Affection: With Other Poemsauthor, 1807 - 210 ページ |
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... attachment . In making you the first offering of my Muse , I approach you with no venal strains- I heap no incense on the altars of flattery . The period in which we live is of a na- ture to teach even Royalty the vanity of adulation ...
... attachment . In making you the first offering of my Muse , I approach you with no venal strains- I heap no incense on the altars of flattery . The period in which we live is of a na- ture to teach even Royalty the vanity of adulation ...
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... wanton amuse- " ments ; nor against these is there such an effec- " tual safeguard as an attachment to literature . " Some security is indeed afforded by a diligent ( 6 application to various sorts of female employ- ments PREFACE . xi.
... wanton amuse- " ments ; nor against these is there such an effec- " tual safeguard as an attachment to literature . " Some security is indeed afforded by a diligent ( 6 application to various sorts of female employ- ments PREFACE . xi.
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... attachment to inanimate objects and places - to pleasures long past - to friends beloved separated by death - Petrarch and Laura- the stimulating motive of true patriotism - Hampden- Sydney - the Swiss . - Episode to freedom . - Public ...
... attachment to inanimate objects and places - to pleasures long past - to friends beloved separated by death - Petrarch and Laura- the stimulating motive of true patriotism - Hampden- Sydney - the Swiss . - Episode to freedom . - Public ...
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... attach'd . But ah ! how much by man abused and urged , Beyond all proper speed ; unjust return . Yet one has met a better , worthier fate , Esteem'd when living , honour'd in his dust ; Who , having born with step firm and secure , His ...
... attach'd . But ah ! how much by man abused and urged , Beyond all proper speed ; unjust return . Yet one has met a better , worthier fate , Esteem'd when living , honour'd in his dust ; Who , having born with step firm and secure , His ...
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... Attachment strong scarce ceasing ev'n in death . Unwieldy Elephant ! sagacious beast , Connective link to man's intelligence , And liable to passion's strong extremes ; When first by art surrounded and entrapp'd , Kindness and care must ...
... Attachment strong scarce ceasing ev'n in death . Unwieldy Elephant ! sagacious beast , Connective link to man's intelligence , And liable to passion's strong extremes ; When first by art surrounded and entrapp'd , Kindness and care must ...
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Abba Thulle affection Affection's ALEXANDER POPE altars animal arms attachment beneath benevolence bless'd blessings blest bloom bosom breast bright Britain Britons burst Captain Wilson charm cheer Christian cornac creation dare dark dear death deep delight desart dreadful e'en earth elephant endear'd faithful fate feel female filial flame fond form'd Gelert Gregory Page hand happy HARVARD COLLEGE hath heart heaven honour honour'd hope hour human inclosure Isle land Lee Boo Llewellyn's lofty Lord Lord Nelson Lysippe Macedon midst mind mother muse nature nature's never nursled o'er observed parent Petrarch plains plant pleasure QUADRUPEDS Queen Queen of Denmark race rapture reign religion rich sacred savage scene shores sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit storm strong Struensee sweet tear tender thee Theodosius Theophrastus thou throne tion tomb Twas virtue voice whilst wing wretched yield youth Zaleucus
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206 ページ - Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
137 ページ - Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand!
113 ページ - Nor scathe had he, nor harm, nor dread, But, the same couch beneath, Lay a gaunt wolf, all torn and dead, Tremendous still in death ! Ah, what was then...
186 ページ - For him, the milk or corn prepare. The storm is o'er; the tempest past; And Mercy's voice has hush'd the blast. The wind is heard in whispers low, The White Man, far away must go; — But ever in his heart will bear Remembrance of the Negro's care.
137 ページ - Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems as to me, of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams were left; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ill.
187 ページ - With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden...
136 ページ - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
184 ページ - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these : " The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk — no wife to grind his corn.
164 ページ - Do not strike him into that most dreadful of all human conditions, the orphanage that springs not from the grave, that falls not from the hand of Providence or the stroke of death ; but comes before its time, anticipated and inflicted by the remorseless cruelty of parental guilt.
183 ページ - About sunset, however, as I was preparing to pass the night in this manner, and had turned my horse loose that he might graze at liberty, a woman, returning from the labours of the field, stopped to observe me, and perceiving that I was weary and dejected, inquired into my situation, which I briefly explained to her; whereupon, with looks of great compassion, she took up my saddle and bridle, and told me to follow her.