A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Volume 4J. Hughs, 1765 - English poetry |
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... thought profound , And Melancholy , filent maid With leaden eye , that loves the ground , Still on thy folemn steps attend : Warm Charity , the gen'ral friend , With Justice to herself severe , And Pity , dropping With ( 13 ) } ...
... thought profound , And Melancholy , filent maid With leaden eye , that loves the ground , Still on thy folemn steps attend : Warm Charity , the gen'ral friend , With Justice to herself severe , And Pity , dropping With ( 13 ) } ...
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... maid , On a wide mount had fix'd her rural feat , ' Mid flow'ry gardens plac'd , untrod by vulgar feet . Χ . And now forth - pacing with his blooming heir , And that fame virtuous Palmer them to guide ; Arm'd all to point , and on a ...
... maid , On a wide mount had fix'd her rural feat , ' Mid flow'ry gardens plac'd , untrod by vulgar feet . Χ . And now forth - pacing with his blooming heir , And that fame virtuous Palmer them to guide ; Arm'd all to point , and on a ...
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... Maid , To deck great Tullius or the Mantuan Bard ; Which o'er each motley vest with uncouth splendor XXIII . [ glared . And well their outward vesture did express The bent and habit of their inward mind ,素 Affecting Wisdom's antiquated ...
... Maid , To deck great Tullius or the Mantuan Bard ; Which o'er each motley vest with uncouth splendor XXIII . [ glared . And well their outward vesture did express The bent and habit of their inward mind ,素 Affecting Wisdom's antiquated ...
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... maid chanting shrill her lay , Comes abroad with milking pail ; And the found of distant flail Gives the ear a rough good - morrow , And the lark from out his furrow Soars upright on matin wings , And at the gate of heaven sings . But ...
... maid chanting shrill her lay , Comes abroad with milking pail ; And the found of distant flail Gives the ear a rough good - morrow , And the lark from out his furrow Soars upright on matin wings , And at the gate of heaven sings . But ...
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... maid stars await , Attendant on their queen of state . ' Tis now that in her high controul , Ambitious of a foreign rule , She ftirs the Ocean to rebel , And factious waters fond to swell Guides to battle in her carr , ' Gainst her ...
... maid stars await , Attendant on their queen of state . ' Tis now that in her high controul , Ambitious of a foreign rule , She ftirs the Ocean to rebel , And factious waters fond to swell Guides to battle in her carr , ' Gainst her ...
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Page 174 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Page 11 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 6 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 175 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 380 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Page 7 - 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 Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 10 - Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th...
Page 277 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Page 10 - Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn; "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 379 - But with tendrils of woodbine is bound; Not a beech's more beautiful green. But a sweet-briar entwines it around. Not my fields in the prime of the year, More charms than my cattle unfold; Not a brook that is limpid and clear, But it glitters with fishes of gold.