A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Tom 1J. Hughs, 1765 |
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... land , Now spread an host of locufts round the shore , Now turn'd Nile's fatt'ning ftreams to putrid gore ; Plenty and gladness mark'd the prieft of God , And sudden almonds fhot from Aaron's rod . O thou , O thou , from whom these ...
... land , Now spread an host of locufts round the shore , Now turn'd Nile's fatt'ning ftreams to putrid gore ; Plenty and gladness mark'd the prieft of God , And sudden almonds fhot from Aaron's rod . O thou , O thou , from whom these ...
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... land . The hardy veteran , proud of many a scar , The manly charms and honours of the war , Who hop'd to share his friend's illuftrious doom , And in the battle find a foldier's tomb , Leans on his fpear to take his farewel view , And ...
... land . The hardy veteran , proud of many a scar , The manly charms and honours of the war , Who hop'd to share his friend's illuftrious doom , And in the battle find a foldier's tomb , Leans on his fpear to take his farewel view , And ...
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... land . Her guiltless glory juft Britannia draws From pure religion , and impartial laws : To Europe's wounds a mother's aid fhe brings , And holds in equal fcales the rival kings : Her gen'rous fons in choiceft gifts abound , Alike in ...
... land . Her guiltless glory juft Britannia draws From pure religion , and impartial laws : To Europe's wounds a mother's aid fhe brings , And holds in equal fcales the rival kings : Her gen'rous fons in choiceft gifts abound , Alike in ...
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... land opprefs'd , Hath not her anger quell'd , her aid redress'd ? Say , where have e'er her union - croffes fail'd , But much her arms , her justice more prevail'd ? Her labours are to plead th ' Almighty's caufe , Her pride to teach th ...
... land opprefs'd , Hath not her anger quell'd , her aid redress'd ? Say , where have e'er her union - croffes fail'd , But much her arms , her justice more prevail'd ? Her labours are to plead th ' Almighty's caufe , Her pride to teach th ...
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... land its mafter knows , And in the midst the subject ocean flows . So near proud Rhodes , across the raging flood , Stupendous form ! the vaft Coloffus ftood , B.4 ( While ( While at one foot their thronging gallies ride , ( 23 )
... land its mafter knows , And in the midst the subject ocean flows . So near proud Rhodes , across the raging flood , Stupendous form ! the vaft Coloffus ftood , B.4 ( While ( While at one foot their thronging gallies ride , ( 23 )
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Strona 260 - While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such deeds alone as pride and pomp disguise; Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprize...
Strona 30 - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Strona 215 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His pow'rful strokes presiding Truth impress'd, And unresisted Passion storm'd the breast.
Strona 231 - Grongar Hill Silent nymph! with curious eye Who the purple evening lie On the mountain's lonely van Beyond the noise of busy man, Painting fair the form of things...
Strona 209 - This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways.
Strona 261 - ... green, On which the tribe their gambols do display ; And at the door...
Strona 217 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Strona 131 - To cure the mind's wrong bias, Spleen, Some recommend the bowling-green ; Some, hilly walks ; all, exercise ; Fling but a stone, the giant dies. Laugh and be well. Monkeys have been Extreme good doctors for the Spleen ; And kitten, if the humour hit, Has harlequin'd away the fit.
Strona 234 - That cast an awful look below ; Whose ragged walls the ivy creeps, And with her arms from falling keeps : So both a safety from the wind On mutual dependence find. 'Tis now the raven's bleak abode ; Tis now th...
Strona 265 - On thee she calls, on thee her parent dear! . . (Ah ! too remote to ward the shameful blow!) She sees no kind domestic visage near, And soon a flood of tears begins to flow ; And gives a loose at last to unavailing woe.