The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry for 1801-11, Volume 8F.C. & J. Rivington, 1814 |
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... sighs , Or more with sorrow blend surprise . For she , his noble prey , had stood Like an old oak in Sherburn wood , In varied verdure richly deck'd , Whose ample branches wav'd uncheck'd ; And though dead boughs commingling grew ...
... sighs , Or more with sorrow blend surprise . For she , his noble prey , had stood Like an old oak in Sherburn wood , In varied verdure richly deck'd , Whose ample branches wav'd uncheck'd ; And though dead boughs commingling grew ...
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... sighs and groans his mental conflict tell ! 66 66 66 By the wreaths in battle won , By the beams of Mercy's sun , " Which gild the hero's days ; By all the joys which empire gives , By pity , which each joy outlives , " And yields ...
... sighs and groans his mental conflict tell ! 66 66 66 By the wreaths in battle won , By the beams of Mercy's sun , " Which gild the hero's days ; By all the joys which empire gives , By pity , which each joy outlives , " And yields ...
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... sighs which from her death had birth ! Seek of her husband , of her children seek , Why changes as they pass each healthful cheek ? Seek of the poor , why still upon her grave They pay the kindly tears her pity gave ? And faltering they ...
... sighs which from her death had birth ! Seek of her husband , of her children seek , Why changes as they pass each healthful cheek ? Seek of the poor , why still upon her grave They pay the kindly tears her pity gave ? And faltering they ...
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... sigh forth all the heart . IV . Sad exile from his hills , no more the crook , The nightly pen , the pipe , the tinkling bell , Shall Edwin hail ; nor hurry from the brook ( That his pinebridge o'erthrew with instant swell ) His ...
... sigh forth all the heart . IV . Sad exile from his hills , no more the crook , The nightly pen , the pipe , the tinkling bell , Shall Edwin hail ; nor hurry from the brook ( That his pinebridge o'erthrew with instant swell ) His ...
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... sighs ! X. And now , he slop'd his solitary way , To seek where sole on earth could pleasure flow : The bird of eve prelusive trill'd her lay , Where with faint blush he saw the buck - briar blow : And , fading from a cloud with finer ...
... sighs ! X. And now , he slop'd his solitary way , To seek where sole on earth could pleasure flow : The bird of eve prelusive trill'd her lay , Where with faint blush he saw the buck - briar blow : And , fading from a cloud with finer ...
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Page 12 - While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 264 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan...
Page 13 - Whilst the landscape round it measures ; Russet lawns and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and rivers wide : Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Page 14 - Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the Sweet-Briar, or the Vine, Or the twisted Eglantine...
Page 562 - All fly to Twit'nam, and in humble strain Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain.
Page 13 - We at length reached the spot, whence Milton undoubtedly took most of his images; it is on the top of the hill, from which there is a most extensive prospect on all sides: the distant mountains that seemed to support the clouds, the villages and turrets, partly shaded...
Page 474 - THE .LAWYER'S FAREWELL TO HIS MUSE. As, by some tyrant's stern command, A wretch forsakes his native land, In foreign climes condemn'd to roam An endless exile from his home...
Page 49 - Art thou, my Gregory, for ever fled ! And am I left to unavailing woe ! When fortune's storms assail this weary. head, Where cares long since have shed untim'ely snow ! Ah, now for comfort whither shall I go ! No more thy soothing voice my anguish cheers : Thy placid eyes with smiles no longer glow, My hopes to cherish, and allay my fears. Tis meet that I should mourn : flow forth afresh, my tears.
Page 264 - And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Page 14 - The poet's house was close to the church ; the greatest part of it has been pulled down, and what remains belongs to an adjacent farm. I am informed, that several papers, in Milton's own hand, were found by the gentleman who was last in possession of the estate.