Elegies on several occasions. Odes, songs, ballads, &c. Levities; or, Pieces of humour. Moral piecesJ. Hughs, 1765 |
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... should enter into the true spirit of his writings , if he is entirely ignorant of those circumstances of his life , which fome- times fo greatly influenced his reflections . A 3 I could I could wifh however that this tafk had been allotted.
... should enter into the true spirit of his writings , if he is entirely ignorant of those circumstances of his life , which fome- times fo greatly influenced his reflections . A 3 I could I could wifh however that this tafk had been allotted.
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... should dress in a manner most suitable to his own person and figure . In fhort , his faults were only little blemishes , thrown in by nature , as it were on purpose to prevent him from rifing too much above that level of imperfection ...
... should dress in a manner most suitable to his own person and figure . In fhort , his faults were only little blemishes , thrown in by nature , as it were on purpose to prevent him from rifing too much above that level of imperfection ...
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... should feem , that any kind of fubjects , treated in fuch a manner as to diffufe a pleafing melancholy , might far better deferve the name , than the facetious mirth and libertine feftivity of the fuccessful votaries of love . But not ...
... should feem , that any kind of fubjects , treated in fuch a manner as to diffufe a pleafing melancholy , might far better deferve the name , than the facetious mirth and libertine feftivity of the fuccessful votaries of love . But not ...
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... should also tend to elevate the more tranquil virtues of humility , difinterestedness , fimplicity , and innocence : but then there is a degree of elegance and refinement , no way incon- fiftent with thefe rural virtues ; and that ...
... should also tend to elevate the more tranquil virtues of humility , difinterestedness , fimplicity , and innocence : but then there is a degree of elegance and refinement , no way incon- fiftent with thefe rural virtues ; and that ...
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... should seem to be of fervice . As to the style of elegy , it may be well enough determined from what has gone before . It should imitate the voice and language of grief ; or if a metaphor of dress be more agreeable , it should be fimple ...
... should seem to be of fervice . As to the style of elegy , it may be well enough determined from what has gone before . It should imitate the voice and language of grief ; or if a metaphor of dress be more agreeable , it should be fimple ...
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bard beauty mourns beneath BENJAMIN WILKS bleft blifs bloom bofom bow'r breaft charms chearful cou'd crown'd cry'd dame DAMON dear defire DELIA diſplay e'er eaſe ELEGY erft Ev'n ev'ry facred faid fair fame fate fav'rite fcenes fcorn feen fhade fhall fhepherd fhew fhou'd fhun figh fing flame flow'rs fmile focial foft fome fong fons foon foul fpring ftill ftrains ftream fuch fure fwain fweet fwell gen'rous gentle grace grove lefs lov'd lyre maid mind mournful mufe muft native ne'er nymphs o'er paffion peace penfive plain pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pofie pow'r praiſe pride purſue raiſe reafon refign'd reign rife rofe ſcene ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſmile ſweets tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thro tow'rs Twas vale virtue ween whofe whoſe wight wou'd ye bands youth
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Page 242 - Goody, good-woman, gossip, n'aunt, forsooth, Or dame, the sole additions she did hear; Yet these she challenged, these she held right dear ; Ne would esteem him act as mought behove 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 242 - Twas her own country bred the flock so fair; 'Twas her own labour did the fleece prepare...
Page 241 - And at the door imprisoning board is seen, Lest weakly wights of smaller size should stray; Eager, perdie, to bask in sunny day! The noises intermix'd, which thence resound, Do learning's little tenement betray; Where sits the dame, disguised in look profound And eyes her fairy throng, and turns her wheel around.
Page 142 - Not a pine in my grove is there seen, But with tendrils of woodbine is bound; Not a beech's more beautiful green. But a sweet-briar entwines it around. Not my fields in the prime of the year, More charms than my cattle unfold; Not a brook that is limpid and clear, But it glitters with fishes of gold.
Page 85 - Yet fhall fuch bofoms claim a part In all that glads the human heart; Yet thefe the fpirits, form'd to judge and prove All nature's charms immenfe, and heaven's unbounded love.
Page 102 - She faw him wheel, and frifk, and bound ; From rock to rock purfue his way, And, on the fearful margin, play. / Pleas'd on his various freaks to dwell, She faw him climb my ruftic cell ; Thence eye my lawns with verdure bright, And feem all ravifh'd at the fight.
Page 145 - She is every way pleasing to me. 0 you that have been of her train, Come and join in my amorous lays! 1 could lay down my life for the swain That will sing but a song in her praise.
Page 87 - Had giv'n the robe with grace to flow, Had taught exotic gems to glow ; And emulous of nature's pow'r, Mimick'd the plume, the leaf, the flow'r...
Page 141 - To visit some far distant shrine, If he bear but a relique away, Is happy, nor heard to repine. Thus, widely remov'd from the fair, Where my vows, my devotion I owe ; Soft hope is the relique I bear, And my solace wherever I go.
Page 147 - I have nothing to do but to weep. Yet do not my folly reprove ; She was fair — and my passion begun ; She smil'd — and I could not but love ; She is faithless — and I am undone.