The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq;: I. Elegies on several occasions. II. Odes, songs, ballads, &c. III. Levities, or pieces of humour. IV. Moral piecesR. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall., 1764 - 345 pages |
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... scene of his retirement from the world . Exclufively therefore of our natural curiofity to be acquainted with the history of an author , whose works we perufe with pleasure , some short account of Mr. SHENSTONE'S personal character ...
... scene of his retirement from the world . Exclufively therefore of our natural curiofity to be acquainted with the history of an author , whose works we perufe with pleasure , some short account of Mr. SHENSTONE'S personal character ...
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... scene ; who having ( whether through choice or neceffity , is not material ) retired betimes to country- folitudes , and fought his happiness in rural employments , has a right to confider himself as a real shepherd . The flocks , the ...
... scene ; who having ( whether through choice or neceffity , is not material ) retired betimes to country- folitudes , and fought his happiness in rural employments , has a right to confider himself as a real shepherd . The flocks , the ...
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... scenes of chill decay ! Curfe the fad fortune that detains thy fair ; Praise the soft hours that gave thee to her arms ; Paint thy proud fcorn of ev'ry vulgar care , When hope exalts thee , or when doubt alarms : Where with CENONE thou ...
... scenes of chill decay ! Curfe the fad fortune that detains thy fair ; Praise the soft hours that gave thee to her arms ; Paint thy proud fcorn of ev'ry vulgar care , When hope exalts thee , or when doubt alarms : Where with CENONE thou ...
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... scenes return : Conftant , as crystal dews impearl the lawn , Shall STREPHON's tear bedew OPHELIA's urn ! Sure nought unhallow'd shall presume to stray Where fleep the reliques of that virtuous maid ; Nor aught unlovely bend its devious ...
... scenes return : Conftant , as crystal dews impearl the lawn , Shall STREPHON's tear bedew OPHELIA's urn ! Sure nought unhallow'd shall presume to stray Where fleep the reliques of that virtuous maid ; Nor aught unlovely bend its devious ...
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... scenes of life the same , I tune with careless hand my languid lays ; Some fecret impulse wakes my former flame , And fires my ftrain with hope of brighter days . 3 I slept I slept not long beneath yon rural bow'rs ; And His recantation ...
... scenes of life the same , I tune with careless hand my languid lays ; Some fecret impulse wakes my former flame , And fires my ftrain with hope of brighter days . 3 I slept I slept not long beneath yon rural bow'rs ; And His recantation ...
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Page 334 - And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, Which learning near her little dome did...
Page 193 - I have heard her with sweetness unfold How that pity was due to a dove, That it ever attended the bold ; And she call'd it the sister of love. But her words such a pleasure convey, So much I her accents adore, Let her speak, and whatever she say, Methinks, I should love her the more.
Page 341 - Till Fear has taught them a performance meet, And to the well-known chest the dame repair; Whence oft with sugar'd cates she doth 'em greet, And ginger-bread y-rare; now, certes, doubly sweet!
Page 126 - AVON'S tide ; Bright as the water-lily, fprung, And glittering near its fide. Frefh as the bordering flowers, her bloom : Her eye, all mild to view ; The little halcyon's azure plume Was never half fo blue. Her...
Page 195 - Tis his with mock passion to glow, Tis his in smooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die.
Page 127 - ' 'Tis Strephon, on the mountain's brow, Has won my right good will; To him I gave my plighted vow, With him I'll climb the hill.
Page 147 - Then fkip'd aloof with quaint amaze ; And then drew near, again to gaze.
Page 340 - She sees no kind domestic visage near, And soon a flood of tears begins to flow And gives a loose at last to unavailing woe. But ah ! what pen his piteous plight may trace ? Or what device his loud laments explain? The form uncouth of his disguised face ? The pallid hue that dyes his looks amain ? The plenteous shower that does his cheek distain...
Page 336 - Who should not honour'd eld with these revere: For never title yet so mean could prove, But there was eke a Mind which did that title love.
Page 337 - Fresh baum, and marygold of cheerful hue : The lowly gill, that never dares to climb ; And more I fain would sing, disdaining here to rhyme.