 A seventh year mock the weary labourer's toil.— No blooming Venus, on the desert shore, Now views with triumph captive gods adore; No lovely Helens now with fatal charms Excite the...  The Shipwreck - Page 26by William Falconer - 1818 - 167 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1782 - 516 pages
...reluftant foil, A feventh year fcorn the weary lab'rer's toil. No blooming Venus, on the defart fhore, Now views, with triumph, captive gods adore; No lovely Helens, now, with fatal charms, Call forth th' avenging chiefs of Greece to arms; No fair Penelopes inchant the eye, For whom contending... | |
 | William Falconer - 1803 - 216 pages
...reluctant soil A sev'nth year scorn the weary lab'rer's toil. 135 No blooming Venus, on the desart shore, Now views, with triumph, captive gods adore. No lovely Helens now, with fatal charms, Britannia at her Moorings. No fair Penelopes inchant the eye, 190 For whom contending kings are proud... | |
 | William Falconer - 1868 - 180 pages
...never smiles. The vassal wretch contented drags his chain, And hears his famished babes lament in vain. These eyes have seen the dull reluctant soil A seventh...adore ; No lovely Helens now with fatal charms Excite the avenging chiefs of Greece to arms ; No fair Penelopes enchant the eye, For whom contending kings... | |
 | William Falconer, Thomas Park - English poetry - 1809 - 184 pages
...never smiles. The vassal wretch contented drags his chain, And hears his famish'd babes lament in vain. These eyes have seen the dull reluctant soil A seventh...blooming Venus, on the desert shore Now views with trinmph captive gods adore ; No lovely Helens now with fatal charms Excite the' avenging; chiefs of... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 296 pages
...his famish'd babes lament in vain. These eyes have seen the dull reluctant soil A seventh year scorn the weary labourer's toil. No blooming Venus, on the...gods adore ; No lovely Helens now, with fatal charms, Call forth th' avenging chiefs of Greece to arms ; No fair Penelopes pnrliant the eye, For whom contending... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...never smiles. The vassal wretch contented drags his chain, And hears his famish'd babes lament in vain. These eyes have seen the dull reluctant soil A seventh...with triumph captive gods adore; No lovely Helens no« with fatal charms Excite th' avenging chiefs of Greece to arms ; No fair Penelopes enchant the... | |
 | Poetical narratives - English poetry - 1810 - 330 pages
...his famish'd babes lament in vain. These eyes have seen the dull reluctant soil A seventh year scorn the weary labourer's toil. No blooming Venus, on the...gods adore ; No lovely Helens now, with fatal charms, Call forth th' avenging chiefs of Greece to arms ; No fair Penelopes enchant the eye, For whom contending... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...never smiles. The vassal wretch contented drags his chain, And hears his famish'd babes lament in vain. These eyes have seen the dull reluctant soil A seventh year mock the weary labourer's toil. No blooming Venvis, on the desert shore, Now views with triumph captive cods adore; No lovely Helens now with fatal... | |
 | William Falconer - 1811 - 252 pages
...lament in vain. These eyes have seen the dull reluctant soil, A seventh year scorn the weary lab'fer's toil. No blooming VENUS, on the desert shore, Now...gods adore : No lovely HELENS now, with fatal charms, Call forth th' avenging chiefs of GREECE to arms : No fair PENELOPES enchant the eye, For whom contending... | |
 | William Falconer - 1811 - 120 pages
...shore, Now views with trinmph captive gods adore: No lovely Helens new, with fatal charms, Call forth th' avenging chiefs of Greece to arms: No fair Penelopes enchant the eye, IV: whom contending kings arc proud to die. Here sullen Beanty sheds a twilight ray, While Sorrow bids... | |
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