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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... some short account of Mr. SHENSTONE'S personal character , and fituation in life , may not only be agreeable , but abfolutely neceffary , to the reader ; as it is impoffible he should enter into the true spirit of his writings , if he ...
... some short account of Mr. SHENSTONE'S personal character , and fituation in life , may not only be agreeable , but abfolutely neceffary , to the reader ; as it is impoffible he should enter into the true spirit of his writings , if he ...
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... Some " were written on occafions a good deal ima- ginary , others not fo ; and the reason there " are fo many is , that I wanted to write ONE good fong , and could never please myself . " It was this diffidence which occafioned him to ...
... Some " were written on occafions a good deal ima- ginary , others not fo ; and the reason there " are fo many is , that I wanted to write ONE good fong , and could never please myself . " It was this diffidence which occafioned him to ...
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... his fole amusement . As the fentiments therefore were infpired by nature , and that in the earlier part of his life , he hopes they will retain a natural appearance ; diffufing at least Some A PREFATORY ESSAY ON ELEGY . fome part of that.
... his fole amusement . As the fentiments therefore were infpired by nature , and that in the earlier part of his life , he hopes they will retain a natural appearance ; diffufing at least Some A PREFATORY ESSAY ON ELEGY . fome part of that.
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... Some mifer weds , I cry , the captive maid , " And fome fond lover fickens at the found . " Not SOMERVILLE , the mufe's friend of old , Tho ' now exalted to yon ambient sky , So fhun'd a foul diftain'd with earth and gold , So lov'd the ...
... Some mifer weds , I cry , the captive maid , " And fome fond lover fickens at the found . " Not SOMERVILLE , the mufe's friend of old , Tho ' now exalted to yon ambient sky , So fhun'd a foul diftain'd with earth and gold , So lov'd the ...
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... , 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 ELE GY XIII.
... , 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 ELE GY XIII.
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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.