The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed authors, by dr. Wolcot, Volume 2John Wolcot 1804 |
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... Isis , an Elegy ; by Mr. Mason , of Cambridge . The Triumph of Isis , occasioned by " Isis , " an Elegy ; 23 27 30 34 ST 46 48 51 52 58 60 68 74 78 79 by T. Wharton .. Hafez ; Ode IV . 8888 86 99 On a Grotto , near the Thames , at ...
... Isis , an Elegy ; by Mr. Mason , of Cambridge . The Triumph of Isis , occasioned by " Isis , " an Elegy ; 23 27 30 34 ST 46 48 51 52 58 60 68 74 78 79 by T. Wharton .. Hafez ; Ode IV . 8888 86 99 On a Grotto , near the Thames , at ...
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... gloom of the vale . Thou thinkest it nothing to rove , And loiter so long from my sight : Know , the loss of a moment in Love , Is the loss of an age of Delight . ISIS . AN ELEGY . BY MR . MASON , Phillis, a Pastoral; by Peter Pindar.
... gloom of the vale . Thou thinkest it nothing to rove , And loiter so long from my sight : Know , the loss of a moment in Love , Is the loss of an age of Delight . ISIS . AN ELEGY . BY MR . MASON , Phillis, a Pastoral; by Peter Pindar.
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... Isis lay ; a willow's lowly shade Spread its thin foliage o'er the sleeping Maid ; Clos'd was her eye , and from her heaving breast In careless folds loose flow'd her zoneless vest ; While down her neck her vagrant tresses flow , In all ...
... Isis lay ; a willow's lowly shade Spread its thin foliage o'er the sleeping Maid ; Clos'd was her eye , and from her heaving breast In careless folds loose flow'd her zoneless vest ; While down her neck her vagrant tresses flow , In all ...
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... Isis ! oft hast thou rejoic'd to lead Thy liquid treasures o'er yon fav'rite mead : Oft hast thou stopp'd thy pearly car to gaze , While ev'ry Science nurs'd its growing bays ; While ev'ry Youth , with Fame's strong impulse Press'd to ...
... Isis ! oft hast thou rejoic'd to lead Thy liquid treasures o'er yon fav'rite mead : Oft hast thou stopp'd thy pearly car to gaze , While ev'ry Science nurs'd its growing bays ; While ev'ry Youth , with Fame's strong impulse Press'd to ...
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... In solemn lines the strong resemblance draw ; " The piercing notes shall strike each British ear ; " Each British eye shall drop the patriot tear ! " And , rous'd to glory by the nervous strain VOL . II . 6 ISIS . 81.
... In solemn lines the strong resemblance draw ; " The piercing notes shall strike each British ear ; " Each British eye shall drop the patriot tear ! " And , rous'd to glory by the nervous strain VOL . II . 6 ISIS . 81.
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adorn'd awful bard beneath bids blessing blest boast breast breath Brentford brow charms cheek CLODIO convey'd cried crowd crown'd dare dome e'en e'er Emperor of China Ev'n ev'ry fair fame Fancy fane Fannius fate fix'd flow'rs foes Freedom Freedom calls gibbets glories grace groves guiltless hand hark head heart Heroic Epistle impious Isis Jemmy Twitcher Lacedemon lie Fit lov'd maid majestic mind Muse ne'er numbers nymph o'er pale paleful rivers patriot peace PETER PINDAR PINDAR plain plann'd pleas'd poet poison'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rise round sacred sage scene Scylla or Charybdis shade shepherds shine shore sighs Sir William Chambers Slander slave smile smiling train soft solemn song sons soul sport spring Stephen Duck stream sublime swain sweet tear tender thee thine thou tow'r train trembling truth vale Verse virtue waves wild wings youth
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Page 50 - Winter, yelling through the troublous air, Affrights thy shrinking train, And rudely rends thy robes, — So long, regardful of thy quiet rule, Shall Fancy, Friendship, Science, smiling Peace, Thy gentlest influence own, And love thy favourite name.
Page 48 - If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste eve, to soothe thy modest ear. Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales...
Page 32 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering Worth is...
Page 66 - Eurus and Auster, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, Tumultuous enter, with dire chilling blasts Portending agues.
Page 60 - Happy the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling: he nor hears with pain New oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful ale; But with his friends, when nightly mists arise, To Juniper's Magpie or...
Page 117 - Thy form benign, oh goddess, wear, Thy milder influence impart, Thy philosophic train be there To soften, not to wound my heart. The generous spark extinct revive, Teach me to love and to forgive, Exact my own defects to scan, What others are, to feel, and know myself a man.
Page 120 - Heaven has brought me to the state you see; And your condition may be soon like mine, The Child of Sorrow and of Misery...
Page 50 - Or find some ruin midst its dreary dells, Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams. Or if chill blustering winds or driving rain Prevent my willing feet, be mine the hut That, from the mountain's side, Views wilds and swelling floods, And hamlets brown, and dim-discover'd spires ; And hears their simple bell; and marks o'er all Thy dewy fingers draw The gradual dusky veil.
Page 61 - Wisheth her health, and joy, and equal love. Meanwhile, he smokes, and laughs at merry tale, Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint. But I, whom griping Penury surrounds, And Hunger, sure attendant upon Want, With scanty offals...
Page 31 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i