The Works of the English Poets, Volume 49G. Bigg, 1779 - 324 pages |
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Page 44
... sweet enforcer of the poet's strain , Thine was the meaning music of the heart . 285 Not the vain trill , that , void of paffion , runs In giddy mazes , tickling idle ears ; But that deep - fearching voice , and artful hand , To which ...
... sweet enforcer of the poet's strain , Thine was the meaning music of the heart . 285 Not the vain trill , that , void of paffion , runs In giddy mazes , tickling idle ears ; But that deep - fearching voice , and artful hand , To which ...
Page 86
... 145 155 160 165 And sweet fubfiding to a native fimile , 170 Mixt with the joy elating conquest gives , A fcatter'd frown exalts his matchlefs air . On On Flora mov'd ; her full - proportion'd limbs Rife 86 THOMSON'S POEMS .
... 145 155 160 165 And sweet fubfiding to a native fimile , 170 Mixt with the joy elating conquest gives , A fcatter'd frown exalts his matchlefs air . On On Flora mov'd ; her full - proportion'd limbs Rife 86 THOMSON'S POEMS .
Page 118
... sweet contempt of death , My streaming flag . Ev'n adverse navies blefs'd the binding gale , Kept down the glad acclaim , and filent joy'd . Arriv'd , the pomp , and not the waste of arms His progrefs mark'd . The faint oppofing hoft ...
... sweet contempt of death , My streaming flag . Ev'n adverse navies blefs'd the binding gale , Kept down the glad acclaim , and filent joy'd . Arriv'd , the pomp , and not the waste of arms His progrefs mark'd . The faint oppofing hoft ...
Page 135
... Sweet - featur'd Peace attending ; fearless Truth ; Firm Refolution ; Goodnefs , bleffing all That can rejoice ; Contentment , fureft friend ; 125 135 And , still fresh ftores from nature's book deriv'd , 140 Philosophy , companion ever ...
... Sweet - featur'd Peace attending ; fearless Truth ; Firm Refolution ; Goodnefs , bleffing all That can rejoice ; Contentment , fureft friend ; 125 135 And , still fresh ftores from nature's book deriv'd , 140 Philosophy , companion ever ...
Page 147
... sweet with infant joy , From famine fav'd , or cruel - handed shame , And that where valour counts his noble fcars ; The land where social pleasure loves to dwell , Of the fierce demon , Gothic duel , freed ; The robber from his ...
... sweet with infant joy , From famine fav'd , or cruel - handed shame , And that where valour counts his noble fcars ; The land where social pleasure loves to dwell , Of the fierce demon , Gothic duel , freed ; The robber from his ...
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