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... scenes my unambitious soul Attempteth to explore - my lowly Muse No winged Pegasus to mount presumes ! But on the back of ambling Palfrey , she Steady tho ' eager , paces and pursues The devious bye - paths of the winding dell ; Thro ...
... scenes my unambitious soul Attempteth to explore - my lowly Muse No winged Pegasus to mount presumes ! But on the back of ambling Palfrey , she Steady tho ' eager , paces and pursues The devious bye - paths of the winding dell ; Thro ...
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... scenes like these , Some yet unnotic'd scenes of humble life Where clear springs bubble and the wild - flower blows ; Where woods umbrageous wave their foliage green , And vagrant zephyrs with their high - tops play- Kiss the fresh buds ...
... scenes like these , Some yet unnotic'd scenes of humble life Where clear springs bubble and the wild - flower blows ; Where woods umbrageous wave their foliage green , And vagrant zephyrs with their high - tops play- Kiss the fresh buds ...
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... Oh cherish still the generous guests , The world's neglected scenes explore ; SUCCOUR THE ORPHAN IN DISTRESS , AND SPURN THE OPPRESSOR FROM THY DOOR . THE OLD WOMAN'S PETITION . A PARODY . THE sorrows 20 LUBIN AND HIS DOG TRAY .
... Oh cherish still the generous guests , The world's neglected scenes explore ; SUCCOUR THE ORPHAN IN DISTRESS , AND SPURN THE OPPRESSOR FROM THY DOOR . THE OLD WOMAN'S PETITION . A PARODY . THE sorrows 20 LUBIN AND HIS DOG TRAY .
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... dwelt on each beauty that grac'd the sweet scene , But mark'd not , entranc'd , the soft stealth of the day , Nor thought of the mischief that crept o'er the green . THE TREACHEROUS REFRESHMENT . 25 Yet scarce had bright Venus.
... dwelt on each beauty that grac'd the sweet scene , But mark'd not , entranc'd , the soft stealth of the day , Nor thought of the mischief that crept o'er the green . THE TREACHEROUS REFRESHMENT . 25 Yet scarce had bright Venus.
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... scenes as cleave thy conscious soul , And make thee shudder on thy sightless throne ; That in the acting draw blue lightnings down , And wake the slumb❜ring vengeance of the skies ! Shew him the tortur'd mind that ne'er cou'd sleep ...
... scenes as cleave thy conscious soul , And make thee shudder on thy sightless throne ; That in the acting draw blue lightnings down , And wake the slumb❜ring vengeance of the skies ! Shew him the tortur'd mind that ne'er cou'd sleep ...
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Page 292 - This above all, — to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell: my blessing season this in thee!
Page 291 - The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel ; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.
Page 292 - Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are most select and generous, chief in that.
Page 18 - My trufty dog — that wiftful look " Is all that makes my poor heart heave ; " But hie thee home — proclaim me dead, " Forget to think — and ceafe to grieve.
Page 19 - Thro' all his frame, he found to creep ; He knew not what it was to die, But knew his mafter did not ftecp.
Page 19 - To meet his toil e'er morning light* ' And well his brain rememberd yet, He never patter'd tow'rds his bed ; Or lodg'd "his long face on his cheek, But ftraight he ftlrr'd, or rais'd his head. ' Yes, he remember'd, and with tears, His loving matter's kind replies; When dumbly he contriv'd to fay, " The cock has crow'd, my matter rife...
Page 16 - Whate'er the time, whate'er the weather. Unlike to worldly friends were they, Who feparate in fortune's blaft — They ftill were near when fair the fky, But nearer ftill when overcaft.
Page 13 - ... great master. There is one that we would particularly refer to, and that is "Shepherd Lubin." In size it is very small, but, like most of Bewick's pieces, sufficiently large to show the inimitable skill of the artist. The picture tells its own tale :— " Young Lubin was a shepherd's boy, Who watched a rigid master's sheep, And many a night was heard to sigh, And many a day was seen to weep.
Page 13 - And many a day was feen to weep. ' For not a lambkin e'er was loft, Or wether ftray'd to field remote ; But Lubin ever was to blame, Nor careful he, nor penn'd his cote. Yet not a truftier lad was known, To climb the promontory's br.ow ; Nor yet a tenderer heart e'er beat, Beiide the brook in vale below.
Page 13 - For not a lambkin e'er was loft, Or wether ftray'd to field remote ; But Lubin ever was to blame, Nor careful he, nor penn'd his cote. ' Yet not a tniftier lad was known, To climb the promontory's brow; Nor yet a tenderer heart e'er beat, Befide the brook in vale below. • From him ftern winter's drifting fnow, Its pelting fleet, or froft fevere ; Or fcorchiog fummer's fultry ray, Ne'er forc'da murmur, or a tear. ' For ah ! the varying feafons had To every hardship form'd his frame; Tho...