Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected and Arranged ...J. Roach, 1793 - 240 pages |
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... fall Atoms or fyflems into ruin hurl'd , And now a bubble.burft , and now a world . Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions foar ; Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore .. What future blifs , he gives not thee to know , But ...
... fall Atoms or fyflems into ruin hurl'd , And now a bubble.burft , and now a world . Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions foar ; Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore .. What future blifs , he gives not thee to know , But ...
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... fall . Let Earth unbalanc'd from her orbit fly , Planets and funs run lawless thro ' the fky ; Let ruling Angels from their fpheres be hurl'd , Being on being wreck'd , and world on world ; Heav'n's whole foundations to their center nod ...
... fall . Let Earth unbalanc'd from her orbit fly , Planets and funs run lawless thro ' the fky ; Let ruling Angels from their fpheres be hurl'd , Being on being wreck'd , and world on world ; Heav'n's whole foundations to their center nod ...
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... fall ; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth , in endlefs error hurl'd : The glory , jeft , and riddle of the world ! Go , wond'rous creature ! mount where science guides , Go , measure earth , weigh air ...
... fall ; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth , in endlefs error hurl'd : The glory , jeft , and riddle of the world ! Go , wond'rous creature ! mount where science guides , Go , measure earth , weigh air ...
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... fall , That vice or virtue there is none at all . If white and black blend , foften , and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart , and nothing is so plain ; ' Tis to mistake them , cofts the time and ...
... fall , That vice or virtue there is none at all . If white and black blend , foften , and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart , and nothing is so plain ; ' Tis to mistake them , cofts the time and ...
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... fall , Who thinks all made for one , not one for all . Grant that the pow'rful fill the weak controul ; Be man the wit , and tyrant of the whole : Nature that tyrant checks ; he only knows , And helps , another creature's wants and woes ...
... fall , Who thinks all made for one , not one for all . Grant that the pow'rful fill the weak controul ; Be man the wit , and tyrant of the whole : Nature that tyrant checks ; he only knows , And helps , another creature's wants and woes ...
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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...