Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue : and with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry |
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... praises that attend it . COMEDY and SATIRE , to correct whilst they divert us , and wage implacable war with vice and folly . ELEGY , to weep over the tombs of such as deferve to be lamented ; and PASTORAL , to fing a 2.
... praises that attend it . COMEDY and SATIRE , to correct whilst they divert us , and wage implacable war with vice and folly . ELEGY , to weep over the tombs of such as deferve to be lamented ; and PASTORAL , to fing a 2.
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... fing the innocence and pleasures of rural life . : To promote fuch defirable ends , the study of poetry has ever met with the fanction and encourage- ment of men the most eminent for their wisdom and virtue and it is much to be feared ...
... fing the innocence and pleasures of rural life . : To promote fuch defirable ends , the study of poetry has ever met with the fanction and encourage- ment of men the most eminent for their wisdom and virtue and it is much to be feared ...
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... fings , but fweetly fings in vain , For Philomela breathes a fofter ftrain ; With easier art the modulates each note , More nat'ral mufic melting in her throat . Much he admir'd the magic of her tongue , But more to find his lute and ...
... fings , but fweetly fings in vain , For Philomela breathes a fofter ftrain ; With easier art the modulates each note , More nat'ral mufic melting in her throat . Much he admir'd the magic of her tongue , But more to find his lute and ...
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... fings , Strains ev'ry nerve , and quivers on her wings ; In vain , her finking fpirits fade away , And in a tuneful agony decay : Dying the fell , and as the strains expire , Breath'd out her foul in anguifli on the lyre ; Diffolv'd in ...
... fings , Strains ev'ry nerve , and quivers on her wings ; In vain , her finking fpirits fade away , And in a tuneful agony decay : Dying the fell , and as the strains expire , Breath'd out her foul in anguifli on the lyre ; Diffolv'd in ...
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... fing the God of Seafons as they roll . For me , when I forget the darling theme , Whether the bloffom blows , the Summer ray Ruffets the plain , infpiring Autumn gleams , Or Winter rifes in the black'ning East , Be my tongue mute , my ...
... fing the God of Seafons as they roll . For me , when I forget the darling theme , Whether the bloffom blows , the Summer ray Ruffets the plain , infpiring Autumn gleams , Or Winter rifes in the black'ning East , Be my tongue mute , my ...
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æther beauty beneath beſtow bids bleffings blifs bloom bofom breaſt breath charms cheek clouds DAVID GARRICK defcends deſpair e'er earth eaſe Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe fair fate fcenes fecret feek feen fhade fhall fhepherd fhine figh filent filver fing flame fleep flow flow'rs fmiling foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul fpread fpring ftill ftream fuch fwain fweet glories glow grace grove heart Heav'n hour laft luftre lyre mind moffy morn mourn mufe mufic muſt Nature's ne'er night nymph o'er paffions pain Palemon peace pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride refign'd reft rife rofe round ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſteps ſtill ſtrain ſweet tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand train trembling tuneful vale virtue voice warbling whofe whoſe wings youth