The Works, in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq: In Two Volumes. With DecorationsH. Woodfall, 1768 |
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... voice and language of grief , or if a metaphor of drefs be more agreeable , it should be fimple and diffufe , and flowing as a mourner's veil . A verfification therefore is defirable , which , by indulging a free and unconstrained ...
... voice and language of grief , or if a metaphor of drefs be more agreeable , it should be fimple and diffufe , and flowing as a mourner's veil . A verfification therefore is defirable , which , by indulging a free and unconstrained ...
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... voice of fame ? Or hearing , fancy sweetness in the found ? ... Perhaps ev'n genius pours a flighted lays Perhaps ev'n friendship sheds a fruitless tear ; Ev'n LYTTELTON but vainly trims the bay , And fondly graces HAMMOND's mournfal ...
... voice of fame ? Or hearing , fancy sweetness in the found ? ... Perhaps ev'n genius pours a flighted lays Perhaps ev'n friendship sheds a fruitless tear ; Ev'n LYTTELTON but vainly trims the bay , And fondly graces HAMMOND's mournfal ...
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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 mufe with votive fong attends , 4 And blots the mournful numbers ...
... 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 mufe with votive fong attends , 4 And blots the mournful numbers ...
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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 unshaken friend , Shall I not weep that e'er I left the meads , Which oaks embosom , 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 unshaken friend , Shall I not weep that e'er I left the meads , Which oaks embosom , 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 . 11 > 2 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 . 11 > 2 Forbear , vain youth ! be ...
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bard beauty beneath bleft blifs bloom boaſt bofom bow'r breaft charms chearful cou'd crown'd DAMON dear defire DELIA's diſplay eaſe ELEGY ev'n ev'ry facred faid fair falute fame fate fav'rite fcene fcorn fecure feem fhade fhall fhepherd fhew fhine fhore fhould figh fing flame flow'rs fmile focial foft fome fond fong fons foon foothe foul friendſhip ftill ftrain ftray ftream fuch fure fwain fweet fwell gen'rous gentle grace grove lefs lov'd lyre maid mind mournful mufe muft muſe muſt naiads native ne'er nymph o'er paffion peace penfive plain pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe raiſe reafon reign rife rofe roſe rural ſcene ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſmile ſpring ſtore ſweets tear tender thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thro toils tow'ring Twas vale virtue ween whofe whoſe youth
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322 ページ - And at the door imprisoning board is seen, Lest weakly wights of smaller size should stray; Eager, perdie, to bask in sunny day! The noises intermix'd, which thence resound, Do learning's little tenement betray; Where sits the dame, disguised in look profound And eyes her fairy throng, and turns her wheel around.
183 ページ - What it is to admire and to love, And to leave her we love and admire. Ah, lead forth my flock in the morn, And the damps of each evening repel ; Alas ! I am faint and forlorn ; I have bade my dear Phyllis farewell.
327 ページ - 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...
320 ページ - While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such deeds alone as pride and pomp disguise, Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprize...
185 ページ - But with tendrils of woodbine is bound; Not a beech's more beautiful green. But a sweet-briar entwines it around. Not my fields in the prime of the year, More charms than my cattle unfold; Not a brook that is limpid and clear, But it glitters with fishes of gold.
217 ページ - tis genius gives you fame, And NED, thro' fkill, fecures the game. THE POET AND THE DUN. 1741. Thefe are meflengers That feelingly perfuade me what I am. SHAKESPEAR. V_/OMES a dun in the morning and raps at my door— " I made bold to call — 'tis a twelvemonth and more — I'm forry, believe me, to trouble you thus, Sir, — But JOB wou'd be paid, Sir, had JOB been a mercer.
328 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!
328 ページ - Abhorreth bench and stool, and fourm, and chair; (This hand in mouth y-fix'd, that rends his hair;) And eke with snubs profound, and heaving breast, Convulsions intermitting!
117 ページ - Search but the garden, or the wood, Let yon admir'd carnation own, Not all was meant for raiment, or for food, Not all for needful...
327 ページ - She meditates a prayer to set him free ; Nor gentle pardon could this dame deny, (If gentle pardon could with dames agree,) To her sad grief that swells in either eye, And wrings her so that all for pity she could die.