Poems: Viz. An Ode to Lord Bolingbroke. ... Cyder, in Two Books. By Mr. John Philips

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Campbell Denovan, 1778 - 120
 

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Strona 47 - Of loving friend delights ; distressed, forlorn, Amidst the horrors of the tedious night, Darkling I sigh, and feed with dismal thoughts My anxious mind ; or sometimes mournful verse Indite, and sing of groves and myrtle shades, Or desperate lady near a purling stream, Or lover pendent on a willow-tree.
Strona 46 - In durance strict detain him, till, in form Of Money, Pallas sets the captive free. Beware, ye Debtors ! when ye walk, beware, Be circumspect ; oft...
Strona 47 - I labour with eternal drought, And restless wish, and rave : my parched throat Finds no relief, nor heavy eyes repose : But if a slumber haply does invade My weary limbs, my fancy's still awake ; Thoughtful of drink, and eager, in a dream, Tipples imaginary pots of ale In vain; awake, I find the settled thirst Still gnawing, and the pleasant phantom curse.
Strona 46 - Lies perdue in a nook or gloomy cave, Prompt to enchant some inadvertent wretch With his unhallow'd touch. So (poets sing), Grimalkin, to domestic vermin sworn An everlasting foe, with watchful eye Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap, Protending her fell claws, to thoughtless mice Sure ruin.
Strona 44 - Cadwallador and Arthur, kings Full famous in romantic tale) when he, O'er many a craggy hill and barren cliff, Upon a cargo of fam'd Cestrian cheese, High over-shadowing rides, with a design To vend his wares, or at th' Avonian mart, Or Maridunum, or the ancient town Yclep'd Brechinia, or where Vaga's stream Encircles Ariconium, fruitful soil!
Strona 110 - s emblazon'd by the rosy dawn, Domestic cares awake them ; brisk they rise, Refresh'd, and lively with the joys that flow From amicable talk, and moderate cups Sweetly interchang'd.
Strona 53 - gins fwerve, Should ftay him flying, with retentive gripe, Confounded and appal'd ! no trivial price Should fet him free, .nor fmall mould be my praife To lead him fhackled, and expos'd to fcora Of gath'ring crowds the Britons
Strona 86 - Traverse th' extremest world ? why tempt the rage Of the rough ocean ? when our native glebe Imparts, from bounteous womb, annual recruits Of wine delectable, that far surmounts Gallic, or Latin grapes, or those that see The setting sun near Calpe's towering height. Nor let the Rbodian, nor the Lesbian vines Vaunt their rich Must, nor let Tokay contend For sovereignty ; Phanaeus
Strona 119 - Peculiar ends, on each side resolute To fly conjunction ; neither fear, nor hope, Nor the sweet prospect of a mutual gain, Could aught avail, till prudent Anna said, Let there be union...
Strona 114 - Abstain'd not from imperial blood. O fact Unparallel'd ! O Charles, O best of kings ! What stars their black disastrous influence shed On thy nativity, that thou should'st fall Thus, by inglorious hands, in this thy realm.

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