The Poetical Works of William ShenstoneJ. Nichol, 1854 - 284 ページ |
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... once to accommodate the poem to her , and to stretch out its very elastic materials into its present four parts . In 1745 , Mr Dolman , whose kind providence had saved Shenstone all trouble in the management of his estate , dying , the ...
... once to accommodate the poem to her , and to stretch out its very elastic materials into its present four parts . In 1745 , Mr Dolman , whose kind providence had saved Shenstone all trouble in the management of his estate , dying , the ...
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... once possessed and beautified by a man of far less pretension , the late Lord Adam Gordon . We refer to The Burn , Kincardineshire , -a scene which , whether we consider its natural advantages of rock , wood , wild mountain - stream ...
... once possessed and beautified by a man of far less pretension , the late Lord Adam Gordon . We refer to The Burn , Kincardineshire , -a scene which , whether we consider its natural advantages of rock , wood , wild mountain - stream ...
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... once or twice actually annoyed because his visitors praised the nature exhibited in the Leasowes more than the art , and more than the poetry of its beautifier ! He We come now to an examination of his poetical works , or , more ...
... once or twice actually annoyed because his visitors praised the nature exhibited in the Leasowes more than the art , and more than the poetry of its beautifier ! He We come now to an examination of his poetical works , or , more ...
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... once cursed and consecrated the mountains of Gil- boa ; with Jeremiah's tender plaints amid his evening wil- lows : or , if this be thought too stern a test of comparison , with the melting melodies of Tibullus and Ovid in ancient , and ...
... once cursed and consecrated the mountains of Gil- boa ; with Jeremiah's tender plaints amid his evening wil- lows : or , if this be thought too stern a test of comparison , with the melting melodies of Tibullus and Ovid in ancient , and ...
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... Once crown'd his pleasures , and dispell'd his pain . 6 Yes the fair prospect of surviving praise Can every sense of present joys excel ; For this , great Hadrian chose laborious days ; Through this , expiring , bade a gay farewell . 7 ...
... Once crown'd his pleasures , and dispell'd his pain . 6 Yes the fair prospect of surviving praise Can every sense of present joys excel ; For this , great Hadrian chose laborious days ; Through this , expiring , bade a gay farewell . 7 ...
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adieu admire bard beauty Beauty mourns beneath Benjamin Wilks blest bliss bloom boast bosom bower breast breathe bright charms crown crown'd dame Damon dear Delia delight disdain display drooping e'er ELEGY envy fair faithless fame Fancy fate favour'd favourite fire flame flowers fond form'd gentle glow gold grace grove haunts hear Hugh Miller inspired Leasowes lustre lyre maid mind mournful Muse Muse's Naiad native ne'er nymph o'er pain paint peace pensive Phoebus plain pleasing pleasure Plutus polish'd pomp praise pride reign rill rose rove rural scene scorn seem'd shade Shenstone shepherd shine shore shun sigh sing skies Sloth smile soft song soul stream swain sweet taste tear tender thee thine thou toils train tuneful Twas vales verdant virtue Virtue's vulgar ween wild WILLIAM SHENSTONE wind ye bands yonder youth
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152 ページ - I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed: But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
264 ページ - Twas her own country bred the flock so fair; 'Twas her own labor did the fleece prepare: And sooth to say, her pupils, ranged around, Through pious awe did term it passing rare; For they in gaping wonderment abound, And think, no doubt, she been the greatest wight on ground! Albeit ne flattery did corrupt her truth, Ne pompous title did debauch her ear; Goody...
152 ページ - twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young; And I lov'd her the more when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue.
156 ページ - Alas ! from the day that we met, What hope of an end to my woes? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain: The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.
267 ページ - Right well she knew each temper to descry, To thwart the proud, and the submiss to raise...
152 ページ - Oh how sudden the jessamine strove With the lilac to render it gay ! Already it calls for my love, To prune the wild branches away. From the plains, from the woodlands and groves, What strains of wild melody flow ! How the nightingales warble their loves From thickets of roses that blow ! And when her bright form shall appear, Each bird shall harmoniously join In a concert so soft and so clear, As — she may not be fond to resign.
264 ページ - As is the harebell that adorns the field ; And in her hand, for sceptre, she does wield Tway birchen sprays...
155 ページ - She smiled — and I could not but love ; She is faithless — and I am undone. Perhaps I was void of all thought ; Perhaps it was plain to foresee, That a nymph so complete would be sought By a swain more engaging than me.
150 ページ - When forced the fair nymph to forego, What anguish I felt at my heart ! Yet I thought — but it might not be so — 'Twas with pain that she saw me depart. She gazed, as I slowly withdrew, My path I could hardly discern ; So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.
267 ページ - Twill whisper in her ear, and all the scene unfold. Lo now with state she utters the command ! Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair; Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are ; To save from fingers wet the letters fair : The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St.