Bell's Edition, Volumes 31-32J. Bell, 1788 - English poetry |
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... Thou Spirit who ledst this glorious eremite Into the desert , his victorious field , Against the spiritual foe , and brought'st him thence By proof th ' undoubted Son of God , inspire , II As thou art wont , my prompted song else mute ...
... Thou Spirit who ledst this glorious eremite Into the desert , his victorious field , Against the spiritual foe , and brought'st him thence By proof th ' undoubted Son of God , inspire , II As thou art wont , my prompted song else mute ...
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John Bell. 235 By matchless deeds express thy matchless Sire . For know , thou art no son of mortal man ; Though men esteem thee low of parentage , Thy Father is th ' eternal King who rules All Heav'n and Earth , angels and sons of men ...
John Bell. 235 By matchless deeds express thy matchless Sire . For know , thou art no son of mortal man ; Though men esteem thee low of parentage , Thy Father is th ' eternal King who rules All Heav'n and Earth , angels and sons of men ...
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... thou then suggest to me distrust , 355 Knowing who I am , as I know who thou art ? 360 Whom thus answer'd th ' Arch - fiénd now undis- ' Tis true , I am that Spirit unfortunate , [ guis'd : Who leagu'd with millions more in rash revolt ...
... thou then suggest to me distrust , 355 Knowing who I am , as I know who thou art ? 360 Whom thus answer'd th ' Arch - fiénd now undis- ' Tis true , I am that Spirit unfortunate , [ guis'd : Who leagu'd with millions more in rash revolt ...
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... thy torment , representing Lost bliss , to thee no more communicable , So never more in Hell than when in Heav'n . But thou art serviceable to Heav'n's King . Wilt thou impute to ' obedience what thy fear Extorts , or pleasure to do ill ...
... thy torment , representing Lost bliss , to thee no more communicable , So never more in Hell than when in Heav'n . But thou art serviceable to Heav'n's King . Wilt thou impute to ' obedience what thy fear Extorts , or pleasure to do ill ...
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John Bell. from truth Easily canst thou find one miserable , And not enforc'd oft - times to part may stand him more in stead to lie , Say and unsay , feign , flatter , or abjure ? If it But thou art plac'd above me , thou art Lord ; 475 ...
John Bell. from truth Easily canst thou find one miserable , And not enforc'd oft - times to part may stand him more in stead to lie , Say and unsay , feign , flatter , or abjure ? If it But thou art plac'd above me , thou art Lord ; 475 ...
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Page 108 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But O, sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower ? Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek.
Page 99 - Haste thee Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; 30 Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 113 - Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Page 109 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves...
Page 108 - To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely...
Page 91 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Page 49 - Left me all helpless, with the irreparable loss Of sight, reserved alive to be repeated The subject of their cruelty or scorn. Nor am I in the list of them that hope ; Hopeless are all my evils, all remediless. This one prayer yet remains, might I be heard, No long petition — speedy death, 650 The close of all my miseries and the balm.
Page 40 - To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power of others, never in my own ; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree?
Page 91 - Some say no evil thing that walks by night. In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.
Page 76 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.