The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1926 - 727 pagine |
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Pagina 26
... wings , and knew man was but dust . This verse little polish'd , tho ' mighty sincere , Sets neither his titles nor merit to view ; It says that his relics collected lie here , And no mortal yet knows too if this may be true . Fierce ...
... wings , and knew man was but dust . This verse little polish'd , tho ' mighty sincere , Sets neither his titles nor merit to view ; It says that his relics collected lie here , And no mortal yet knows too if this may be true . Fierce ...
Pagina 45
... Wings , And lonely Philomel , still waking , sings ; Or from some Tree , fam'd for the Owl's delight , She , hollowing clear , directs the Wand'rer right : In such a Night , when passing Clouds give place , Or thinly vail the Heav'ns ...
... Wings , And lonely Philomel , still waking , sings ; Or from some Tree , fam'd for the Owl's delight , She , hollowing clear , directs the Wand'rer right : In such a Night , when passing Clouds give place , Or thinly vail the Heav'ns ...
Pagina 50
... Wealth and Honours that have Wings , Ever fluttering to be gone I could never call my own : Riches that the World bestows She can take and I can lose ; But the Treasures that are mine Lie afar beyond her 50 ISAAC WATTS.
... Wealth and Honours that have Wings , Ever fluttering to be gone I could never call my own : Riches that the World bestows She can take and I can lose ; But the Treasures that are mine Lie afar beyond her 50 ISAAC WATTS.
Pagina 52
... Wings to help their Feet , Could not run it half way o'er In ten thousand Days and more . Yet the silly wandring Mind Loath to be too much confin'd Roves and takes her dayly Tours , Coasting round the narrow Shores , Narrow Shores of ...
... Wings to help their Feet , Could not run it half way o'er In ten thousand Days and more . Yet the silly wandring Mind Loath to be too much confin'd Roves and takes her dayly Tours , Coasting round the narrow Shores , Narrow Shores of ...
Pagina 93
... wings . Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound , Flutters in blood , and panting beats the ground . Ah ! what avail his glossy , varying dyes , His purple crest , and scarlet - circled eyes , The vivid green his shining plumes ...
... wings . Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound , Flutters in blood , and panting beats the ground . Ah ! what avail his glossy , varying dyes , His purple crest , and scarlet - circled eyes , The vivid green his shining plumes ...
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Pagina 373 - E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Pagina 55 - A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun.
Pagina 551 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord ? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word ? What peaceful hours I once enjoyed ! How sweet their memory still ! But they have left an aching void, The world can never fill.
Pagina 371 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to extasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repress d their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.
Pagina 132 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes...
Pagina 120 - KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err...
Pagina 372 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Pagina 489 - O, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, » And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O, how canst thou renounce^ and hope to be forgiven ! These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy,...
Pagina 668 - Guid faith he mauna fa' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that ; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Pagina 118 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state; From brutes what men, from men, what spirits know Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.