The Works of the English Poets: AkensideH. Hughs, 1779 |
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Side 18
... hope , That breathes from day to day sublimer things , And mocks poffeffion ? wherefore darts the mind , With fuch refiftless ardour to embrace 170 Majestic forms ; impatient to be free , Spurning the gross control of wilful might ...
... hope , That breathes from day to day sublimer things , And mocks poffeffion ? wherefore darts the mind , With fuch refiftless ardour to embrace 170 Majestic forms ; impatient to be free , Spurning the gross control of wilful might ...
Side 26
Samuel Johnson. Did fancy mock your vows . Nor let the gleam Of youthful hope that shines upon your hearts , Be chill'd or clouded at this awful task , To learn the lore of undeceitful good , And truth eternal . Though the poifonous ...
Samuel Johnson. Did fancy mock your vows . Nor let the gleam Of youthful hope that shines upon your hearts , Be chill'd or clouded at this awful task , To learn the lore of undeceitful good , And truth eternal . Though the poifonous ...
Side 47
... hope , nor praise , nor honour . Her the fire 385 Gave it in charge to rear the blooming mind , The folded powers to open , to direct The growth luxuriant of his young defires , And from the laws of this majestic world To teach him what ...
... hope , nor praise , nor honour . Her the fire 385 Gave it in charge to rear the blooming mind , The folded powers to open , to direct The growth luxuriant of his young defires , And from the laws of this majestic world To teach him what ...
Side 67
... hope for tinfel charms ; Hence oft obtrusive on the eye of fcorn , Untimely zeal her witless pride betrays ! And ferious manhood from the towering aim Of Wisdom , stoops to emulate the boaft Of childish toil . Behold yon mystic form ...
... hope for tinfel charms ; Hence oft obtrusive on the eye of fcorn , Untimely zeal her witless pride betrays ! And ferious manhood from the towering aim Of Wisdom , stoops to emulate the boaft Of childish toil . Behold yon mystic form ...
Side 79
... hope The tender plant should rear its blooming head , Or yield the harveft promis'd in its spring . Nor yet will every foil with equal ftores Repay the tiller's labour ; or attend 536 549 His His will , obfequious , whether to produce ...
... hope The tender plant should rear its blooming head , Or yield the harveft promis'd in its spring . Nor yet will every foil with equal ftores Repay the tiller's labour ; or attend 536 549 His His will , obfequious , whether to produce ...
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againſt Amalthea ancient arms arts awful bards beauty behold bloom bofom breaſt breath Britiſh caufe cauſe charms Corycian dæmon delight divine dwell earth Edonian eternal facred fair faithful fame fancy fate fcene fcorn feat fecret fenfe fhade fhall fhame fhould filent fire firft firſt flame flaves fmiles focial folemn fome fong fons foon foul fpirit fprings freedom friendſhip ftill ftreams fublime fuch fway fweet genius glory grove hand haply hath heart heaven himſelf honour hour hymn Imaüs immortal itſelf laſt laws lefs lyre meaſure Megacles mind moft mortal moſt Mufe Naiads nature nature's nobler Nymphs o'er paffions Pentheus Pindar pleafing pleaſing pleaſure pomp praiſe purſue reafon ridiculous rife ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſky ſmiles ſpeak ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtrain Tethys thee thefe Theogony theſe things thofe thoſe thou throne toil tongue treaſures truth virtue voice whofe whoſe Wiſdom youth
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Side 29 - When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ? For lo ! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, And Rome again is free...
Side 309 - Possess'd ; and satiate with the melting tone: Sovereign of birds. The furious god of war, His darts forgetting, and the winged wheels That bear him vengeful o'er the embattled plain, Relents, and soothes his own fierce heart to ease, Most welcome ease.
Side 15 - Hence the green earth, and wild resounding waves, Hence light and shade alternate ; warmth and cold, And clear autumnal skies and vernal showers, And all the fair variety of things.
Side 80 - Hence when lightning fires The arch of Heaven, and thunders rock the ground. When furious whirlwinds rend the howling air. And Ocean, groaning from his lowest bed, Heaves his tempestuous billows to the sky ; Amid the mighty uproar, while below The nations tremble, SHAKSPEARE looks abroad From some high cliff, superior, and enjoys The elemental war.
Side 80 - SHAKSPEARE looks abroad From some high cliff, superior, and enjoys The elemental war. But WALLER longs...
Side 116 - Decrees its province in the common toil. To some she taught the fabric of the sphere, The changeful moon, the circuit of the stars, The golden zones of heaven ; to some she gave To weigh the moment of eternal things, Of time...
Side 243 - Presents her tuneful sons to Time, So mark thou Milton's name ; And add, " Thus differs from the throng The spirit which inform'd thy awful song, Which bade thy potent voice protect thy country's fame.
Side 74 - O'er these mixt treasures of his pregnant breast, With conscious pride. From them he oft resolves To frame he knows not what excelling things ; And win he knows not what sublime reward Of praise and wonder.
Side 326 - The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life; through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying.
Side 326 - O stranger, thou art come Glowing with Churchill's trophies; yet in vain Dost thou applaud them if thy breast be cold To him, this other hero; who, in times Dark and untaught, began with charming verse To tame the rudeness of his native land.