Elegies on several occasions. Odes, songs, ballads, &c. Levities; or, Pieces of humour. Moral piecesJ. Hughs, 1765 |
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... rural life to advantage : and that , in a way diftinct from paftoral , as much as the plain but judicious landlord may be imagined to furpass his tenant both in dignity and under- ftanding . It should also tend to elevate the more ...
... rural life to advantage : and that , in a way diftinct from paftoral , as much as the plain but judicious landlord may be imagined to furpass his tenant both in dignity and under- ftanding . It should also tend to elevate the more ...
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... rural landskip , or unfolds the train of fenti- ments it infpired , be fairly drew his picture from the Spot ; and felt very fenfibly the affection be communicates . If he speaks of his humble shed , bis flocks and bis fleeces , he does ...
... rural landskip , or unfolds the train of fenti- ments it infpired , be fairly drew his picture from the Spot ; and felt very fenfibly the affection be communicates . If he speaks of his humble shed , bis flocks and bis fleeces , he does ...
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... rural employments , has a right to confider himself as a real fhepherd . The flocks , the meadows , and the grottos , are his own , and the embellishment of his farm his fole amusement . As the fenti- ments therefore were inspired by ...
... rural employments , has a right to confider himself as a real fhepherd . The flocks , the meadows , and the grottos , are his own , and the embellishment of his farm his fole amusement . As the fenti- ments therefore were inspired by ...
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... rural virtues , and for native skies , FOR I bade AUGUSTA's venal fons farewel ; Now , ' mid the trees , I fee my smoke arise ; Now hear the fountains bubbling round my cell . O may that genius , which fecures my rest , Preferve this ...
... rural virtues , and for native skies , FOR I bade AUGUSTA's venal fons farewel ; Now , ' mid the trees , I fee my smoke arise ; Now hear the fountains bubbling round my cell . O may that genius , which fecures my rest , Preferve this ...
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... rural bow'rs , The loves and graces fteal unfeen away ; And where the turf diffus'd its pomp of flow'rs , We wake to wintry scenes of chill decay ! Curfe the fad fortune that detains thy fair ; Praise the foft hours that gave thee to ...
... rural bow'rs , The loves and graces fteal unfeen away ; And where the turf diffus'd its pomp of flow'rs , We wake to wintry scenes of chill decay ! Curfe the fad fortune that detains thy fair ; Praise the foft hours that gave thee to ...
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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.