A collection of poems, by several hands [ed. by R. Dodsley]. [2 other copies of vols. 5,6]. |
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... his aid , Avoid the fight inglorious , and afraid : Who scorns life most must
surely be most brave , And he , who pow'r contemns , be least a Nave : Virtue will
lead him to Ambition's ends , And prompt him to defend his country , and his
friends .
... his aid , Avoid the fight inglorious , and afraid : Who scorns life most must
surely be most brave , And he , who pow'r contemns , be least a Nave : Virtue will
lead him to Ambition's ends , And prompt him to defend his country , and his
friends .
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When most we trust her , we are cheated most , In defolating loss we mourn our
boast : Her cruel blast invades our hafty fruit , 115 And withers all our glory at the
root . What mean those multitudes around ber ? Why Such motley attitudes ...
When most we trust her , we are cheated most , In defolating loss we mourn our
boast : Her cruel blast invades our hafty fruit , 115 And withers all our glory at the
root . What mean those multitudes around ber ? Why Such motley attitudes ...
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I could recount a thousand more , But scandal's what I most abhor . Molly , who
long had patient fate , And heard in silence all their chat , Observing how they
spoke with rancour , Took up my cause , for which I thank her . What eloquence
was ...
I could recount a thousand more , But scandal's what I most abhor . Molly , who
long had patient fate , And heard in silence all their chat , Observing how they
spoke with rancour , Took up my cause , for which I thank her . What eloquence
was ...
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Mildly receiv'd his fond address , And only blam'd his love's excess : Yet she , so
good , so sweet , so smiling , · So full of truth , so unbeguiling , One way or other
still devis'd To let him fee he was despis'd : And when he plum'd , and grew most
...
Mildly receiv'd his fond address , And only blam'd his love's excess : Yet she , so
good , so sweet , so smiling , · So full of truth , so unbeguiling , One way or other
still devis'd To let him fee he was despis'd : And when he plum'd , and grew most
...
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This poem being a parody on the most remarkable passages in the well - known
epistle of Eloisa to Abelard , it was thought unnecessary to transcribe any lines
from that poem , which is in the bands of all , and in the memory of most readers .
This poem being a parody on the most remarkable passages in the well - known
epistle of Eloisa to Abelard , it was thought unnecessary to transcribe any lines
from that poem , which is in the bands of all , and in the memory of most readers .
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385 ページ - Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate ; Beneath the good how far — but far above the great ! ODE VI.
385 ページ - Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace.
37 ページ - The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life; through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying.
389 ページ - Mighty victor, mighty lord ! Low on his funeral couch he lies ! No pitying heart, no eye, afford A tear to grace his obsequies.
388 ページ - With me in dreadful harmony they join, And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line. II. 1 'Weave the warp and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race; Give ample room and verge enough The characters of hell to trace...
393 ページ - Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me : with joy I see The different doom our fates assign: Be thine Despair and sceptred Care, To triumph and to die are mine.
381 ページ - Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes, and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye.
384 ページ - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
389 ページ - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes: Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm: Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.
317 ページ - With kind and generous truth thy bosom warm, And thy fair mind, like thy fair person, charm. To virtue thus and to thyself restored, By all admired, by one alone adored, Be to thy Harry ever kind and true, And live for him who more than dies for you.