The Works of the British Poets, Volume 5John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh., 1795 - English poetry - 1157 pages |
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... happy state Here fwallow'd up in endless mifery . But what if he our Conqueror ( whom I now Of force believe Almighty , fince no less Than fuch could have o'erpow'r'dfuch force as ours } Have left us thus our spirit and strength entire ...
... happy state Here fwallow'd up in endless mifery . But what if he our Conqueror ( whom I now Of force believe Almighty , fince no less Than fuch could have o'erpow'r'dfuch force as ours } Have left us thus our spirit and strength entire ...
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... happy fields [ preme Where joy forever dwells : Hail Horrors , hail Infernal World , and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new poffeffor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time . The mind is its own place , and in ...
... happy fields [ preme Where joy forever dwells : Hail Horrors , hail Infernal World , and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new poffeffor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time . The mind is its own place , and in ...
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... happy feat Of fome new race call'd MAN , about this time To be created like to us , though lefs In power and excellence , but favour'd more Of him who rules above ; fo was his will Pronounc'd among the gods , and , by an oath , That ...
... happy feat Of fome new race call'd MAN , about this time To be created like to us , though lefs In power and excellence , but favour'd more Of him who rules above ; fo was his will Pronounc'd among the gods , and , by an oath , That ...
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... happy tribes , On high behefts his angels to and fro Pafs'd frequent , and his eye with choice regard From Pancos , the fount of Jordan's flood To Becríaba , where the Holy Land Borders on Egypt and th ' Arabian shore ; So wide the ...
... happy tribes , On high behefts his angels to and fro Pafs'd frequent , and his eye with choice regard From Pancos , the fount of Jordan's flood To Becríaba , where the Holy Land Borders on Egypt and th ' Arabian shore ; So wide the ...
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... happy illes , Like thofe Hefperian gardens fam'd of old , Fortunate fields , and groves , and flow'ry vales , Thrice happy ifles , but who dwelt happy there He ftay'd not to inquire : above them all The golden fun in fplendor likest ...
... happy illes , Like thofe Hefperian gardens fam'd of old , Fortunate fields , and groves , and flow'ry vales , Thrice happy ifles , but who dwelt happy there He ftay'd not to inquire : above them all The golden fun in fplendor likest ...
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againſt angels beafts becauſe befides beft beſt breaſt bright caft call'd caufe death defire doft e'er earth elfe ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair falfe falute fame fate fear feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhould fide fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain flame fleep flow'rs fome foon foul fpirits ftand ftill fuch fure fweet fword glory gods hafte hand hath heart Heav'n himſelf honour Hudibras itſelf juft juſt King laft laſt lefs light loft mighty moſt Mufe muft muſt ne'er night numbers nymph o'er Pindar pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent Quoth rage reft rife rofe Satan ſhall ſhe ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood thee thefe themſelves theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tree uſe vex'd virtue Whilft whofe whoſe wife worfe
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Page 152 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Page 76 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Page 11 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; th...
Page 151 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 25 - I visit; nor sometimes forget Those other two equalled with me in fate, So were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old. Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note.
Page 151 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade, And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...
Page 151 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides: Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Page 26 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 224 - This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high.
Page 25 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.