Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected and Arranged ...J. Roach, 1794 - English poetry |
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... arms athwart the gloom , Are thefe the confines of fome fairy world . A land of Genii ? Say , beyond these wilds What unknown nations , if indeed beyond Aught habitable lies ? And whither leads , To what ftrange regions , or of blifs or ...
... arms athwart the gloom , Are thefe the confines of fome fairy world . A land of Genii ? Say , beyond these wilds What unknown nations , if indeed beyond Aught habitable lies ? And whither leads , To what ftrange regions , or of blifs or ...
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... arm to light another world , And bid new planets roll by other laws . For thro ' the regions of unbounded space . Where unconfin'd Omnipotence has room Being , in various fyftems , fluctuates ftill Between creation and abhorr'd decay ...
... arm to light another world , And bid new planets roll by other laws . For thro ' the regions of unbounded space . Where unconfin'd Omnipotence has room Being , in various fyftems , fluctuates ftill Between creation and abhorr'd decay ...
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... arms , refufe their load , Or the cheft labours . Thefe affiduously , But gently , in their proper arts employ'd , Acquire a vigour and fpringy activity To which they were not born . But weaker Abhor fatigue and violent discipline ...
... arms , refufe their load , Or the cheft labours . Thefe affiduously , But gently , in their proper arts employ'd , Acquire a vigour and fpringy activity To which they were not born . But weaker Abhor fatigue and violent discipline ...
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... arm Arofe , a monster never known before Rear'd from Cocytus its portentous head . This rapid fury not , like other pefts , Purfued a gradual courfe , but in a day D. 2 . Rush'd " Rufh'd as a form o'er half th'aftonish'd ifle , T 39 J.
... arm Arofe , a monster never known before Rear'd from Cocytus its portentous head . This rapid fury not , like other pefts , Purfued a gradual courfe , but in a day D. 2 . Rush'd " Rufh'd as a form o'er half th'aftonish'd ifle , T 39 J.
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... arms Of twining Lais melt your manhood down . For from the colliquation of foft joys How chang'd you rife ! the ghoft of what you was ! Languid and melancholy , gaunt and wan . Your veins exhaufted , and your nerves unftrung . Spoil'd ...
... arms Of twining Lais melt your manhood down . For from the colliquation of foft joys How chang'd you rife ! the ghoft of what you was ! Languid and melancholy , gaunt and wan . Your veins exhaufted , and your nerves unftrung . Spoil'd ...
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Page 24 - Whence straight he came with hat and wig; A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus show'd his ready wit, My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit.
Page 36 - I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall : (I wish I knew what king to call.) Madam, your husband will attend The funeral of so good a friend.
Page 7 - With that, there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow ; Who never spake more words than these, " Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall.
Page 119 - Of fancy, or proscribes the sound of mirth; Nor do we madly, like an impious world, Who deem religion frenzy, and the God, That made them, an intruder on their joys, Start at his awful name, or deem his praise A jarring note.
Page 43 - For her he oft expos'd his own. Two kingdoms, just as faction led, Had set a price upon his head ; But not a traitor could be found, To sell him for six hundred pound.
Page 26 - The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein. But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run.
Page 36 - I'm sorry; but we all must die. Indifference clad in Wisdom's Guise, All Fortitude of Mind supplies: For how can stony Bowels melt, In those who never Pity felt; When We are lash'd, They kiss the Rod; Resigning to the Will of God.
Page 49 - My heart would be scot-free from cares, And lighter than a feather. As fine as five-pence is her mien, No drum was ever tighter ; Her glance is as the razor keen, And not the sun is brighter.
Page 24 - What news? what news? your tidings tell; Tell me you must and shall — Say why bare-headed you are come, Or why you come at all ? Now Gilpin had a pleasant wit, And loved a timely joke!
Page 48 - tis yours, 'tis mine, He said, 'tis the pursuit of all that live : Yet few attain it, if 'twas e'er attain'd. But they the widest wander from the mark, Who through the...