The Poetical Works: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the AuthorM. & W. Ward, 1811 - 72 pages |
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... grief . O , luxury ! thou curs'd by heav'n's decree , How ill exchang'd are things like these for thee ! How do thy potions , with insidious joy , Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee , to sickly greatness grown ...
... grief . O , luxury ! thou curs'd by heav'n's decree , How ill exchang'd are things like these for thee ! How do thy potions , with insidious joy , Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee , to sickly greatness grown ...
Page 50
... grief was heavy at his heart , And tears began to flow . His rising cares the Hermit spy'd , With answering care opprest : " And whence , unhappy youth , " he cry'd , " The sorrows of thy breast ? " From better habitations spurn'd ...
... grief was heavy at his heart , And tears began to flow . His rising cares the Hermit spy'd , With answering care opprest : " And whence , unhappy youth , " he cry'd , " The sorrows of thy breast ? " From better habitations spurn'd ...
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... Grief dares to mingle her soul - piercing voice , And quells the raptures which from pleasure start . O Wolfe , to thee a streaming flood of wo Sighing we pay , and think e'en conquest dear ; Quebec in vain shall teach our breast to ...
... Grief dares to mingle her soul - piercing voice , And quells the raptures which from pleasure start . O Wolfe , to thee a streaming flood of wo Sighing we pay , and think e'en conquest dear ; Quebec in vain shall teach our breast to ...
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... grief must send ; Those hairs the Tartar's cruel hand shall rend . AGIB . Ye Georgian swains , that piteous learn from far Circassia's ruin , and the waste of war ; Some weightier arms than crooks and staffs prepare , To shield your ...
... grief must send ; Those hairs the Tartar's cruel hand shall rend . AGIB . Ye Georgian swains , that piteous learn from far Circassia's ruin , and the waste of war ; Some weightier arms than crooks and staffs prepare , To shield your ...
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... grief - full Muse addrest her infant tongue ; The maids and matrons , on her awful voice , Silent and pale , in wild amazement hung . Yet he , the bardt who first invok'd thy name , Disdain'd in Marathon its power to feel : For not ...
... grief - full Muse addrest her infant tongue ; The maids and matrons , on her awful voice , Silent and pale , in wild amazement hung . Yet he , the bardt who first invok'd thy name , Disdain'd in Marathon its power to feel : For not ...
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allegorical Amidst ANTISTROPHE bards beauty blank verse blessings blest bliss boast bowers breast breathe Brownie charms cheerful Circassia Collins David Garrick dear delight drest e'en ECLOGUE eyes fair fame Fancy Fear fond genius gentle Georgian GOLDSMITH grief grove hand happy haunt heart heaven Hebrides honor hour imagery John Home land lov'd lubber fiend maid mind mirth moral mountain's murmurs Muse native nature ne'er night numbers nymph o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH once passions pastoral pensive Pity plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poet's poetical poetry pride rage reign rise round Samuel Johnson scene shade shepherds shore sighs smiling song Sophocles sorrow soul sound spread Stoops to Conquer sullen sung swain sweet tears tender thee Theocritus thine thou thought thro toil train truth turn twas vale venison verse virtue wealth weep Whitefoord wild wretch youth