The Works of the English Poets: YoungH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... boasted stature , and affuming brow ? 170 Claim kindred with the clay , and curfe his form , 175 That speaks distinction from his fifter worm ? What dreadful pangs the trembling heart invade ! Lord , why doft thou forfake , whom thou ...
... boasted stature , and affuming brow ? 170 Claim kindred with the clay , and curfe his form , 175 That speaks distinction from his fifter worm ? What dreadful pangs the trembling heart invade ! Lord , why doft thou forfake , whom thou ...
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... boast , and far outweighs the whole ; 295 Exalted in fuperior excellence , Cafts down to nothing , fuch a vast expence . Have you not feen th ' eternal mountains nod , An earth diffolving , a defcending God ? What strange furprizes ...
... boast , and far outweighs the whole ; 295 Exalted in fuperior excellence , Cafts down to nothing , fuch a vast expence . Have you not feen th ' eternal mountains nod , An earth diffolving , a defcending God ? What strange furprizes ...
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... boast ; " A mind compos'd ; a mind that can disdain " A fruitlefs forrow for a lofs fo vain . " Nothing is lofs that virtue can improve " To wealth eternal ; and return above ; 45 " Above , " Above , where no distinction shall be known ...
... boast ; " A mind compos'd ; a mind that can disdain " A fruitlefs forrow for a lofs fo vain . " Nothing is lofs that virtue can improve " To wealth eternal ; and return above ; 45 " Above , " Above , where no distinction shall be known ...
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... boasted pride . 148 What though our feeble finews scarce impart A moment's fwiftnefs to the feather'd dart ; Though tainted air our vigorous youth can break , And a chill blast the hardy warrior fhake , Yet are we strong : Hear the loud ...
... boasted pride . 148 What though our feeble finews scarce impart A moment's fwiftnefs to the feather'd dart ; Though tainted air our vigorous youth can break , And a chill blast the hardy warrior fhake , Yet are we strong : Hear the loud ...
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... boast their line , Like thee , in worth hereditary , fhine . Vain as falfe greatnefs is , the Mufe must own We want not fools to buy that Bristol stone . Mean fons of earth , who , on a South - fea tide Of full fuccefs , fwam into ...
... boast their line , Like thee , in worth hereditary , fhine . Vain as falfe greatnefs is , the Mufe must own We want not fools to buy that Bristol stone . Mean fons of earth , who , on a South - fea tide Of full fuccefs , fwam into ...
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AUBREY BEAUCLERK becauſe bleffings boaſt Book of Job breaſt bright Britain caft charms crown dare death defcend diftant divine dreadful duft earth eternal eyes facred fafe fair fame fate fatires fays fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhould fkies flain flame fmile foes fome fons fools foon forrow foul fpirit ftill ftrain ftrong fublime fuch fupport fure fweet fwell fword glory grace guilty heart heaven himſelf immortal inſpire juft laft laſt lefs loft lord mankind meaſure mind moft moſt Mufe muft muſt numbers nymphs o'er paffion pain pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe pride profe proud purſue rage raiſe reafon renown rife Satire ſcene ſhall ſhe ſhine ſkies ſky ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtore ſtorm tempeft thee thefe theme theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand throne thunders toy'd trembling vengeance virtue virtue's Whofe Whoſe wife wiſdom
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Página 79 - It aids the dancer's heel, the writer's head, And heaps the plain with mountains of the dead ; Nor ends with life ; but nods in sable plumes, Adorns our hearse, and flatters on our tombs.
Página 112 - But after seven years' dance, from place to place The 'Dane is more familiar with his grace. Who'd be a crutch to prop a rotten peer ; Or living pendant dangling at his ear, For ever whisp'ring secrets, which were blown For months before, by trumpets, thro...
Página 10 - Impetuous winds the scatter'd forests rend ; Eternal mountains, like their cedars, bend ; The valleys yawn, the troubled ocean roar, And break the bondage of his wonted shore ; A sanguine stain the silver moon o'erspread ; Darkness the circle of the sun invade ; From inmost heaven incessant thunders roll, And the strong echo bound from pole to pole.
Página 131 - LIBERIA'S eye As riot, impudence, and perfidy ; The youth of fire, that has drunk deep, and play'd...
Página 97 - Though prone to like, yet cautious to commend, You read with all the malice of a friend; Nor favour my attempts that way alone, But more to raise my verse, conceal your own. An ill-tim'd modesty!
Página 81 - Let high birth triumph ! What can be more great ? Nothing — but merit in a low estate.
Página 82 - The man who builds, and wants wherewith to pay, Provides a home from which to run away. In Britain, what is many a lordly seat, But a discharge in full for an estate...
Página 96 - I'll conjure thus some profit out of thee. O THOU myself! abroad our counsels roam, And, like ill husbands, take no care at home : Thou too art wounded with the common dart, And Love of Fame lies throbbing at thy heart; And what wise means to gain it hast thou chose?
Página 79 - Some go to church, proud humbly to repent, And come back much more guilty than they went : One way they look, another way they steer, Pray to the gods, but would have mortals hear ; And when their sins they set sincerely down, They'll find that their religion has been one.
Página 119 - But if, by chance, an ill-adapted word Drops from the lip of her unwary lord, Her darling china, in a whirlwind sent, Just intimates the lady's discontent.