Poems. With an introductory essay by J. Montgomery1826 |
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... bid fly A captive bird into the boundless sky , This triple realm adores thee thou art come From Sparta hither , and art here at home . " One of the most pleasing images in these volumes occurs in the context : - " That Grief ...
... bid fly A captive bird into the boundless sky , This triple realm adores thee thou art come From Sparta hither , and art here at home . " One of the most pleasing images in these volumes occurs in the context : - " That Grief ...
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... Bids these in elegance of form excel , In colour these , and those delight the smell ; Sends Nature forth , the daughter of the skies , To dance on earth and charm all human eyes . " Nature , sent forth to dance on the earth , is one of ...
... Bids these in elegance of form excel , In colour these , and those delight the smell ; Sends Nature forth , the daughter of the skies , To dance on earth and charm all human eyes . " Nature , sent forth to dance on the earth , is one of ...
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... bids man mark the fleeting hour , And Death's own scythe would better speak his power ; Then grace the bony phantom in their stead , With the king's shoulder - knot and gay cockade ; Clothe the twin brethren in each other's dress , The ...
... bids man mark the fleeting hour , And Death's own scythe would better speak his power ; Then grace the bony phantom in their stead , With the king's shoulder - knot and gay cockade ; Clothe the twin brethren in each other's dress , The ...
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... bids him draw ; To sheath it in the peace - restoring close , With joy beyond what victory bestows : - Blest country , where these kinglý glories shine ! Blest England , if this happiness be thine ! A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic ...
... bids him draw ; To sheath it in the peace - restoring close , With joy beyond what victory bestows : - Blest country , where these kinglý glories shine ! Blest England , if this happiness be thine ! A. Guard what you say ; the patriotic ...
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... Bids equity throughout his works prevail , And weighs the nations in an even scale ; He can encourage Slavery to a smile , And fill with discontent a British isle . A. Freeman and slave then , if the case be such , Stand on a level ...
... Bids equity throughout his works prevail , And weighs the nations in an even scale ; He can encourage Slavery to a smile , And fill with discontent a British isle . A. Freeman and slave then , if the case be such , Stand on a level ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath bids blank verse boast breath cause charms Cowper death deem delight distant divine dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fatal egg fear feel fire flowers folly frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope human John Gilpin JOSEPH HILL labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once peace perhaps PINE-APPLE pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seems shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound stand stream sweet task taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thought thousand toil tongue touch trifler truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth
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Page 463 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Page 386 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 339 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path, But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
Page 439 - He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more.
Page 385 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 386 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after...
Page 469 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend that one had need Be very much his friend indeed To pardon or to bear it.
Page 442 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.
Page 459 - Other Romans shall arise Heedless of a soldier's name; Sounds, not arms, shall win the prize, Harmony the path to fame.
Page 284 - I crown thee King of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturbed retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening know.