British Theatre, Volume 11J. Bell, 1791 - English drama |
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... sure ( For so I can distinguish by mine art ) Benighted in these woods . Now to my charms , And to my wily trains . I shall ere long Be well stock'd with as fair a herd as graz'd About my mother Circe . Thus I hurl My dazzling spells ...
... sure ( For so I can distinguish by mine art ) Benighted in these woods . Now to my charms , And to my wily trains . I shall ere long Be well stock'd with as fair a herd as graz'd About my mother Circe . Thus I hurl My dazzling spells ...
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... Sure something holy lodges in that breast , " And with these raptures moves the vocal air " To testify his hidden residence : " How sweetly did they float upon the wings “ Of silence through the empty - vaulted night , " At ev'ry fall ...
... Sure something holy lodges in that breast , " And with these raptures moves the vocal air " To testify his hidden residence : " How sweetly did they float upon the wings “ Of silence through the empty - vaulted night , " At ev'ry fall ...
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... sure guess of well - practis'd feet . ” Com . I know each lane and ev'ry alley green , Dingle or bushy dell , of this wide wood , " And ev'ry bosky bourn from side to side , ” My daily walks and ancient neighbourhood ; And if your stray ...
... sure guess of well - practis'd feet . ” Com . I know each lane and ev'ry alley green , Dingle or bushy dell , of this wide wood , " And ev'ry bosky bourn from side to side , ” My daily walks and ancient neighbourhood ; And if your stray ...
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... sure . E. Bro . Thyrsis ? whose artful strains have oft ' de- lay'd The huddling brook to hear his madrigal , And sweeten'd ev'ry muskrose of the dale , How cam'st thou here good Swain ? has any ram Slipp'd from the fold , or young kid ...
... sure . E. Bro . Thyrsis ? whose artful strains have oft ' de- lay'd The huddling brook to hear his madrigal , And sweeten'd ev'ry muskrose of the dale , How cam'st thou here good Swain ? has any ram Slipp'd from the fold , or young kid ...
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... Sure the squeamish fops are free To rid me of dull company . They have charms whilst mine can please ; I love them much , but more my ease ; Nor jealous fears my love molest , Nor faithless vows shall break my rest . 80 90 Why should ...
... Sure the squeamish fops are free To rid me of dull company . They have charms whilst mine can please ; I love them much , but more my ease ; Nor jealous fears my love molest , Nor faithless vows shall break my rest . 80 90 Why should ...
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affair beauty believe better bless bliss brother charms Clar CLARISSA Colonel OLDBOY Comus COVENT GARDEN dare daugh daughter dear Dian DIANA Dibdin ev'ry FANNY farmer father favour fear Flowerdale's fortune garden gentleman Giles gipsies girl give happy Harman hear heart Heaven hither honour hope ISAAC BICKERSTAFF Jenny JESSAMY joys justice of peace LADY SYCAMORE Lion Lionel live look Lord AIMWORTH Lord Harry lordship Madam marry Master Fairfield master Jenkins MERVIN mind Miss Naiads never night nymph Oldboy's papa Patty pleasure pow'r pray Ralph SCENE VIII SCENE XI servant shew Sir Harry Sir John Flowerdale SONG soul speak Spirit sure sweet talk tell thee THEODOSIA there's thing thou thought thro told vex'd vext virtue what's wish word young lady youth Zounds
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Page 47 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 48 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Page 17 - But their way Lies through the perplexed paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger...
Page 31 - Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. 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 impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 60 - Yet should I try, the uncontrolled worth Of this pure cause would kindle my rapt spirits To such a flame of sacred vehemence...
Page 23 - My best guide now : methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment, Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe, Stirs up among the loose unletter'd hinds, When, for their teeming flocks, and granges full, In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan, And thank the gods amiss.
Page 48 - 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; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come,- and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Page 56 - Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits and flocks, Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable, But all to please, and sate the curious taste...
Page 34 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear...