The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 30Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1822 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 42
Page 31
... arms amidst the watery roar , Scoops out an empire , and usurps the shore : While the pent ocean , rising o'er the pile , Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal , the yellow - blossom'd vale , The willow tufted bank ...
... arms amidst the watery roar , Scoops out an empire , and usurps the shore : While the pent ocean , rising o'er the pile , Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal , the yellow - blossom'd vale , The willow tufted bank ...
Page 33
... arms , Where noble stems transmit the patriot flame , Where kings have toil'd , and poets wrote , for fame , One sink of level avarice shall lie , And scholars , soldiers , kings , unhonour'd die . Yet think not , thus when Freedom's ...
... arms , Where noble stems transmit the patriot flame , Where kings have toil'd , and poets wrote , for fame , One sink of level avarice shall lie , And scholars , soldiers , kings , unhonour'd die . Yet think not , thus when Freedom's ...
Page 34
... arms , Except when fast approaching danger warms : But when contending chiefs blockade the throne , Contracting regal power to stretch their own ; When I behold a factious band agree To call it freedom when themselves are free ; Each ...
... arms , Except when fast approaching danger warms : But when contending chiefs blockade the throne , Contracting regal power to stretch their own ; When I behold a factious band agree To call it freedom when themselves are free ; Each ...
Page 48
... arm to save , The country blooms - a garden and a grave . Where , then , ah ! where shall poverty reside , To ' scape the pressure of contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits stray'd , He drives his flock to pick the ...
... arm to save , The country blooms - a garden and a grave . Where , then , ah ! where shall poverty reside , To ' scape the pressure of contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits stray'd , He drives his flock to pick the ...
Page 50
... arms . With louder plaints the mother spoke her woes , And bless'd the cot where every pleasure rose ; And kiss'd her thoughtless babes with many a tear , And clasp'd them close , in sorrow doubly dear ; Whilst her fond husband strove ...
... arms . With louder plaints the mother spoke her woes , And bless'd the cot where every pleasure rose ; And kiss'd her thoughtless babes with many a tear , And clasp'd them close , in sorrow doubly dear ; Whilst her fond husband strove ...
Other editions - View all
The Works Of The British Poets: With Lives Of The Authors;, Volume 17 Ezekiel Sanford,Robert Walsh No preview available - 2019 |
The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 17 Ezekiel Sanford,Robert Walsh, Jr. No preview available - 2015 |
The Works Of The British Poets: With Lives Of The Authors;, Volume 17 Ezekiel Sanford,Robert Walsh No preview available - 2019 |
Common terms and phrases
æther beauty behold beneath bless'd bloom blush boast bosom bower breast breath Cephisus Charles Yorke charms CHRISTOPHER SMART COUNTRY JUSTICE cried dear E'en Epilogue eternal Ev'n fair fame Fancy fear fled flower fond form'd free forest genius gentle glory glow golden Goldsmith grace groves Hackthorn hand hast heart Heaven honour Hope hour human JOHN LANGHORNE JOHN LAVAL kind Langhorne life's live lord lov'd lyre maid mind Miss Cracroft Monody morn mountains muse Nature Nature's NOSEGAY o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain passion peace pensive Philomela pleas'd pleasure Plutus poem poet Pontefract Castle poor praise pride rage reign rise round scene shade shine shore sigh skies smile soft song sooth soul Stoops to Conquer sweet tear tender thee thine thou thought toil train truth Twas vale virtue voice wave wild youth
Popular passages
Page 23 - How small , of all that human hearts endure , That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 30 - Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw ; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first she flew — I still had hopes — my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last.
Page 33 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings...
Page 33 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Page 33 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 28 - 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 side-long looks of love ; The matron's glance, that would those looks reprove...
Page 68 - Good people all of every sort, Give ear unto my song, And if you find it wond'rous short, It cannot hold you long. In Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes.
Page 32 - Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 30 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate...
Page 12 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.