The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volume 71804 |
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Common terms and phrases
beauty behold beneath bleſt bloom boſom breast cauſe charms cloſe delight DIONE eaſe ECLOGUE ev'n eyes FABLE facred faid fair fame fate fide figh fing fire firſt flame foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul friendſhip fuch 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 Parthenia paſſion plain pleaſing pleaſure praiſe pride rage raiſe reaſon reſt rife riſe roſe round ſay ſcene 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 wind youth
Popular passages
Page 278 - 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.
Page 276 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
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...
Page 60 - Who slept in buds the day, And many a Nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still The pensive Pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car.
Page 278 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Page 279 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 278 - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds : Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the Moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Page 282 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep. They do not sleep. On yonder cliffs, a...
Page 278 - To thee he gave the heavenly birth, And bade to form her infant mind. Stern rugged Nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore : What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know, And from her own she learn'd to melt at others
Page 68 - The royal lover bore her from the plain ; Yet still her crook and bleating flock remain: Oft, as she went, she backward turn'd her view, And bade that crook and bleating flock adieu. Fair, happy maid ! to other...