The Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Collins, and T. Warton: With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes |
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... THOUGHTS , 1 Vol . ; forming the first year's issue of six volumes - can always be obtained by new Subscribers for the Series , at 21s . Prospectuses containing full details of the Scheme may be obtained from most Booksellers , or from ...
... THOUGHTS , 1 Vol . ; forming the first year's issue of six volumes - can always be obtained by new Subscribers for the Series , at 21s . Prospectuses containing full details of the Scheme may be obtained from most Booksellers , or from ...
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... thoughts of nations , and bid fair to burn and blaze in their thought - spheres till the heavens be no more . They are the brightest names that old Time wears in his gorgeous belt . The man who aims to bring one hundred of those minds ...
... thoughts of nations , and bid fair to burn and blaze in their thought - spheres till the heavens be no more . They are the brightest names that old Time wears in his gorgeous belt . The man who aims to bring one hundred of those minds ...
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... thought ; And the weak soul , within itself unblest , Leans for all pleasure on another's breast . Hence Ostentation here , with tawdry art , Pants for the vulgar praise which fools impart ; Here Vanity assumes her pert grimace , And ...
... thought ; And the weak soul , within itself unblest , Leans for all pleasure on another's breast . Hence Ostentation here , with tawdry art , Pants for the vulgar praise which fools impart ; Here Vanity assumes her pert grimace , And ...
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... thoughts had rest in heaven . As some tall cliff1 that lifts its awful form , 185 Swells from the vale , and midway leaves the storm , 190 Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head ...
... thoughts had rest in heaven . As some tall cliff1 that lifts its awful form , 185 Swells from the vale , and midway leaves the storm , 190 Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head ...
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... thoughts ? -ah , turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shivering female lies : She , once , perhaps , in village plenty bless'd , Has wept at tales of innocence distress'd ; Her modest looks the cottage might adorn , Sweet as the ...
... thoughts ? -ah , turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shivering female lies : She , once , perhaps , in village plenty bless'd , Has wept at tales of innocence distress'd ; Her modest looks the cottage might adorn , Sweet as the ...
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Page 18 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind. And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind, These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 26 - And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade, Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so...
Page xxv - How small , of all that human hearts endure , That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 19 - And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Page 21 - No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail ; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear...
Page 120 - Tempe's vale, her native maids, Amidst the festal sounding shades, To some unwearied minstrel dancing, While, as his flying fingers kiss'd the strings, Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round ; Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound : And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Page 20 - Yet he was kind; or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew; 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge...
Page 17 - 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 120 - Sisters and their chaste-eyed Queen, Satyrs and Sylvan Boys, were seen Peeping from forth their alleys green : Brown Exercise rejoiced to hear ; And Sport leapt up, and seized his beechen spear.
Page 16 - Along the lawn, where scatter'd hamlets rose, Unwieldy wealth, and cumbrous pomp repose ; And every want to luxury allied, And every pang that folly pays to pride.