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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... tears that elegy can fhed . It is not impoffible that fome may think this metre too lax and profaic : others , that even a more diffolute variety of numbers may have fuperior advantages . And , in favour of these last , might be ...
... tears that elegy can fhed . It is not impoffible that fome may think this metre too lax and profaic : others , that even a more diffolute variety of numbers may have fuperior advantages . And , in favour of these last , might be ...
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... tears For lucre's venal meed , invite my scorn ! Still may the bard diffembling doubts and fears , For praife , for ... tear ! Forgo your Pindus , and on- plains Survey CAMILLA's charms , and grow fincere . But thou , my friend ! while ...
... tears For lucre's venal meed , invite my scorn ! Still may the bard diffembling doubts and fears , For praife , for ... tear ! Forgo your Pindus , and on- plains Survey CAMILLA's charms , and grow fincere . But thou , my friend ! while ...
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... tear ; Ev'n LYTTELTON but vainly trims the bay , And fondly graces HAMMOND's mournful bier . Tho ' weeping virgins haunt his favour'd urn , Renew their chaplets , and repeat their fighs ; Tho ' , near his tomb , Sabæan odours burn , The ...
... tear ; Ev'n LYTTELTON but vainly trims the bay , And fondly graces HAMMOND's mournful bier . Tho ' weeping virgins haunt his favour'd urn , Renew their chaplets , and repeat their fighs ; Tho ' , near his tomb , Sabæan odours burn , The ...
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... tear fupplies ; Whilft heralds loud with venal voice proclaim , Lo ! here the brave and the puiffant lies . When humbler ALCON leaves his drooping friends , Pageant nor plume diftinguish ALCON's bier ; The faithful muse with votive fong ...
... tear fupplies ; Whilft heralds loud with venal voice proclaim , Lo ! here the brave and the puiffant lies . When humbler ALCON leaves his drooping friends , Pageant nor plume diftinguish ALCON's bier ; The faithful muse with votive fong ...
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... ! Such ALCON fell ; in meagre want forlorn ! Where were ye then ye powerful patrons , where ? Wou'd ye the purple shou'd your limbs adorn , Go wash the confcious blemish with a tear . ELEGY T E LE GY IV . OPHELIA'S urn . To.
... ! Such ALCON fell ; in meagre want forlorn ! Where were ye then ye powerful patrons , where ? Wou'd ye the purple shou'd your limbs adorn , Go wash the confcious blemish with a tear . ELEGY T E LE GY IV . OPHELIA'S urn . To.
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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.