Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected and Arranged ...J. Roach, 1793 - 240 pages |
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... bear him . company . IV . Go , wifer thou ! and , in thy fcale of fenfe , Weigh thy opinion againft Providence ; 3 Call imperfection what thou fancy't such , Say , Here he gives too little , there too much ; Deftroy all creatures for ...
... bear him . company . IV . Go , wifer thou ! and , in thy fcale of fenfe , Weigh thy opinion againft Providence ; 3 Call imperfection what thou fancy't such , Say , Here he gives too little , there too much ; Deftroy all creatures for ...
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... bears . Made for his ufe , all creatures if he call . Say what their use , had he the pow'rs of all ; Nature to thefe , without profufion kind , The proper organs , proper pow'rs affigu'd ; Each feeming want compenfated of course , Here ...
... bears . Made for his ufe , all creatures if he call . Say what their use , had he the pow'rs of all ; Nature to thefe , without profufion kind , The proper organs , proper pow'rs affigu'd ; Each feeming want compenfated of course , Here ...
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... bear . Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reafon , man is not a fly . Say what the ufe , were finer optics giv'n , T ' infpe & t a mite , not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To finart ...
... bear . Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reafon , man is not a fly . Say what the ufe , were finer optics giv'n , T ' infpe & t a mite , not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To finart ...
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... bear : Safe in the hand of one difpofing Pow'r , Or in the natal , ar the mortal hour . All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; All chance , direction , which thou canst not fee ; All difcord , harmony , not understood ; All partial ...
... bear : Safe in the hand of one difpofing Pow'r , Or in the natal , ar the mortal hour . All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; All chance , direction , which thou canst not fee ; All difcord , harmony , not understood ; All partial ...
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... bear ; The fureft virtues thus from pallions shoot , Wild nature's vigor working at the root . What of wit and honefly appear corps From spleen , from obftinacy , hate , or fear ! See anger , zeal and fortitude fupply ; Ev'n av'rice ...
... bear ; The fureft virtues thus from pallions shoot , Wild nature's vigor working at the root . What of wit and honefly appear corps From spleen , from obftinacy , hate , or fear ! See anger , zeal and fortitude fupply ; Ev'n av'rice ...
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ALEXANDER POPE angels behold beneath BIRTHA bleffing bleft blifs bofom breaft caft charms crown'd death defcend diftant dreadful earth EDWARD YOUNG eternal ev'ry facred fair fame fate fcene fear fecond feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhone fide figh filent fill fing firft fix'd fkies flain flame flate fleep flood flow fmile foft fome forrow foul fpreads frike ftill fuch funk fweet fwell glory grace GRONGAR HILL grove happineſs heart heav'n itſelf juft laft lefs loft Lord lyre mind mourn mufe mufic muft muſt nature nature's o'er paffion pain pale pallions Phaon pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife pride rage raiſe reafon reft rife rocks Sappho ſhall tears Theatre Royal thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro throne trembling Twas vaft vale virtue weft whofe youth
Popular passages
Page 54 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 59 - Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fir'd another Troy. Thus, long ago, (Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, — While organs yet were mute) Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
Page 27 - Look round our world; behold the chain of love Combining all below and all above. See plastic Nature working to this end, The single atoms each to other tend, Attract, attracted to, the next in place Form'd and impell'd its neighbour to embrace.
Page 39 - Where grows ? — where grows it not ? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Page 50 - Pursues that chain which links th' immense design, Joins Heaven and Earth, and mortal and divine ; Sees, that no being any bliss can know, But touches some above, and some below ; Learns from this union of the rising whole The first, last purpose of the human soul ; And knows where faith, law, morals, all began, • All end in love of God, and love of man.
Page 55 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride : — Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
Page 26 - Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite...
Page 60 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Page 57 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure ; Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain.
Page 56 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus...