The Poetical Works of William Roscoe: Published in Honour of the Centenary of His Birthday. March VIII., MDCCCLIII ...H. Young, 1853 - 104 ページ |
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Afric's ANGOLA anguish avarice beam beneath blaze blessings blest bliss blood bosom breast breath bright burst chains charm climes cries crystal spring Cymbello death delight distant dread droops earth fate feel flame fond Freedom be sacred frown full chorus prolong gale Genius gloom glow grasp the deep Grasshopper's Feast grateful hand happier haste heart Heaven HENRY YOUNG holy hour labouring Liberty light limbs LIVERPOOL lovely train lustre lyre Maraton Matomba's midst mind native night nobler numbers o'er peace pleasure POEMS poured powers praise pride rage raptured repose resign RICHARD REYNOLDS rill rise roll Roscoe sable sacred the song shades shore sight skies slaves smile Sonnet sons soothe sorrow soul spirit spread spring stream strife sweet swell tear tempest thee thine thirst thou throng toil train tyrant's varied scene virtue voice waked waves whilst William and Freedom wondering wretch
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94 ページ - As one who, destined from his friends to part, Regrets his loss, but hopes again erewhile To share their converse and enjoy their smile, And tempers as he may affliction's dart; Thus, loved associates, chiefs of elder art, Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you; nor with fainting heart; For pass a few short years, or days, or hours, And happier seasons may their dawn unfold, And all your sacred fellowship restore: When, freed from earth,...
89 ページ - Beneath a broad oak that for ages has stood, See the children of earth and the tenants of air, For an evening's amusement together repair. And there came the beetle so blind and so black, Who carried the emmet his friend on his back; And there was the gnat, and the dragonfly too, With all their relations, green, orange, and blue.
90 ページ - Then chirped his own praises the rest of the night. With step so majestic the snail did advance, And promised the gazers a minuet to dance ; But they all laughed so loud that he pulled in his head, And went in his own little chamber to bed. Then as evening gave way to the shadows of night, Their watchman, the glowworm, came out with a light. " Then home let us hasten, while yet we can see, For no watchman is waiting for you and for me.
101 ページ - Thy just desires, O God, fulfil. From thee derived, eternal king, To thee our noblest powers we bring : O may thy hand direct our wandering way, O bid thy light arise, and chase the clouds away. Eternal spirit ! whose command Light, life, and being, gave to all ; O hear the creature of thy hand, Man, constant on thy goodness call ! By fire, by water, air, and earth, That soul to thee that owes its birth, By these, he supplicates thy blest repose, Absent from thee no rest his wandering spirit knows.
90 ページ - Yet he touched not the ground, but with talons outspread, Hung suspended in air at the end of a thread. Then the grasshopper came with a jerk and a spring, Very long was his leg, though but short was his wing ; He took but three leaps, and was soon out of sight, Then chirped his own praises the rest of the night. With step so majestic the snail did advance, And promised the gazers a minuet to dance...
101 ページ - Let all the truth himself inspires, Unite to sing him only true. To him my every thought ascend, To him my hopes, my wishes bend. From earth's wide bounds let louder hymns arise, And his own word convey the pious sacrifice. In ardent adoration join'd, Obedient to thy holy will, Let all my faculties combined, Thy just desires, O God, fulfil.
89 ページ - And brought to the feast his blind brother, the Mole. And the Snail, with his horns peeping out of his shell, Came from a great distance, the length of an ell, A mushroom their table, and on it was laid A water-dock leaf, which a table-cloth made. The viands were various, to each of their taste, And the Bee brought her honey to crown the repast. Then close on his haunches, so solemn and wise, The Frog from a corner looked up to the skies. And the Squirrel, well pleased such diversions to see, Mounted...
89 ページ - O, shocking to tell ! From his rope, in an instant, poor Harlequin fell ! Yet he touched not the ground ; but, with talons outspread, Hung suspended in air at the end of a thread. Then, the Grasshopper came with a jerk and a spring, Very long...
64 ページ - OH ! for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless continuity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, . Of unsuccessful, or successful, war, Might never reach me more.
5 ページ - ... Death, in kindness, from the tortured breast Calls the free spirit to the realms of rest. Shame to Mankind! But shame to BRITONS most, Who all the sweets of Liberty can boast; Yet, deaf to every human claim, deny That bliss to others, which themselves enjoy: Life's bitter draught with harsher bitter fill; Blast every joy, and add to every ill; The trembling limbs with galling iron bind, Nor loose the heavier bondage of the mind.