Page 316 - Thy spirit, Independence, let me share ; ' " Lord of the Lion-heart and eagle eye ! " Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, " Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky...
Page 6 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Page 136 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 209 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Page 209 - Bagdat in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, surely...
Page 210 - I never hear the loud solitary whistle of the curlew in a summer noon, or the wild mixing cadence of a troop of gray plover in an autumnal morning, without feeling an elevation of soul like the enthusiasm of devotion or poetry.
Page 278 - Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?