The Works of the English Poets, Volume 56J. Rivington, 1779 - 371 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 80
Page 5
... hand : " Her partial tafte , if e'er I touch'd the lyre , " Still in my fong found something to admire . " By none but her my crook with flowers was crown'd , 66 By none but her my brows with ivy bound : " The world that Damon was her ...
... hand : " Her partial tafte , if e'er I touch'd the lyre , " Still in my fong found something to admire . " By none but her my crook with flowers was crown'd , 66 By none but her my brows with ivy bound : " The world that Damon was her ...
Page 12
... hand in hand walk o'er the mead : " Would my clos'd eye had funk in endless night , " Ere I was doom'd to bear that hateful fight ! " Where - e'er they pafs'd , be blafted every flower , “ And hungry wolves their helpless flocks devour ...
... hand in hand walk o'er the mead : " Would my clos'd eye had funk in endless night , " Ere I was doom'd to bear that hateful fight ! " Where - e'er they pafs'd , be blafted every flower , “ And hungry wolves their helpless flocks devour ...
Page 14
... genial train , Lurk'd fick Disgust , or late - repenting Pain , Nor Force , nor Intereft , join'd unwilling hands , But Love confenting tied the blissful bands , Thither , Thither , with glad devotion , Damon came , To [ 14 ]
... genial train , Lurk'd fick Disgust , or late - repenting Pain , Nor Force , nor Intereft , join'd unwilling hands , But Love confenting tied the blissful bands , Thither , Thither , with glad devotion , Damon came , To [ 14 ]
Page 16
... hand of welcome Death , " At one soft stroke , deprive us both of breath ! " May we beneath one common stone be laid , " And the fame cypress both our ashes shade ! " Perhaps fome friendly Mufe , in tender verfe , " Shall deign our ...
... hand of welcome Death , " At one soft stroke , deprive us both of breath ! " May we beneath one common stone be laid , " And the fame cypress both our ashes shade ! " Perhaps fome friendly Mufe , in tender verfe , " Shall deign our ...
Page 19
... hand first taught The towering pile to rife , and form'd the plan With fair proportion ; architect divine , Minerva ; thee to my adventurous lyre Affiftant I invoke , that means to fing Blenheim , proud monument of British fame , Thy ...
... hand first taught The towering pile to rife , and form'd the plan With fair proportion ; architect divine , Minerva ; thee to my adventurous lyre Affiftant I invoke , that means to fing Blenheim , proud monument of British fame , Thy ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ANTIS TROPHE Archimago bleft blifs bofom breaſt caft Camarina charms Chromius defcended defire delight Diagoras divine EPODE erft Ergoteles Ev'n eyes facred fair falfe fame fate feaſt fecret fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhould fing fire firft flame flowers fmiling foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrows foul fpirit ftill ftreams fuch fung fweet Games glory gods Gout grace grove hath heart Heaven heavenly Hiero Himera himſelf honour immortal infcribed inſpire Jove king Knight loft lyre maid mighty mind moſt mote Mufe Muſe muſt numbers o'er occafion Ocyp Olympick Orchomenus paffion pain Pelops Petrarch Philoctetes Phineus Pifa's Pindar plain pleaſing pleaſure Poet praiſe pride purſue ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtore ſtrong STROPHE ſweet tender thee thefe Theron theſe thofe thoſe thou Tlepolemus toil train tranflated vex'd victory virtue whofe whoſe wiſdom Xenocrates youth