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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... voice and language of grief ; or if a meta- phor of dress be more agreeable , it should be fimple and diffufe , and flowing as a mourner's veil . A ver- fification therefore is defireable , which , by indulging e free and unconstrained ...
... voice and language of grief ; or if a meta- phor of dress be more agreeable , it should be fimple and diffufe , and flowing as a mourner's veil . A ver- fification therefore is defireable , which , by indulging e free and unconstrained ...
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... voice of fame ? Or hearing , ' fancy fweetness in the found ? Perhaps ev'n genius pours a flighted lay ; Perhaps ev'n friendship sheds a fruitless tear ; Ev'n LYTTELTON but vainly trims the bay , And fondly graces HAMMOND's mournful ...
... voice of fame ? Or hearing , ' fancy fweetness in the found ? Perhaps ev'n genius pours a flighted lay ; Perhaps ev'n friendship sheds a fruitless tear ; Ev'n LYTTELTON but vainly trims the bay , And fondly graces HAMMOND's mournful ...
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... 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 attends , And blots the mournful numbers with ...
... 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 attends , And blots the mournful numbers with ...
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... voice of pious truth , prepare To fpurn an altar , and adore a throne ? And when proud fortune's ebbing tide recedes , And when it leaves me no unfhaken friend , Shall I not weep that e'er I left the meads , Which oaks embofom , and ...
... voice of pious truth , prepare To fpurn an altar , and adore a throne ? And when proud fortune's ebbing tide recedes , And when it leaves me no unfhaken friend , Shall I not weep that e'er I left the meads , Which oaks embofom , and ...
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... voice decays , Not , that my fancy mourns thy ftern command , When many an embrio dome is loft in air ; While guardian prudence checks my eager hand , And , ere the turf is broken , cries , " Forbear , " Forbear , vain youth ! be ...
... voice decays , Not , that my fancy mourns thy ftern command , When many an embrio dome is loft in air ; While guardian prudence checks my eager hand , And , ere the turf is broken , cries , " Forbear , " Forbear , vain youth ! be ...
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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.