 | John Bell - 1794 - 574 pagine
...the all-dazzling Crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks. Such 'was this heav'n-lov'd isle, Than Lesbos fairer and the Cretan shore ! No...decline, And steal inglorious to the silent grave. ODES. CLASS THE EIGHTH. Vol, XV U. E CLASS THE EIGHTH. ODE I. THE CONQUERED DUTCHESS. RIGHT HONOURABLE... | |
 | 1806 - 422 pagine
...e'en the alldazzling crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks. Such was this heavenloved isle, Than Lesbos fairer and the Cretan shore ! No...decline, And steal inglorious to the silent grave. THE following extract from a humorous poem of Marvell, though destitute of the vigor of Dryden and... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 pagine
...the all dazzling Crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks. Such was this heaven-loved isle, Than Lesbos fairer and the Cretan shore ! No...decline, And steal inglorious to the silent grave. THE PALACE OF FORTUNE, AN INDIAN TALE; Written in the Year 1769. MILD was the vernal gale, and calm... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1808 - 142 pagine
...the all-dazzling crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks ; Such was this heaven-lov'd isle, Than Lesbos fairer and the Cretan shore ! No...Since all must life resign, Those sweet rewards, which f\prnratp. the brave, Tis folly to decline, And steal inglorious to the silent grave. SIR W. JONES.... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1808 - 526 pagine
...her bidding shrinks, — Such was this heaven-lov'd isle, Than Lesbos fairer and the Cretan shore I No more shall freedom smile ? Shall Britons languish, and be men no more 1 Since all must life resign, Those sweet rewards which decorate the brave, Tis folly to declme, And... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pagine
...like a vapour sinks, And e'en th' all-dazzling Crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks. Such was this heav'n lov'd isle, Than Lesbos fairer...resign, Those sweet rewards which decorate the brave, EXTRACTS FROM LOUISA. Was it for this my gentle brother's heart Bore in our growing loves so warm a... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pagine
...the all-dazzling crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks. Such was this heaven-lov'd isle, Than Lesbos fairer and the Cretan shore ! No...decline, And steal inglorious to the silent grave. § IQ8. The Choice of a W\fe by Cheete. CAPTAIN THOMPSON. THERE liv'd in York, an age ago, A man whose... | |
 | 1817 - 630 pagine
...concludes with a stanza expressive of his political opinions at that moment : " Such ivas this heav'n-lov'd isle, Than Lesbos fairer, and the Cretan shore ! No...smile ? Shall Britons languish, and be men no more ?" Some little time anterior to this indeed, he had re-strung his lyre on a very tempting occasion.... | |
 | 1817 - 694 pagine
...with a stanza expressive of his political opinions at that moment : >• " Such teas this heav'n-lov'd isle, Than Lesbos fairer, and the Cretan shore ! No...smile ? Shall Britons languish, and be men no more ?'" Some little time anterior to this indeed, he had re-strung his lyre on a very tempting occasion.... | |
 | William Jones - 1818 - 312 pagine
...Crown Hides his Taint rays, and at her hidding shrinks. Snch was this heaven-lov'd isle, Than Leshos fairer and the Cretan shore! No more shall freedom smile ? Shall Britons langnish, and he Men no more ? Since all must life resign, Those sweet rewards, which decorate the... | |
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O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. Smit by her sacred frown, The fiend, Dissension, like a vapor sinks ; And e'en the all-dazzling crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks; Such was this heaven-loved... 
