The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, כרך 24Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 73
עמוד 11
... Muse of such an original genius as Mr. Shenstone , it is hoped the public will not be displeased with this slight attempt to perpetuate those beauties , which time or the different taste of some future possessor may destroy . 6 quit the ...
... Muse of such an original genius as Mr. Shenstone , it is hoped the public will not be displeased with this slight attempt to perpetuate those beauties , which time or the different taste of some future possessor may destroy . 6 quit the ...
עמוד 25
... to JOSEPH SPENCE , our most excellent Crito , whom the unanimous consent of every Muse and Grace made choice of to be so distinguished . C ously at full length ; which , though not large A DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASOWES . 25.
... to JOSEPH SPENCE , our most excellent Crito , whom the unanimous consent of every Muse and Grace made choice of to be so distinguished . C ously at full length ; which , though not large A DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASOWES . 25.
עמוד 34
... Muse so form'd to please ? For not the whispering of the southern breeze , Nor banks still beaten by the breaking wave , Nor limpid rills that pebbly vallies lave , Yield such delight.- incident , through a kind of vista or glade , 34 A ...
... Muse so form'd to please ? For not the whispering of the southern breeze , Nor banks still beaten by the breaking wave , Nor limpid rills that pebbly vallies lave , Yield such delight.- incident , through a kind of vista or glade , 34 A ...
עמוד 49
... Muse shall meet thee in the grove . ON POSTHUMOUS REPUTATION . TO A FRIEND . O GRIEF of griefs ! that Envy's frantic ire Should rob the living virtue of its praise : O foolish Muses ! that with zeal aspire To deck the cold insensate ...
... Muse shall meet thee in the grove . ON POSTHUMOUS REPUTATION . TO A FRIEND . O GRIEF of griefs ! that Envy's frantic ire Should rob the living virtue of its praise : O foolish Muses ! that with zeal aspire To deck the cold insensate ...
עמוד 50
... Muse with votive song attends , And blots the mournful numbers with a tear . He little knew the sly penurious art , That odious art which Fortune's favourites know , Form'd to bestow , he felt the warmest heart , But envious Fate ...
... Muse with votive song attends , And blots the mournful numbers with a tear . He little knew the sly penurious art , That odious art which Fortune's favourites know , Form'd to bestow , he felt the warmest heart , But envious Fate ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
adieu bard beauty Beauty mourns beneath bless'd bliss bloom boast bosom bow'r breast breathe bright Carthage charms Clent Hill crown'd Damon dear Delia delight display'd e'er Elegy envy ev'n fair faithless fame Fancy fate favour'd fire flame flow flowers fond form'd genius gentle glow gold grace ground grove haunts heart Heaven hill JAMES CAWTHORN lawn Leasowes lov'd lyre Lyttelton maid mind mournful Muse Muse's Naiad native ne'er nymph o'er pain paint passion peace pensive plain pleas'd pleasure polish'd pomp pow'r praise pride rill rose rove rural sacred scene scorn seat shade shepherd shine shore Shropshire shrubs shun sigh silvan skies smile soft song soul stream swain sweet taste tear tender thee thine thou toils train trees Twas vale virtue ween weep wild WILLIAM SHENSTONE wind XXIV youth
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 289 - Whilom a twig of small regard to see, Though now so wide its waving branches flow ; And work the simple vassals mickle...
עמוד 5 - Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen...
עמוד 181 - I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed : But let me that plunder forbear, She will say
עמוד 289 - Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shed and mean attire, A matron old, whom we Schoolmistress name : Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame; They grieven sore in piteous durance pent, Aw'd by the power of this relentless dame : And oft-times, on vagaries idly bent, For unkempt hair, or task unconn'd, are sorely shent.
עמוד 129 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
עמוד 191 - Dawson, monarch of my heart, Think not thy death shall end our loves, For thou and I will never part. Yet might sweet mercy find a place, And bring relief to Jemmy's woes, O GEORGE, without a prayer for thee My orisons should never close.
עמוד 185 - The sweets of a dew-sprinkled rose, The sound of a murmuring stream, The peace which from solitude flows, Henceforth shall be Corydon's theme. High transports are shown to the sight, But...
עמוד 181 - Are the groves and the valleys as gay, And the shepherds as gentle as ours ? The groves may perhaps be as fair...
עמוד 289 - So doth it wanton birds of peace bereave, Of sport, of song, of pleasure, of repast; They start, they stare, they wheel, they look aghast...
עמוד 182 - I show you the charms of my love, She is fairer than you can believe. With her mien she enamours the brave; With her wit she engages the free; With her modesty pleases the grave; She is ev'ry way pleasing to me.