Poems for Young Ladies: In Three Parts : Devotional, Moral, and Entertaining : the Whole Being a Collection of the Best Pieces in Our LanguageWilliam Davenhill, 1770 - 248 ページ |
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... See in corruption , all - furprizing ftate , How ftruggling life eludes the ftroke of fate ; Shock'd at the scene , tho ' fenfe averts its eye , Nor ftops the wond'rous procefs to defcry ; Yet jufter thought the myftic change pursues ...
... See in corruption , all - furprizing ftate , How ftruggling life eludes the ftroke of fate ; Shock'd at the scene , tho ' fenfe averts its eye , Nor ftops the wond'rous procefs to defcry ; Yet jufter thought the myftic change pursues ...
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... See , how affociate round their central fun , Their faithful rings the circling planets run ; Still equi - diftant , never yet too near , Exactly tracing their appointed fphere . Mark how the moon our flying orb pursues , While from the ...
... See , how affociate round their central fun , Their faithful rings the circling planets run ; Still equi - diftant , never yet too near , Exactly tracing their appointed fphere . Mark how the moon our flying orb pursues , While from the ...
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... See the vaft theatre of time display'd , While o'er the fcene fucceeding heroes tread ! With pomp the fhining images fucceed , What leaders triumph ! and what monarchs bleed ! C Perform Perform the parts thy Providence affign'd , Their ...
... See the vaft theatre of time display'd , While o'er the fcene fucceeding heroes tread ! With pomp the fhining images fucceed , What leaders triumph ! and what monarchs bleed ! C Perform Perform the parts thy Providence affign'd , Their ...
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... exalts the juft , And lays the proud oppreffor in the duft ! * Pope Alexander VI . and his fon , Cæfar Borgia . See Mr. Gordon's history . C 2 But But faft as Time's fwift pinions can convey , Haftens YOUNG LADIES . 19.
... exalts the juft , And lays the proud oppreffor in the duft ! * Pope Alexander VI . and his fon , Cæfar Borgia . See Mr. Gordon's history . C 2 But But faft as Time's fwift pinions can convey , Haftens YOUNG LADIES . 19.
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... See fmiling nature , with thy treasures fair , Confefs thy bounty and parental care ; Renew'd by Thee , the faithful feafons rife , And earth with plenty all her fons fupplies . The generous lion and the brindled boar , As nightly thro ...
... See fmiling nature , with thy treasures fair , Confefs thy bounty and parental care ; Renew'd by Thee , the faithful feafons rife , And earth with plenty all her fons fupplies . The generous lion and the brindled boar , As nightly thro ...
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34 ページ - The rocks proclaim th' approaching Deity. Lo, Earth receives him from the bending skies! Sink down, ye mountains! and ye valleys, rise! With heads declined, ye cedars, homage pay! Be smooth, ye rocks! ye rapid floods, give way! The Saviour comes! by ancient bards foretold: Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold!
227 ページ - GIRDLE. That which her slender waist confined, Shall now my joyful temples bind ; No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer, My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass, and yet there Dwelt all that's good and all that's fair; Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
39 ページ - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
39 ページ - Let not this weak unknowing hand 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...
33 ページ - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire! Rapt into future times the bard begun: A Virgin shall conceive — a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a Branch arise Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies: Th' Ethereal Spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove.
31 ページ - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
63 ページ - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.
64 ページ - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
30 ページ - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
42 ページ - Lead it through various scenes of life and death, And from each scene the noblest truths inspire.