Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2Vicesimus Knox 1809 - English poetry |
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... the list'ning earth , Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn , And all the planets in their turn , Confirm Confirm the tidings as they roll , Anl spread the 2 BOOK I. ELEGANT EXTRACTS ,
... the list'ning earth , Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn , And all the planets in their turn , Confirm Confirm the tidings as they roll , Anl spread the 2 BOOK I. ELEGANT EXTRACTS ,
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... spread ; The silent Moon , with waxing horn , Along th` ethereal region borne ; The stars with vivid lustre crown'd , That nightly walk their destin'd round . Lord ! What is Man , that in thy care His humble lot should find a share ; Or ...
... spread ; The silent Moon , with waxing horn , Along th` ethereal region borne ; The stars with vivid lustre crown'd , That nightly walk their destin'd round . Lord ! What is Man , that in thy care His humble lot should find a share ; Or ...
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... spread so wide the slaughter , till their blood Dyes with a stronger red the blushing flood . Oh ! what a copious prey their hosts afford , To glut and fatten the devouring sword ! As thus the yawning gulf the boasters pass'd , At thy ...
... spread so wide the slaughter , till their blood Dyes with a stronger red the blushing flood . Oh ! what a copious prey their hosts afford , To glut and fatten the devouring sword ! As thus the yawning gulf the boasters pass'd , At thy ...
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... spread my store , Unbar my hospitable door ; rayNor feed , for pomp , an idle train , While want unpitied pines in vain . And where He vital spreads , there must be joy . A soothing word a tear — a sigh . 6 . Howe'er exalted , or ...
... spread my store , Unbar my hospitable door ; rayNor feed , for pomp , an idle train , While want unpitied pines in vain . And where He vital spreads , there must be joy . A soothing word a tear — a sigh . 6 . Howe'er exalted , or ...
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... spread , and flourish in eternal day . O ! with what art , my friend , what early care , Should wisdom cultivate a ... spreads her light afar , And fills the bright urn of her eastern star . The liberal power in no sequester'd cells , No ...
... spread , and flourish in eternal day . O ! with what art , my friend , what early care , Should wisdom cultivate a ... spreads her light afar , And fills the bright urn of her eastern star . The liberal power in no sequester'd cells , No ...
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Page 252 - Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
Page 198 - And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round. And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired ; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove.
Page 115 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 282 - And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honor blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page 115 - And that through every stage ; when young, indeed, In full content we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves, and only wish As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.
Page 475 - Big with the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
Page 198 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labor free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree, While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round.
Page 198 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Page 22 - Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 475 - Ethiop's arm. See on the mountain's southern side, Where the prospect opens wide, Where the evening gilds the tide, How close and small the hedges lie, What streaks of meadows cross the eye! A step methinks may pass the stream, So little distant dangers seem; So we mistake the future's face Eyed through Hope's deluding glass; As yon...