Moore. Cawthorne. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Mallet. Akenside. Gray. Littleton. GaySamuel Johnson A. Miller, 1800 |
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beauty beneath bleſt bloom boſom breast cauſe charms cloſe defire delight DIONE eaſe ECLOGUE ev'n ev'ry eyes FABLE facred faid fair fame fate fide figh fire firſt flame foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul friendſhip fuch fure genius grace grove hand heart heaven honour hour inſpire juſt laſt loft lov'd LYCIDAS lyre maid mind moſt Muſe muſt ne'er numbers nymph o'er paffion pain plain pleaſe pleaſure praiſe pride rage raiſe reaſon reſt rife riſe roſe round ſay ſcene ſcience ſcorn ſee ſeen ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhepherd ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſky ſmile ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſpoke ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtore ſtrain ſtream ſuch ſwain ſweet ſwell taſte tears thee theſe thine thoſe thou toil tongue Twas vale verſe virtue whoſe wild youth
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Page 281 - 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.
Page 278 - Elegy written in a Country Churchyard The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
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Page 278 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
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Page 276 - Where'er the oak's thick branches stretch A broader, browner shade, Where'er the rude and moss-grown beech O'er-canopies the glade, Beside some water's rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think (At ease...
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Page 102 - If the Author has hazarded, throughout, the use of English or modern allusions, he hopes it will not be imputed to an entire ignorance, or to the least disesteem of the ancient learning. He has kept the ancient plan and method in his eye, though he builds his edifice with the materials of his own nation.
Page 44 - Fresh to that soil thou turn'st, whose ev'ry vale Shall prompt the poet, and his song demand: To thee thy copious subjects ne'er shall fail; Thou need'st but take the pencil to thy hand, And paint what all believe who own thy genial land.