The English Parnassus: Being a New Selection of Didactic, Descriptive, Pathetic, Plaintive, and Pastoral Poetry, Extracted from the Works of the Latest and Most Celebrated Poets... |
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... show , But the new ambush of her secret foe ; The blifs too bright to realize , fhe guess'd , And chas'd th ' idea from her guarded breast . While these discreet refolves her thought employ , Tranquil fhe triumphs o'er the smother'd joy ...
... show , But the new ambush of her secret foe ; The blifs too bright to realize , fhe guess'd , And chas'd th ' idea from her guarded breast . While these discreet refolves her thought employ , Tranquil fhe triumphs o'er the smother'd joy ...
Page 85
... show , That on the fullen front of Avarice wakes A gloomy fmile , and bids his little thought Receive a gleam of joy ? From these secure Lives not untutor❜d Indigence at ease ? And steals unseen along the vale of life , Calm , peaceful ...
... show , That on the fullen front of Avarice wakes A gloomy fmile , and bids his little thought Receive a gleam of joy ? From these secure Lives not untutor❜d Indigence at ease ? And steals unseen along the vale of life , Calm , peaceful ...
Page 108
... show'r , With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour , When idly firft , ambitious of the town , She left her wheel , and robes of country brown . A PATHETIC DR . GOLDSMITH . SE C T. LXV . DESCRIPTION OF THE BRITISH EMI- GRANTS , WHEN ...
... show'r , With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour , When idly firft , ambitious of the town , She left her wheel , and robes of country brown . A PATHETIC DR . GOLDSMITH . SE C T. LXV . DESCRIPTION OF THE BRITISH EMI- GRANTS , WHEN ...
Page 158
... foaring wings ;. That pants to leave these fcenes below , This glitt'ring pomp , this fleeting show ,, And with unclouded face behold celeftial things . Now Now in fome happier hour , my mind Leaves fublunary [ 158 ]
... foaring wings ;. That pants to leave these fcenes below , This glitt'ring pomp , this fleeting show ,, And with unclouded face behold celeftial things . Now Now in fome happier hour , my mind Leaves fublunary [ 158 ]
Page 171
... show ; Though Sheridan , who feldom aims at more , Should fet the gaping senate in a roar , And by his comic eloquence make clear , Where'er he is , the " School for Scandal's " there . Thou " modern Congreve ! " quit the fenate's jar ...
... show ; Though Sheridan , who feldom aims at more , Should fet the gaping senate in a roar , And by his comic eloquence make clear , Where'er he is , the " School for Scandal's " there . Thou " modern Congreve ! " quit the fenate's jar ...
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