The Works of the English Poets: Dyer and MalletH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... Wave fucceeding wave , they go A various journey to the deep , Like human life , to endless fleep ! Thus is Nature's vefture wrought , To inftruct our wandering thought ; Thus fhe dreffes green and gay , To difperfe our cares away ...
... Wave fucceeding wave , they go A various journey to the deep , Like human life , to endless fleep ! Thus is Nature's vefture wrought , To inftruct our wandering thought ; Thus fhe dreffes green and gay , To difperfe our cares away ...
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... wave Mournfully rolls . Yet once again , my Muse , Yet once again , and foar a loftier flight ; Lo the refiftlefs theme , imperial Rome . Fall'n , fall'n , a filent heap ; her heroes all Sunk in their urns ; behold the pride of pomp ...
... wave Mournfully rolls . Yet once again , my Muse , Yet once again , and foar a loftier flight ; Lo the refiftlefs theme , imperial Rome . Fall'n , fall'n , a filent heap ; her heroes all Sunk in their urns ; behold the pride of pomp ...
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... wave impure ; and proud with added rains , Hark how the mighty billows lafh their vaults , And thunder ; how they ... wave . Hence over airy plains , by cryftal founts , That weave their glittering waves with tuneful lapfe , Among the ...
... wave impure ; and proud with added rains , Hark how the mighty billows lafh their vaults , And thunder ; how they ... wave . Hence over airy plains , by cryftal founts , That weave their glittering waves with tuneful lapfe , Among the ...
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... waves , in act to speak Before the filent mafters of the world , And eloquence arrays him . There behold Prepar'd for combat in the front of war The pious brothers ; jealous Alba stands In fearful expectation of the strife , And ...
... waves , in act to speak Before the filent mafters of the world , And eloquence arrays him . There behold Prepar'd for combat in the front of war The pious brothers ; jealous Alba stands In fearful expectation of the strife , And ...
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... wave - Enough - the plaint difdain . See'ft thou yon fane ? ev'n now inceffant time * Sweeps her low mouldering marbles to the duft t ; And Phoebus ' temple , nodding with its woods , Threatens huge ruin o'er the small rotund . ' Twas ...
... wave - Enough - the plaint difdain . See'ft thou yon fane ? ev'n now inceffant time * Sweeps her low mouldering marbles to the duft t ; And Phoebus ' temple , nodding with its woods , Threatens huge ruin o'er the small rotund . ' Twas ...
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Ægyptus æther afcending Amyntor Aurelius beauteous behold beneath beſt bofom breaſt brow charms chearful clime clouds coaft deep defcend diftant duft earth eaſe erft ev'n facred fafe fair Falernum fame fcene fecure feen fenfe fhade fhall fheep fhepherd fhine fhore fide figh filence filk firft firſt flame fleece fleep flocks flood flowers fmile foft fome fong fons foul ftill fuch fwains fwell Gaul grace Grongar Hill hand heart heaven hills himſelf ifle juft laft laſt loft moft moſt Mufe Muſe muſt Nature's night nymphs o'er paffion plain pleaſe pleaſure praiſe rais'd reafon rife rocks rofe round ſcene ſhade ſhall ſheep ſhore ſkill ſky ſpread ſtate ſtep ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſtreets ſweet thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand toil trade vafe vale vermil waſte wave weft whofe whoſe wild wind wing wonder woods wool
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Page 4 - But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
Page 6 - I lie ; While the wanton Zephyr sings. And in the vale perfumes his wings ; While the waters murmur deep ; While the shepherd charms his sheep; While the birds unbounded fly, And with music fill the sky, Now, ev'n now. my joys run high.
Page 2 - Wide and wider spreads the vale, As circles on a smooth canal ; The mountains round, unhappy fate! Sooner or later, of all height, Withdraw their summits from the skies...
Page 7 - Bears me remote, o'er Gallia's woody bounds, O'er the cloud-piercing Alps remote ; beyond The vale of Arno purpled with the vine, Beyond the Umbrian and Etruscan hills, To Latium's wide champain, forlorn and waste, Where yellow Tiber his neglected wave Mournfully rolls.
Page 1 - Silent nymph, with curious eye, Who, the purple evening, lie On the mountain's lonely van, Beyond the noise of busy man ; Painting fair the form of things, While the yellow linnet sings ; Or the tuneful nightingale Charms the forest with her tale...
Page 5 - Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view! The fountain's fall, the river's flow, The woody valleys warm and low; The windy summit, wild and high, Roughly rushing on the sky; The pleasant seat, the ruined tower, The naked rock, the shady bower; The town and village, dome and farm, Each give each a double charm, As pearls upon an Ethiop's arm.
Page 12 - Th' enormous amphitheatre behold — Mountainous pile ! o'er whose capacious womb Pours the broad firmament its varied light ; While from the central floor the seats ascend...
Page 151 - That face, alas! no more is fair; Those lips no longer red: Dark are my eyes, now clos'd in death, And every charm is fled. The hungry worm my sister is; This winding-sheet I wear: And cold and weary lasts our night, Till that last morn appear.
Page 3 - And ancient towers crown his brow, That cast an awful look below ; Whose ragged walls the ivy creeps, And with her arms from falling keeps : So both a safety from the wind On mutual dependence find. 'Tis now the raven's bleak abode ; Tis now th...
Page 3 - Gaudy as the opening dawn, Lies a long and level lawn, On which a dark hill, steep and high, Holds and charms the wandering eye! Deep are his feet in Towy's flood, His sides are cloth'd with waving wood...