Poems, &c. Written Upon Several Occasions, and to Several PersonsJacob Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over-against Katherine Street in the Strand., 1722 - 284 pages |
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Edmund Waller. defham ; but it seems not to have been long be- fore Mr. Waller's Father's Time , because a Fa- . mily of fuch a Fortune could not have escap'd furnishing the County with a Sheriff , and we find none of this Name in the ...
Edmund Waller. defham ; but it seems not to have been long be- fore Mr. Waller's Father's Time , because a Fa- . mily of fuch a Fortune could not have escap'd furnishing the County with a Sheriff , and we find none of this Name in the ...
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Edmund Waller. the Command of my Lord Wimbledon , was pro- bably the Occafion of the Copy of Verses which begins this Collection , To the King on his Navy , in the Tear 1626 , which was the Time of that Expedition ; and the English Navy ...
Edmund Waller. the Command of my Lord Wimbledon , was pro- bably the Occafion of the Copy of Verses which begins this Collection , To the King on his Navy , in the Tear 1626 , which was the Time of that Expedition ; and the English Navy ...
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Edmund Waller. Nothing can be more agreeable than the Paral- lel between Amoret and Sacharissa , in the Stan- za's ... Waller's Love for Sa- thariffa did not make him forget what was due to the Beauty of other Ladies , and that they were ...
Edmund Waller. Nothing can be more agreeable than the Paral- lel between Amoret and Sacharissa , in the Stan- za's ... Waller's Love for Sa- thariffa did not make him forget what was due to the Beauty of other Ladies , and that they were ...
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Edmund Waller. May my Lady Dorothy , if we may yet call her fo , fuffer as much , and have the like Paffion for this ... WALLER . He He liv'd to converfe with the Lady Sunder- land when of Mr. Edmond Waller . XI.
Edmund Waller. May my Lady Dorothy , if we may yet call her fo , fuffer as much , and have the like Paffion for this ... WALLER . He He liv'd to converfe with the Lady Sunder- land when of Mr. Edmond Waller . XI.
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... Waller , and fome other Ladies and Gentlemen at the late Lady Wharton's at Woburn near Beconsfield , fhe then ask'd him in Raillery , When , Mr. Waller , will you write fuch fine Ver- fes upon me again ? Oh , Madam , faid he , when your ...
... Waller , and fome other Ladies and Gentlemen at the late Lady Wharton's at Woburn near Beconsfield , fhe then ask'd him in Raillery , When , Mr. Waller , will you write fuch fine Ver- fes upon me again ? Oh , Madam , faid he , when your ...
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Page 38 - Then die, that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee ; How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Page 62 - THAT which her slender waist confined, Shall now my joyful temples bind; No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my Heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer; My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair; Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
Page 106 - Great Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock perhaps, or herd, had led : He *, that the world subdued, had been But the best wrestler on the green.
Page 257 - For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 50 - So every passion but fond love, Unto its own redress does move : But that alone the wretch inclines To what prevents his own designs ; Makes him lament, and sigh, and weep...
Page 121 - Whether this portion of the world were rent By the rude ocean from the continent, Or thus created, it was sure design'd To be the sacred refuge of mankind.
Page 122 - Through every land that near the ocean lies, Sounding your name, and telling dreadful news To all that piracy and rapine use.
Page 58 - That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus' loud complaints returned, Not for reflection of his face, But of his voice, the boy had burned.
Page 124 - A race unconquer'd, by their clime made bold, The Caledonians, arm'd with want and cold, Have, by a fate indulgent to your fame, Been from all ages kept for you to tame. Whom the old Roman wall...
Page 64 - While in the park I sing, the listening deer Attend my passion, and forget to fear : When to the beeches I report my flame, They bow their heads, as if they felt the same. To gods appealing, when I reach their bowers, With loud complaints they answer me in showers. To thee a wild and cruel soul is given, More deaf than trees, and prouder than the Heaven ! On the head of a stag...