The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements : to which is Prefixed, an Account of the Life and Writings of the AuthorAlexander Donaldson, 1774 |
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... force detain'd ; a force that foon 50 Would melt away , and ev'ry spoil refign , Were once the British lion heard to roar . Whence is it that the proud Iberian thus , In their own well - afferted element , Dares rouze to wrath the ...
... force detain'd ; a force that foon 50 Would melt away , and ev'ry spoil refign , Were once the British lion heard to roar . Whence is it that the proud Iberian thus , In their own well - afferted element , Dares rouze to wrath the ...
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... force Of ages held in its capacious womb . But foon , regardless of the cumbrous pomp , My dauntless Britons came , a gloomy few , With tempeft black , the goodly fcene deform'd , And laid their glory waste . The bolts of fate ...
... force Of ages held in its capacious womb . But foon , regardless of the cumbrous pomp , My dauntless Britons came , a gloomy few , With tempeft black , the goodly fcene deform'd , And laid their glory waste . The bolts of fate ...
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... Inevitable war ; when ruffian force Awakes the fury of an injur'd ftate . 155 Ev'n the good patient man , whom reafon rules , Rouz'd by bold infult , and injurious rage , With fharp , and fudden check , th ' astonish'd 14 BRITANNIA .
... Inevitable war ; when ruffian force Awakes the fury of an injur'd ftate . 155 Ev'n the good patient man , whom reafon rules , Rouz'd by bold infult , and injurious rage , With fharp , and fudden check , th ' astonish'd 14 BRITANNIA .
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... force , And honour of your fleets ; o'er that to watch , 175 Ev'n with a hand fevere , and jealous eye . In intercourse be gentle , gen'rous , just , By wisdom polifh'd , and of manners fair ; But on the fea be terrible , untam'd ...
... force , And honour of your fleets ; o'er that to watch , 175 Ev'n with a hand fevere , and jealous eye . In intercourse be gentle , gen'rous , just , By wisdom polifh'd , and of manners fair ; But on the fea be terrible , untam'd ...
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... force ; her spirit vanish'd quite ; - With rapid wing her riches fled away ; Her unfrequented ports alone the fign 24 : 2409 Of what she was ; her merchants scatter'd wide ; Her hollow fhops shut up ; and in her streets , Her fields ...
... force ; her spirit vanish'd quite ; - With rapid wing her riches fled away ; Her unfrequented ports alone the fign 24 : 2409 Of what she was ; her merchants scatter'd wide ; Her hollow fhops shut up ; and in her streets , Her fields ...
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amid arts Athens beft behold beneath beſt blifs boaſt breaſt breath BRITONS burſt caft crouds deep delight earth eaſe Ev'n ev'ry facred fafely fair fame fave fcene feen feiz'd fhades fhall fhine fhore fhould figh filent fing fir'd firft firſt fkies flame flaves fleep flood focial foft fome fometimes fong fons foul ftate ftill ftrain ftream fuch funk fweet fwell gale gen'rous glory GODDESS grace GREECE guife heart heav'n honour infpiring kings laft land laſt lefs LIBERTY light loft luxurious mankind mix'd moſt Mufe MUSIDORA muſt nought o'er paffions peace pleaſe pleaſure pour'd pow'r praiſe pride rage rais'd raiſe reafon reign rife rofe Roman ROME round ſcene ſpirit ſpread ſtate ſtill ſtorm ſweet tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil touch'd treaſure tyrant vale virtue wafte waſte whence whofe whoſe wild wiſdom
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Page 194 - The rooms with costly tapestry were hung, Where was inwoven many a gentle tale ; Such as of old the rural poets sung...
Page 212 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
Page 240 - Tainting the gale, in which they flutter'd light; Of morbid hue his features, sunk and sad; His hollow eyne shook forth a sickly light; And o'er his lank jawbone, in piteous plight, His black rough beard was matted rank and vile; Direful to see!
Page 204 - One day there chanced into these halls to rove A joyous youth, who took you at first sight ; Him the wild wave of pleasure hither drove, Before the sprightly tempest tossing light...
Page 205 - Him through their inmost walks the muses lad, To him the sacred love of nature lent, And sometimes would he make our valley glad; Whenas we found he would not here be pent, To him the better sort this friendly message sent: LXVI.
Page 206 - Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, And shone all glittering with ungodly dew, If a tight damsel chaunc'd to trippen by ; Which when observ'd, he shrunk into his mew, And straight would recollect his piety anew.
Page 201 - Wide pour'd abroad behold the giddy crew ; See how they dash along from wall to wall ! At every door, hark, how they thundering call ! Good Lord ! what can this giddy rout excite ? Why, on each other with fell tooth to fall ; A neighbour's fortune, fame, or peace, to blight, And make new tiresome parties for the coming night. The puzzling sons of party next appear'd, ' In dark cabals and nightly juntos met ; And now they whisper'd close, now shrugging rear'd Th' important shoulder; then, as if to...
Page 250 - OR ever, Fortune, wilt thou prove An unrelenting foe to love, And when we meet a mutual heart, Come in between, and bid us part: Bid us sigh on from day to day, And wish, and wish the soul away; Till youth and genial years are flown, And all the life of life...
Page 186 - Or prowl in courts of law for human prey, In venal senate thieve, or rob on broad highway.
Page 240 - Brentford town, a town of mud, An herd of bristly swine is prick'd along; The filthy beasts, that never chew the cud, Still grunt, and squeak, and sing their troublous song, And oft they plunge themselves the mire among...