Elegiac Sonnets: And Other Poems, by Charlotte Smith. ..., Volume 1 |
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Æther almoſt anguiſh beneath bird-lime bleft Botany breaſt breath bright Briony burſt cloſe clouds cold copfes courſe dark dear Death deſpair Diſeaſe dread eyes fear feeks feem'd feems feen fhades fhadowy fhall fighs filent fince Firſt fleep flowers foft fome fooths foreft forrow foul fpirits ftill ftorm fufferer furely fyren Goffamer grief heart Hillario Hope hopeleſs Isle of PORTLAND lichen loft loved Marchmont mifery Moon moſt mourn murmurs muſt Nepenthe night Novel o'er pain pale Phoebe Pilewort pleaſure poor publiſhed purſuing reaſon repofe reſt rifing riſe rolling hoop roſe ſcene ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſkies ſky ſmile ſome SONNET Line ſpider ſtar ſtep ſtill Summer tears tempefts thee themſelves theſe thine Thomas Warton thoſe thou thro uſed wandering waves weary weſtern wheel of fire whofe whoſe wild wind Wind-flower wiſhes woods wretched WRITTEN
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Page 138 - D'erbe novelle e di novelli amori; Tu torni ben, ma teco Non tornano i sereni E fortunati dì delle mie gioie: Tu torni ben, tu torni; Ma teco altro non torna, Che del perduto mio caro tesoro La rimembranza misera e dolente. Tu quella se', tu quella Ch'eri pur dianzi sì vezzosa e bella; Ma non son io già quel ch' un tempo fui Sì caro agli occhi altrui.
Page 138 - O primavera, gioventù de l'anno, bella madre di fiori, d'erbe novelle e di novelli amori, tu torni ben, ma teco non tornano i sereni e fortunati di de le mie gioie; tu torni ben, tu torni, ma teco altro non torna che del perduto mio caro tesoro la rimembranza misera e dolente. Tu quella se...
Page 139 - It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates ' and masters the fear of death; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death ; Love slights it; Honour aspireth to it; Grief flieth to it; Fear pre-occupateth it...
Page 77 - A various wreath I wove, Of laughing Spring's luxuriant sweets, To deck ungrateful love: The rose or thorn my numbers crown'd As Venus smil'd, or Venus frown'd, But love and joy, and all their train are flown.
Page 81 - Must lose their magic, and their power to please ; Too swiftly fled, the rosy hours of youth Shall yield their fairy-charms to mournful Truth ; Even now, a mother's fond prophetic fear Sees the dark train of human ills appear; Views various fortune for each lovely child, Storms for the bold, and anguish for the mild ; Beholds already those expressive eyes Beam a sad certainty of future sighs ; And dreads each suffering those dear breasts may know In their long passage through a world of woe; Perchance...
Page 76 - Ceres' shrine ; For dull to humid eyes appear The golden glories of the year ; Alas ! a melancholy worship's mine ! I hail the goddess for her scarlet flower. Thou brilliant weed That dost so far exceed The richest gifts gay Flora can bestow, Heedless I pass'd thee in Life's morning hour (Thou comforter of woe), Till Sorrow taught me to confess thy power.
Page 35 - Tho' o'er his coffin with the humid earth No children drop the unavailing tear? Rather rejoice that here his sorrows cease, Whom sickness, age, and poverty oppress'd; Where Death, the Leveller, restores to peace The wretch who living knew not where to rest. Rejoice, that tho...
Page 124 - Temper'd with drugs of sovereign use, to assuage The boiling bosom of tumultuous rage ; To clear the cloudy front of wrinkled Care, And dry the tearful sluices of Despair : Charm'd with that virtuous draught, the exalted mind All sense of woe delivers to the wind.
Page 79 - By thee the hopeless die! Oh! ever "friendly to despair," Might Sorrow's pallid votary dare, Without a crime, that remedy implore, Which bids the spirit from its bondage fly, I'd court thy palliative aid no more; No more I'd sue that thou shouldst...
Page 125 - Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena Is of such power to stir up joy as this, To life so friendly, or so cool to thirst.