A Collection of Poems, in Four Volumes, Volume 3G. Pearch, 1775 - English literature |
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... gifts of heaven befide , " Compar'd to thee , how low ! " The bleflings of the earth and air " The beafts of fold and foreft fhare , " But godlike Beings KNOW : C 3 " How " How mean the short - liv'd joys of Sense ( 21 )
... gifts of heaven befide , " Compar'd to thee , how low ! " The bleflings of the earth and air " The beafts of fold and foreft fhare , " But godlike Beings KNOW : C 3 " How " How mean the short - liv'd joys of Sense ( 21 )
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... earth's luxuries , which smiles at pain , And wings his fpirit with fublime defire . To fan this spark of heaven , this ray divine , Still , oh my foul ! ftill be thy dear employ ; Still thus to wander thro ' the fhades be thine , And ...
... earth's luxuries , which smiles at pain , And wings his fpirit with fublime defire . To fan this spark of heaven , this ray divine , Still , oh my foul ! ftill be thy dear employ ; Still thus to wander thro ' the fhades be thine , And ...
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... Earth and Time confirm the fair decree . There are who say they view'd without amaze Thy fad reverfe of all thy former praife ; That thro ' the pageants of a patriot's name , They pierc'd the foulness of thy fecret aim ; Or deem'd thy ...
... Earth and Time confirm the fair decree . There are who say they view'd without amaze Thy fad reverfe of all thy former praife ; That thro ' the pageants of a patriot's name , They pierc'd the foulness of thy fecret aim ; Or deem'd thy ...
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... earth defy ! See dumb defpair in icy fetters lie ! See black fufpicion bend his gloomy brow , The hideous image of himself to view ! And fond belief with all a lover's flame Sinks in thofe arms that points his head with fhame ! There ...
... earth defy ! See dumb defpair in icy fetters lie ! See black fufpicion bend his gloomy brow , The hideous image of himself to view ! And fond belief with all a lover's flame Sinks in thofe arms that points his head with fhame ! There ...
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... earth and main . The tuneful birds lie hufh'd in fleep , With all that crop the verdant food , With all that fkim the crystal flood , Or haunt the caverns of the rocky steep . No rushing winds difturb the tufted bowers ; No wakeful ...
... earth and main . The tuneful birds lie hufh'd in fleep , With all that crop the verdant food , With all that fkim the crystal flood , Or haunt the caverns of the rocky steep . No rushing winds difturb the tufted bowers ; No wakeful ...
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Page 323 - Yon house, erected on the rising ground, With tempting aspect drew me from my road ; For plenty there a residence has found, And grandeur a magnificent abode. Hard is the fate of the...
Page 254 - But while he viewed his wealth increase, While thus along life's dusty road, The beaten track content he trod, Old time whose haste no mortal spares, Uncalled, unheeded, unawares, Brought on his eightieth year.
Page 253 - I'll quit my prey, And grant a kind reprieve ; In hopes you'll have no more to say ; But, when I call again this way, Well pleased the world will leave.
Page 124 - Eirin weep, Ne'er again his likeness see ; Long her strains in sorrow steep, Strains of immortality ! Horror covers all the heath, Clouds of carnage blot the sun. Sisters, weave the web of death ; Sisters, cease ; the work is done.
Page 131 - Lord of every regal art, Liberal hand, and open heart. Big with hosts of mighty name, Squadrons three against him came; This the force of Eirin hiding, Side by side as proudly riding, On her shadow long and gay Lochlin plows...
Page 255 - Death replies; "However, you still keep your eyes; And sure, to see one's loves and friends For legs and arms would make amends." "Perhaps," says Dobson, "so it might; But latterly I've lost my sight.
Page 245 - To purchase heaven has gold the power ? Can gold remove the mortal hour ? In life can love be bought with gold ? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold ? No— all that's worth a wish — a thought, Fair virtue gives unbrib'd, unbought.
Page 111 - Hence, avaunt, ('tis holy ground) 'Comus, and his midnight-crew, 'And Ignorance with looks profound, 'And dreaming Sloth of pallid hue, 'Mad Sedition's cry profane, 'Servitude that hugs her chain, 'Nor in these consecrated bowers 'Let painted Flatt'ry hide her serpent-train in flowers. CHORUS 'Nor Envy base, nor creeping Gain 'Dare the Muse's walk to stain, 'While bright-eyed Science watches round: 'Hence, away, 'tis holy Ground! RECITATIVE From yonder realms of empyrean day Bursts on my ear th...
Page 266 - And launch'd me into life without an oar. ' What had I loft, if conjugally kind, ' By nature hating, yet by vows confin'd, ' Untaught the matrimonial bounds to...
Page 62 - The guardian of their civil, sacred rights. How greatly welcome to the virtuous man Is death for others...