The Works of the English Poets: Dyer and MalletH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... beneath my head ; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood , Over mead , and over wood , From houfe to houfe , from hill to hill , Till Contemplation had her fill . About his chequer'd fides I wind , And leave his brooks and meads behind ...
... beneath my head ; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood , Over mead , and over wood , From houfe to houfe , from hill to hill , Till Contemplation had her fill . About his chequer'd fides I wind , And leave his brooks and meads behind ...
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Samuel Johnson. And , fwelling to embrace the light , Spreads around beneath the fight . Old caftles on the cliffs arife , Proudly towering in the skies ! Rushing from the woods , the fpires Seem from hence afcending fires ! Half his ...
Samuel Johnson. And , fwelling to embrace the light , Spreads around beneath the fight . Old caftles on the cliffs arife , Proudly towering in the skies ! Rushing from the woods , the fpires Seem from hence afcending fires ! Half his ...
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... beneath , And all beneath the vales and hills around , Extend the cavern'd fewers , maffy , firm , As the Sibylline grot befide the dead Lake of Avernus ; fuch the fewers huge , Whither the great Tarquinian genius dooms Each wave impure ...
... beneath , And all beneath the vales and hills around , Extend the cavern'd fewers , maffy , firm , As the Sibylline grot befide the dead Lake of Avernus ; fuch the fewers huge , Whither the great Tarquinian genius dooms Each wave impure ...
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... beneath . Along the windings of the Mufe's ftream , Lucid Ilyffus weeps her filent fcheels , And groves , unvifited by bard or fage . Amid the towery ruins , huge , fupreme , Th ' enormous amphitheatre behold , Mountainous pile ! o'er ...
... beneath . Along the windings of the Mufe's ftream , Lucid Ilyffus weeps her filent fcheels , And groves , unvifited by bard or fage . Amid the towery ruins , huge , fupreme , Th ' enormous amphitheatre behold , Mountainous pile ! o'er ...
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... Beneath an urn of fome lamented nymph ) Haply compos'd ; the urn with foliage curl'd Thinly conceal'd , the chapiter inform'd . See the tall obelisks from Memphis old , One ftone enormous each , or Thebes convey'd ; Like Albion's fpires ...
... Beneath an urn of fome lamented nymph ) Haply compos'd ; the urn with foliage curl'd Thinly conceal'd , the chapiter inform'd . See the tall obelisks from Memphis old , One ftone enormous each , or Thebes convey'd ; Like Albion's fpires ...
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Page 3 - in the fkies ! Rufhing from the woods, the fpires Seem from hence afcending fires! Half his beams Apollo fheds , On the yellow mountain-heads ! Gilds the fleeces of the flocks, And glitters on the broken rocks! Below me trees unnumber'd rife, Beautiful in various dyes : The gloomy pine, the poplar blue, The yellow beech, the
Page 4 - But tranfient is the fmile of Fate ! A little rule, a little fway, A fun-beam in a winter's-day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in made and fun, Sometimes fwift,
Page 3 - his feet in Towy's flood, His fides are cloath'd with waving wood, And ancient towers crown his brow, That caft an aweful look below ; Whofe ragged walls the ivy creeps, And with her arms from falling keeps So both a fafety from the wind •On mutual dependence
Page 6 - Now, ev'n now, my joys run high, As on the mountain-turf I lie ; While the wanton Zephyr fmgs, And in the vale perfumes his wings ; While the waters murmur deep ; While the fhepherd charms his fheep ; While the birds unbounded fly, And with mufick fill the
Page 3 - yew, The flender fir, that taper grows, The fturdy oak with broad-fpread boughs. And beyond the purple grove, Haunt of Phyllis, Queen of Love ! Gaudy as the opening dawn, Lies a long and level lawn, On which a dark hill, fteep and high, Holds and charms the wandering eye
Page 151 - Love had, like the canker-worm, Confum'd her early prime : The rofe grew pale, and left her cheek; She dy'd before her time. VI. Awake ! me cry'd, thy true love calls* Come from her midnight-grave; Now let thy pity hear the maid, Thy love refus'd to fave. VII. This is the dumb and dreary
Page 5 - laid ; For, while our wifhes wildly roll, We banifh quiet from the foul : 'Tis thus the bufy beat the air, And mifers gather wealth and care. Now, ev'n now, my joys run high, As on the mountain-turf I lie ; While the wanton Zephyr fmgs, And in the vale perfumes his wings ; While the waters murmur deep ; While the
Page 3 - Tis now the raven's bleak abode ; 'Tis now th' apartment of the toad ; And there the fox fecurely feeds ; And there the poifonous adder breeds, Conceal'd in ruins, mofs, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary
Page 6 - While the birds unbounded fly, And with mufick fill the fky, Now, ev'n now, my joys run high. Be full, ye courts ; be great who will; Search for Peace with all your
Page 152 - broken oath ; And give me back my maiden-vow, And give me back my troth. IX. Why did you promife love to me, And not that promife keep ? Why did you fwear my eyes were bright, Yet leave thofe eyes to weep ? X. How could you fay my face was fair, And yet that face forfake ? How could you win my