The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith: With Biographical Sketches and Notes |
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... , Him whose school above the rest His loveliest elfin queen has blest ; - One , only one , unrivalled fair , Might hope the magic girdle wear , — At solemn tourney hung on high , The wish 5 * ODES . 49 Ode on the Poetical Character,
... , Him whose school above the rest His loveliest elfin queen has blest ; - One , only one , unrivalled fair , Might hope the magic girdle wear , — At solemn tourney hung on high , The wish 5 * ODES . 49 Ode on the Poetical Character,
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... wish of each love - darting eye ; Lo ! to each other nymph , in turn , applied , As if , in air unseen , some hovering hand , Some chaste and angel friend to virgin fame , With whispered spell had burst the starting band , It left ...
... wish of each love - darting eye ; Lo ! to each other nymph , in turn , applied , As if , in air unseen , some hovering hand , Some chaste and angel friend to virgin fame , With whispered spell had burst the starting band , It left ...
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... wishes blest ! When Spring , with dewy fingers cold , Returns to deck their hallowed mould , She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod . By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ...
... wishes blest ! When Spring , with dewy fingers cold , Returns to deck their hallowed mould , She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod . By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ...
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... wish the avenging fight . But , lo ! where , sunk in deep despair , Her garments torn , her bosom bare , Impatient Freedom lies ! Her matted tresses madly spread , To every sod , which wraps the dead , She turns her joyless eyes . Ne'er ...
... wish the avenging fight . But , lo ! where , sunk in deep despair , Her garments torn , her bosom bare , Impatient Freedom lies ! Her matted tresses madly spread , To every sod , which wraps the dead , She turns her joyless eyes . Ne'er ...
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... wish him lasting truth , And joy untainted with his destined bride . Go ! nor regardless , while these numbers boast My short - lived bliss , forget my social name ; But think , far off , how , on the southern coast , I met thy ...
... wish him lasting truth , And joy untainted with his destined bride . Go ! nor regardless , while these numbers boast My short - lived bliss , forget my social name ; But think , far off , how , on the southern coast , I met thy ...
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Abra afterwards amidst ANTISTROPHE appear atque Ballymahon bard bless blest bliss breast breathe Bunbury called charms Circassia Collins Collins's crown dear death delight Eclogues edition elegy epitaph Eton College eyes fair fame Fancy fate fear fire fond Goldsmith grace Gray Gray's grief grove hand hear heart Heaven honor Horace Walpole hour Johnson Joseph Warton Julius Cæsar King Lord lyre maid mind monarch mourn Muse ne'er night numbers Nymph o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH passion Pindar Pity plain pleasure poem poet poet's poetry pride quæ Queen rage reign rise round says scene shade sigh Sir Thomas Hanmer sister smiling song sorrow soul spring stanza STOOPS TO CONQUER sung swain sweet tears temperate vale thee THOMAS PARNELL thou thought toil train translation trembling vale verse Walpole Warton weep wild written youth
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Page 60 - Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.
Page 41 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Page 96 - Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree.
Page 46 - Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where gray-beard mirth, and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talked with looks profound And news much older than their ale went round.
Page 40 - Far, far aloof the affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries, — No more I weep ; they do not sleep ; On yonder cliffs, a grisly band, I see them sit ; they linger yet, Avengers of their native land : With me in dreadful harmony they join, And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line.
Page 62 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own.
Page 30 - These shall the fury Passions tear, The vultures of the mind, Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear, And Shame that skulks behind; Or pining Love shall waste their youth, Or Jealousy with rankling tooth That inly gnaws the secret heart, And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visaged comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high To bitter Scorn a sacrifice And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
Page 59 - How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the Poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 34 - Awake, ^Eolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take : The laughing flowers that round them blow Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong. Thro
Page 42 - Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old In bearded majesty appear.