The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 34Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1822 - English poetry |
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... Death of Frederick Prince of Wales ,, 263 On the Death of King George the Second , 264 On the Marriage of the King . 1761. To her Majesty , · 268 On the Birth of the Prince of Wales . 1762. . 270 . . . Page On Sir Joshua Reynolds ...
... Death of Frederick Prince of Wales ,, 263 On the Death of King George the Second , 264 On the Marriage of the King . 1761. To her Majesty , · 268 On the Birth of the Prince of Wales . 1762. . 270 . . . Page On Sir Joshua Reynolds ...
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... Death of the Princess Dowager of Wales , ELEGIES . 25 29 34 • 44 49 · ib . · 50 51 54 55 • Epitaph on General Wolfe , • on J. H. Mortimer , R. A. To the Memory of Commodore Johnstone , Inscription on an Obelisk , Sacred to the Heirs of ...
... Death of the Princess Dowager of Wales , ELEGIES . 25 29 34 • 44 49 · ib . · 50 51 54 55 • Epitaph on General Wolfe , • on J. H. Mortimer , R. A. To the Memory of Commodore Johnstone , Inscription on an Obelisk , Sacred to the Heirs of ...
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... Death of Frederick Prince of Wales , 263 On the Death of King George the Second , On the Marriage of the King . 1761. To her 264 Majesty , 268 · On the Birth of the Prince of Wales . 1762. . 270 On Sir Joshua Reynolds ' Window at New ...
... Death of Frederick Prince of Wales , 263 On the Death of King George the Second , On the Marriage of the King . 1761. To her 264 Majesty , 268 · On the Birth of the Prince of Wales . 1762. . 270 On Sir Joshua Reynolds ' Window at New ...
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... death of a bro- ther - in - law , a brewer in the neighbourhood of that city , he embarked a great part of his fortune in the purchase of the brewery , and continued the busi- ness in the name of his eldest son . Our poet was then taken ...
... death of a bro- ther - in - law , a brewer in the neighbourhood of that city , he embarked a great part of his fortune in the purchase of the brewery , and continued the busi- ness in the name of his eldest son . Our poet was then taken ...
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With Lives of the Authors Ezekiel Sanford Robert Walsh. considerable length , entitled The Death of So- crates , and had also begun a poem on Providence , when his studies were interrupted by the impor- tunities of his creditors . The ...
With Lives of the Authors Ezekiel Sanford Robert Walsh. considerable length , entitled The Death of So- crates , and had also begun a poem on Providence , when his studies were interrupted by the impor- tunities of his creditors . The ...
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Page 234 - Cherwell," under the name of John Chichester, brother to the earl of Donegal f. His next publication was the " Oxford Sausage, or select pieces written by the most celebrated wits of the university of Oxford.
Page 174 - But as he is convinced that the fashion of moralizing in verse has been carried too far, and as he looks upon Invention and imagination to be the chief faculties of a poet, so he will be happy if the following Odes may be looked upon as an attempt to bring back Poetry into its right channel.
Page 213 - Warm caves, and deep-sunk valleys liv'd and lov'd, By cares unwounded ; what the sun and showers, And genial earth untillag'd could produce, They gather'd grateful, or the acorn brown, Or blushing berry ; by the liquid lapse Of...
Page 287 - When morning's twilight-tinctured beam Strikes their low thatch with slanting gleam, They rove abroad in ether blue, To dip the scythe in fragrant dew ; The sheaf to bind, the beech to fell, That nodding shades a craggy delL Midst gloomy glades, in warbles clear, Wild nature's sweetest notes they hear : On green untrodden banks they view The hyacinth's neglected hue : In their lone haunts, anil woodland rounds, They spy the squirrel's airy bounds...
Page 357 - And thought my way was all through fairy ground, Beneath thy azure sky, and golden sun : Where first my Muse to lisp her notes begun ! While pensive Memory traces back the round, Which fills the varied interval between ; Much pleasure, more of sorrow, marks the scene...
Page 354 - Piety displays Her mouldering roll, the piercing eye explores New manners, and the pomp of elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictured stores.
Page 318 - Thy battering engines, huge and high, " In vain our steel-clad steeds defy ; " And, rolling in terrific state, <• " On giant-wheels harsh thunders grate.
Page 264 - I loved to roam, A lingering votary, the vaulted dome, Where the tall shafts, that mount in massy pride, Their mingling branches shoot from side to side ; Where elfin sculptors, with fantastic clew, O'er the long roof their wild embroidery drew ; Where Superstition, with capricious hand, In many a maze the wreathed window plannM, With hues romantic tinged the gorgeous pane, To fill with holy light the wondrous fane...
Page 216 - On tier soft lap he sat, and caught the sounds. Oft near some crowded city would I walk, Listening the far-off noises, rattling cars. Loud shouts of joy, sad shrieks of sorrow, knells Full slowly tolling, instruments of trade, Striking mine ears with one deep-swelling hum. Or wandering near the sea, attend the sounds Of hollow winds, and ever-beating waves, Ev'n when wild tempests swallow up the plains, And Boreas...
Page 265 - No more the matchless skill I call unkind, That strives to disenchant my cheated mind. For when again I view thy chaste design, The just proportion, and the genuine line; Those native portraitures of Attic art, That from the lucid surface seem to start; Those tints, that steal no glories from the day, Nor ask the sun to lend his streaming ray...