A Collection of Poems ...Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1758 - English poetry |
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... with gracious mien , Her little offspring prattling round , While Echo lifps their infant found . And let Good - nature , born to please , Wait on our steps , and graceful Eafe ; Nor Nor Mirth be wanting as we walk , Nor Wit [ 58 ]
... with gracious mien , Her little offspring prattling round , While Echo lifps their infant found . And let Good - nature , born to please , Wait on our steps , and graceful Eafe ; Nor Nor Mirth be wanting as we walk , Nor Wit [ 58 ]
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... please , The Comic fifters kept their native ease . With jealous fear declining Greece beheld Her own Menander's art almoft excell'd ! But ev'ry Muse effay'd to raise in vain Some labour'd rival of her Tragic firain ; ' Ilyffus ...
... please , The Comic fifters kept their native ease . With jealous fear declining Greece beheld Her own Menander's art almoft excell'd ! But ev'ry Muse effay'd to raise in vain Some labour'd rival of her Tragic firain ; ' Ilyffus ...
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... please , Cou'd I , at woman who so oft exclaim , Expofe ( nor blush ) thy triumph and my shame , Abjure thofe maxims I fo lately priz'd , And court that fex I foolishly defpis'd , Own thou haft foften'd my obdurate mind , And thou ...
... please , Cou'd I , at woman who so oft exclaim , Expofe ( nor blush ) thy triumph and my shame , Abjure thofe maxims I fo lately priz'd , And court that fex I foolishly defpis'd , Own thou haft foften'd my obdurate mind , And thou ...
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... Their arguments convince because they please ; Whilft fophiftry for reason they admit , And wander dazzled by the glare of wit , } Wit that on ill a fpecious luftre throws , And Wit [ 82 ] The fair who trufts their prostituted vows, ...
... Their arguments convince because they please ; Whilft fophiftry for reason they admit , And wander dazzled by the glare of wit , } Wit that on ill a fpecious luftre throws , And Wit [ 82 ] The fair who trufts their prostituted vows, ...
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... please , for him , these faded charms repair ; To crown his vows , and sharpen thy despair . Oh ! ' tis illufion all ! and idle rage e ! No fecond paffion can this heart engage ; And fhortly , Pompey , fhall thy Flora prove , Death may ...
... please , for him , these faded charms repair ; To crown his vows , and sharpen thy despair . Oh ! ' tis illufion all ! and idle rage e ! No fecond paffion can this heart engage ; And fhortly , Pompey , fhall thy Flora prove , Death may ...
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Page 6 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 153 - scape, despis'd or aw'd, Rebellion's vengeful talons seize on Laud. From meaner minds, though smaller fines content The plunder'd palace, or sequester'd rent; Mark'd out by dangerous parts he meets the shock, And fatal Learning leads him to the block: Around his tomb let Art and Genius weep, But hear his death, ye blockheads, hear and sleep.
Page 5 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 2 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 3 - 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 153 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Page 5 - On some fond breast the parting soul relies. Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th...
Page 247 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Page 147 - O'erspread with snares the clouded maze of fate. Where wav'ring man, betray'd by vent'rous pride, To tread the dreary paths without a guide ; As treach'rous phantoms in the mist delude, Shuns fancied ills, or chases airy good.
Page 159 - Enquirer, cease, petitions yet remain, Which heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to heav'n the measure and the choice, Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r.