Elegies on several occasions. Odes, songs, ballads, &c. Levities; or, Pieces of humour. Moral piecesJ. Hughs, 1765 |
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... thine the prize ! Affiduous art correct her page in vain ! His be the palm who , guiltlefs of difguife , Contemns the pow'r , the dull refource to feign ! Still may the mourner , lavish of his tears For lucre's venal meed , invite my ...
... thine the prize ! Affiduous art correct her page in vain ! His be the palm who , guiltlefs of difguife , Contemns the pow'r , the dull refource to feign ! Still may the mourner , lavish of his tears For lucre's venal meed , invite my ...
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... ! what is native worth efteem'd of clowns ? ' Tis thy falfe glare , O fortune ! thine they fee : " Tis for my DELIA's fake I dread thy frowns , And my laft gafp fhall curfes breathe on thee . ELEGY E LE G Y XI . He complains how foon ( 52 )
... ! what is native worth efteem'd of clowns ? ' Tis thy falfe glare , O fortune ! thine they fee : " Tis for my DELIA's fake I dread thy frowns , And my laft gafp fhall curfes breathe on thee . ELEGY E LE G Y XI . He complains how foon ( 52 )
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... thine eye shall start , Sad as thou follow'ft my untimely bier ; " Fool that I was - if friends fo foon must part , " To let fufpicion intermix a fear . " 1 ELEGY ELEGY XIV . Declining an invitation to vifit foreign countries ( 58 )
... thine eye shall start , Sad as thou follow'ft my untimely bier ; " Fool that I was - if friends fo foon must part , " To let fufpicion intermix a fear . " 1 ELEGY ELEGY XIV . Declining an invitation to vifit foreign countries ( 58 )
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... thine ; Thy peerless daughters afk no foreign aid . Let CEYLON's envy'd plant perfume the feas , Till torn to feafon the Batavian bowl ; Ours is the breaft whofe genuine ardours please , Nor need a drug to meliorate the foul . Let the ...
... thine ; Thy peerless daughters afk no foreign aid . Let CEYLON's envy'd plant perfume the feas , Till torn to feafon the Batavian bowl ; Ours is the breaft whofe genuine ardours please , Nor need a drug to meliorate the foul . Let the ...
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... ALBION ! too benignly prone Thy blood to lavish , and thy wealth refign ! Shall ev'ry other virtue grace thy , throne , .... But quick - ey'd prudence never yet be thine ? From Pitying his toil , the wond'rous truth I told ; ( 47 )
... ALBION ! too benignly prone Thy blood to lavish , and thy wealth refign ! Shall ev'ry other virtue grace thy , throne , .... But quick - ey'd prudence never yet be thine ? From Pitying his toil , the wond'rous truth I told ; ( 47 )
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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.