Progress of dulness. [Miscellaneous poemsSamuel G. Goodrich, 1820 |
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... land ; And bid the eastern world admire Our rising worth , and bright'ning fire . But while through fancy's realms we roam , The main concern is left at home ; Return'd , our hero still we find The same , as blundering and as blind ...
... land ; And bid the eastern world admire Our rising worth , and bright'ning fire . But while through fancy's realms we roam , The main concern is left at home ; Return'd , our hero still we find The same , as blundering and as blind ...
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... land he gains , Better than those the moon contains ; There deals in preaching and in prayer , And starves on sixty pounds a year , * Bos locutus est . Liv . Histor . And culls his texts , and tills his farm , 32 THE PROGRESS.
... land he gains , Better than those the moon contains ; There deals in preaching and in prayer , And starves on sixty pounds a year , * Bos locutus est . Liv . Histor . And culls his texts , and tills his farm , 32 THE PROGRESS.
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... Land of politeness ! that affords The treasure of new - fangled words , And endless quantities disburses Of bows and compliments and curses ; The soft address , with airs so sweet , That cringes at the ladies ' feet ; The pert ...
... Land of politeness ! that affords The treasure of new - fangled words , And endless quantities disburses Of bows and compliments and curses ; The soft address , with airs so sweet , That cringes at the ladies ' feet ; The pert ...
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... land to bless , A patriot fop , that struts by rules , And Knight of all the shire of fools . The praise of other learning lost , To know the world is all his boast , By conduct teach our country widgeons , How coxcombs shine in other ...
... land to bless , A patriot fop , that struts by rules , And Knight of all the shire of fools . The praise of other learning lost , To know the world is all his boast , By conduct teach our country widgeons , How coxcombs shine in other ...
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... land shall grace With powers of genius , as with charms of face ; Blest with the softness of the female mind , With fancy blooming , and with taste refined , Some Rowe shall rise and wrest with daring pen , The pride of science from ...
... land shall grace With powers of genius , as with charms of face ; Blest with the softness of the female mind , With fancy blooming , and with taste refined , Some Rowe shall rise and wrest with daring pen , The pride of science from ...
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Abijah airy Arminian arms array'd ascend BALAAM Battle of Monmouth beauty beaux blest bliss boast breath bright burlesque charms clouds coquettes coxcomb daring dark death deep Dick dire doom'd dread dress dunce Edom eternal EURYDICE ev'ry eyes face fair fame fancy fate fear fire flames foes folly genius GENIUS OF AMERICA glory grace grave Great-Britain hath heart heaven hero hope Hudibras JOHN TRUMBULL joys learn'd learning light M'Fingal Marshfield mind muse ne'er night o'er ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE pain plain pleased poem praise pride prize PROGRESS OF DULNESS rage rapture realms rise roll sacred satire scenes scorn scorn'd sense shade shame shine shore skies smile song soul spread strain style Styx sublime thee thine thou throng toil tongue trembling Tristram Shandy Trumbull vales vex'd virtue wake wave Whigs youth
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195 ページ - And there appeared a great wonder in heaven ; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
144 ページ - I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh : There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Sheth.
200 ページ - Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, And dragons in their pleasant palaces: And her time is near to come, And her...
200 ページ - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there ; but wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall...
199 ページ - Howl ye ; for the day of the LORD is at hand ; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt : and they shall be afraid : pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them ; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another ; their faces shall be as flames.
196 ページ - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
88 ページ - Fix'd on his suit of sable stuffs. And brush'd the powder from the cuffs, With black silk stockings, yet in being. The same he took his first degree in; **> Procured a horse of breed from Europe. And learn'd to mount him by the stirrup, «8 49 And set forth fierce to court the maid; His white-hair' d Deacon went for aid; And on the right, in solemn mode, The Reverend Mr.
26 ページ - Where scripture sanctifies his strains, And reverence hides the want of brains. Next see our youth at school appear, Procured for forty pounds a year; His ragged regiment round assemble, Taught, not to read, but fear and tremble. Before him, rods prepare his way, | Those dreaded antidotes to play. >. Then throned aloft in elbow chair, With solemn face and awful air, He tries, with ease and unconcern...
72 ページ - Th' opposing galleries of beaux,* To church the female squadron move, All arm'd with weapons used in love. Like colour'd ensigns gay and fair, High caps rise floating in the air ; Bright silk its varied radiance flings, And streamers wave in kissing-strings ; Each bears th' artill'ry of her charms, Like training bands at viewing arms.