English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 83
Page 450
... o'er neighbouring realms , And spread their plains with desolation wide : Yet your mild homesteads , ever - blooming , smile Among embracing woods ; and waft on high The breath of plenty , from the ruddy tops 510 Of chimneys , curling o'er ...
... o'er neighbouring realms , And spread their plains with desolation wide : Yet your mild homesteads , ever - blooming , smile Among embracing woods ; and waft on high The breath of plenty , from the ruddy tops 510 Of chimneys , curling o'er ...
Page 662
... o'er his grassy seat . Now the flock forsakes the glade , Where uncheck'd the sunbeams fall ; Sure to find a pleasing shade By the ivy'd abbey wall . Echo in her airy round , O'er the river , rock and hill , Cannot catch a single sound ...
... o'er his grassy seat . Now the flock forsakes the glade , Where uncheck'd the sunbeams fall ; Sure to find a pleasing shade By the ivy'd abbey wall . Echo in her airy round , O'er the river , rock and hill , Cannot catch a single sound ...
Page 817
... o'er the lave o't ! Meg was meek , and Meg was mild , Sweet and harmless as a child : 5 Wiser men than me's beguil'd- Whistle o'er the lave o't ! How we live , my Meg and me , How we love , and how we gree , 3 I care na by how few may ...
... o'er the lave o't ! Meg was meek , and Meg was mild , Sweet and harmless as a child : 5 Wiser men than me's beguil'd- Whistle o'er the lave o't ! How we live , my Meg and me , How we love , and how we gree , 3 I care na by how few may ...
Contents
MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
Copyright | |
98 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
beauty behold beneath blest breast breath charms dear death delight divine Dunciad e'er earth ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fancy fate fear flame flow'rs fools frae glory grace grave Grongar Hill groves hand happy head hear heart Heav'n honour Joseph Warton king live Lord Lord Hervey lov'd lyre maid mind Muse Nature Nature's ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once pain passion peace Pindaric plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poetry Pope Pope's pow'r praise pray'r pride Queen rage rise round satire scene Scriblerus Club shade shine sigh sing skies smiles soft song soul spleen spring stream swains sweet Swift sylphs tears Thalestris thee thine Thomas Warton thou thought toil trembling Twas vale verse virtue weep Whig wild wind wings wretched wyllowe youth ΙΟ