The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq;: I. Elegies on several occasions. II. Odes, songs, ballads, &c. III. Levities, or pieces of humour. IV. Moral piecesR. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall., 1764 - 345 ページ |
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... shine ! The ftar of VENUS lends her brightest ray , When other stars their friendly beams refign . Still in my breast one soft defire remains , Pure as that star , from guilt , from int'reft free , Has gentle DELIA trip'd across the ...
... shine ! The ftar of VENUS lends her brightest ray , When other stars their friendly beams refign . Still in my breast one soft defire remains , Pure as that star , from guilt , from int'reft free , Has gentle DELIA trip'd across the ...
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... shine ! ' Twas Jove's own nectar gave th ' etherial hue : Can base plebeian forms contend with mine ! Difplay the lovely white , or match the blue ? The painter ftrove to trace its azure ray ; He chang'd his colours , and in vain he ...
... shine ! ' Twas Jove's own nectar gave th ' etherial hue : Can base plebeian forms contend with mine ! Difplay the lovely white , or match the blue ? The painter ftrove to trace its azure ray ; He chang'd his colours , and in vain he ...
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... shine ; To hear it grateful own the generous aid ; This , this is tranfport - but must ne'er be mine . Faint is my bounded blifs ; nor I refuse To range where daizies open , rivers roll ; While profe or fong the languid hours amuse ...
... shine ; To hear it grateful own the generous aid ; This , this is tranfport - but must ne'er be mine . Faint is my bounded blifs ; nor I refuse To range where daizies open , rivers roll ; While profe or fong the languid hours amuse ...
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... shine ? Thy chearful meads reprove that fwelling figh ; Spring ne'er enamel'd fairer meads than thine . Art thou not lodg'd in fortune's warm embrace ? Wert thou not form'd by nature's partial care ? Bleft in thy song , and bleft in ev ...
... shine ? Thy chearful meads reprove that fwelling figh ; Spring ne'er enamel'd fairer meads than thine . Art thou not lodg'd in fortune's warm embrace ? Wert thou not form'd by nature's partial care ? Bleft in thy song , and bleft in ev ...
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... shine ; But ask the lovely partial maid , What are his notes compar❜d to thine ? Then bid her treat yon witlefs beau , And all his flaunting race with fcorn ; And lend an ear to DAMON's woe , Who fings her praife , and fings forlorn ...
... shine ; But ask the lovely partial maid , What are his notes compar❜d to thine ? Then bid her treat yon witlefs beau , And all his flaunting race with fcorn ; And lend an ear to DAMON's woe , Who fings her praife , and fings forlorn ...
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bard beauty beſtow bleft blifs bloom boaſt bofom bow'r breaſt cauſe charms chearful cou'd crown'd DAMON dear defire DELIA diftant diſplay eaſe ELEGY Ev'n ev'ry facred faid fair fame fate fav'rite fcorn fecure feek feem fhade fhall fhepherd fhew fhine fhore fhou'd fhun figh fing flow'rs fmile focial foft fome fond fong fons foon foul friendſhip fuch fure fwain fweet fwell gen'rous gentle grace grove lefs lov'd lyre maid mind moffy moſt mournful mufe muſe muſt native ne'er nymph o'er OVID paffion peace penfive plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe raiſe reafon reign rofe roſe rural ſcene ſcorn ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhould ſkies ſky ſmile ſtore ſtrain ſtream ſweets taſte tear tender thee thefe theſe thine thoſe thou thro toils tow'rs Twas virtue whofe whoſe wiſh wou'd youth
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334 ページ - And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, Which learning near her little dome did...
193 ページ - I have heard her with sweetness unfold How that pity was due to a dove, That it ever attended the bold ; And she call'd it the sister of love. But her words such a pleasure convey, So much I her accents adore, Let her speak, and whatever she say, Methinks, I should love her the more.
341 ページ - Till Fear has taught them a performance meet, And to the well-known chest the dame repair; Whence oft with sugar'd cates she doth 'em greet, And ginger-bread y-rare; now, certes, doubly sweet!
126 ページ - AVON'S tide ; Bright as the water-lily, fprung, And glittering near its fide. Frefh as the bordering flowers, her bloom : Her eye, all mild to view ; The little halcyon's azure plume Was never half fo blue. Her...
195 ページ - Tis his with mock passion to glow, Tis his in smooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die.
127 ページ - ' 'Tis Strephon, on the mountain's brow, Has won my right good will; To him I gave my plighted vow, With him I'll climb the hill.
147 ページ - Then fkip'd aloof with quaint amaze ; And then drew near, again to gaze.
340 ページ - She sees no kind domestic visage near, And soon a flood of tears begins to flow And gives a loose at last to unavailing woe. But ah ! what pen his piteous plight may trace ? Or what device his loud laments explain? The form uncouth of his disguised face ? The pallid hue that dyes his looks amain ? The plenteous shower that does his cheek distain...
336 ページ - Who should not honour'd eld with these revere: For never title yet so mean could prove, But there was eke a Mind which did that title love.
337 ページ - Fresh baum, and marygold of cheerful hue : The lowly gill, that never dares to climb ; And more I fain would sing, disdaining here to rhyme.