Juvenilia, Or, A Collection of Poems |
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... heart ? " Who gave the thought , who urg'd the deed ; " Who bade his royal bofom bleed ? ” Death spare thy vengeful dart ! " Twas a vain fceptre led my hand , The empty honour of command , The dagger rais'd on high Curst be the day that ...
... heart ? " Who gave the thought , who urg'd the deed ; " Who bade his royal bofom bleed ? ” Death spare thy vengeful dart ! " Twas a vain fceptre led my hand , The empty honour of command , The dagger rais'd on high Curst be the day that ...
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... heart to find ; Charms yet ftill fweeter than of love belong , The mild , the heav'nly beauties of the mind . And oh , if stormy Ocean could rejoice , When Love beam'd fmiling from the wat'ry gloom , How must the youth , the part'ner of ...
... heart to find ; Charms yet ftill fweeter than of love belong , The mild , the heav'nly beauties of the mind . And oh , if stormy Ocean could rejoice , When Love beam'd fmiling from the wat'ry gloom , How must the youth , the part'ner of ...
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... heart ; For there my raptur'd fancy flies , To fan the flame that Friendship taught to rise . Once more to grace the new - born year On earth rolls round thy natal day ; Yet gloomy winter frowns fevere As flow he plods his frosty way ...
... heart ; For there my raptur'd fancy flies , To fan the flame that Friendship taught to rise . Once more to grace the new - born year On earth rolls round thy natal day ; Yet gloomy winter frowns fevere As flow he plods his frosty way ...
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... Heart fhrivell'd Av'rice , Sorrow's woe - worn form , And Death's hard - outlin'd fhadow , fpectre dread , Call'd in by mifpent Wealth , or Diffipation mad . Yet loftier far , behind the maffy pile , Than human architect can raise ...
... Heart fhrivell'd Av'rice , Sorrow's woe - worn form , And Death's hard - outlin'd fhadow , fpectre dread , Call'd in by mifpent Wealth , or Diffipation mad . Yet loftier far , behind the maffy pile , Than human architect can raise ...
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... heart , and revels in his cheek . The ruftic farmer haftens o'er his fields ; And with directing hand the rural lord Rules his attentive lab'rers ; guides them now To pluck the intruding tare , or scatt'ring throw Into the well - plough ...
... heart , and revels in his cheek . The ruftic farmer haftens o'er his fields ; And with directing hand the rural lord Rules his attentive lab'rers ; guides them now To pluck the intruding tare , or scatt'ring throw Into the well - plough ...
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Amyntas bart beam bleft bluſhes boaſt bofom breaſt breath burſt charms cheek dæmon Death delight diſtant Earl erft eſq ev'ry eyne fair falute fhade fhall fide figh firſt flow'rs fmiles foft fome fong fons foothing foul Friendſhip ftill ftorm ftream fweet gentle glitt'ring Glory glowing grace green grove hand head Heav'n heav'nly inſpire James Jofeph John knight Lord lov'd Love lyre Matthew Bloxam mild morn moſt mournful Mufe Muſe ne'er numbers o'er Palemon Peace Pleaſure pour'd pow'r praiſe purple raptur'd reft reſt rife Right riſing rofe roſe round ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſmiles ſmooth ſoft ſparkling ſplendour ſport ſpread ſtep ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſwain ſweet tear tempeſt thee theſe thine Thomas thou thouſand thro THYRSIS verdant VIRG wand'ring warm wave ween weep whofe whoſe William wing youth Zephyrs Zeuxis
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Page 47 - Namque me sylva lupus in Sabina, Dum meam canto Lalagen, et ultra Terminum curis vagor expeditus, Fugit inermem ; Quale portentum neque militaris Daunia in latis alit esculetis, Nec Jubae tellus general, leonum Arida nutrix.
Page v - Truth; and where Truth deigns to come, Her sister Liberty will not be far. Be present all ye Genii, who conduct The wandering footsteps of the youthful bard, New to your springs and shades: who touch his ear With finer sounds: who heighten to his eye The bloom of Nature, and before him turn The gayest, happiest attitude of things.
Page 154 - ... the allegory is wanting in the survey of human life, the youth and inexperience of the author will, it is hoped, be brought to the recollection of the excusing reader ; and the moral, never to be too often repeated, that is drawn from it, which endeavours to correct the vices of the age by showing the frightful landscape that terminates the alluring path of sinful pleasure, supply the defects of a muse, who is entering into public in her sixteenth year, bashful on her first exhibition, and listening...
Page 137 - Winter's muttering king Her veil of roses spreads. The sky serene, the waking flowers, The river's loosened wave, Repay the kind and tepid hours With all the charms they gave. And hark ! from yon melodious grove The feathered warblers break; And into notes of joy and love The solitude awake ! And shall the first beloved of heaven Mute listen as they sing ; Shall man to whom the lyre is given, Not wake one grateful string? O ! let me join...
Page 95 - Ye worms of wealth, of vanity and sway ; Say, have ye ought of praise or glory won, That thus ye flaunt along, your gaudy way : 'Tis not the splendour of the cherish'd hoard...
Page 47 - Daunias latis alit aesculetis, nee lubae tellus generat, leonum 15 arida nutrix. pone me, pigris ubi nulla campis arbor aestiva recreatur aura, quod latus mundi nebulae malusque luppiter urget, 20 pone sub curru nimium propinqui soils in terra domibus negata: dulce ridentem Lalagen amabo, dulce loquentem.
Page 111 - Difcprd feek his yelling reign, Nor haunt thy path ferene ; While Guilt, on ev'ry fullen wind, Starts pale and trembling from behind His wild and wizard mein.
Page 143 - Autumn spreads her fields of gold. And waves her amber wand ; See earth its yellow charms unfold Beneath her magic hand ! Uurivall'd beauty decks our vales, Bright fruitfulness oiir plains ; Gay health with cheerfulness prevails, And smiling glory reigns.
Page 141 - And shoots his piercing eye; And Eve, with modest, measured pace, Steps up the western sky, Reposed beneath Thy guardian wings, The pious mortal rests; Nor knows one watchful care that springs Within unholy breasts. What, then, if pealing thunders roll, If lightnings flash afar; Undaunted hears his sainted...
Page xiv - Son of the late ingenious Benjamin Franklin, prime conductor of the American revolution, and principal founder of the United States of America — without his type in our days.