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... fearch for Pleafure , than that which prompts us to defire Inftruction . That the ancients were fully fenfible of the advan- tages resulting from this fpecies of compofition , will be obvious to any person who hath perused the writings ...
... fearch for Pleafure , than that which prompts us to defire Inftruction . That the ancients were fully fenfible of the advan- tages resulting from this fpecies of compofition , will be obvious to any person who hath perused the writings ...
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... fearch ; whether unveil'd , Informing Wisdom treads the roughen'd scenes Of earth , or radiant in thy bursting noon C Religion ! Religion ! with fuperior port the walks , And towers ROVIDENCE, an Allegorical Poem PROVIDENCE, Page.
... fearch ; whether unveil'd , Informing Wisdom treads the roughen'd scenes Of earth , or radiant in thy bursting noon C Religion ! Religion ! with fuperior port the walks , And towers ROVIDENCE, an Allegorical Poem PROVIDENCE, Page.
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... fearch the caufe . " Line 107. Whence too these haunts , & c . ] Nemo unquam dixerit terram pulchriorem effe quod cavernofa fit , quod dehifcat in multis locis , quod difrupta caveis & fpatiis inani- bus ; ufque nullo ordine difpofitis ...
... fearch the caufe . " Line 107. Whence too these haunts , & c . ] Nemo unquam dixerit terram pulchriorem effe quod cavernofa fit , quod dehifcat in multis locis , quod difrupta caveis & fpatiis inani- bus ; ufque nullo ordine difpofitis ...
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... fearch . Yet if the part exposed To Reason , points confummate wisdom ; fair , Proportion'd , beauteous ; as it weighs the whole , Impartial , let it judge the part conceal'd Not lefs harmonious , though from mortal ken Screen'd by a ...
... fearch . Yet if the part exposed To Reason , points confummate wisdom ; fair , Proportion'd , beauteous ; as it weighs the whole , Impartial , let it judge the part conceal'd Not lefs harmonious , though from mortal ken Screen'd by a ...
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... fearch , their end . WEIGH then uninfluenced , with impartial eye . , What lies before thee . Form thy estimate Of things , not weakly from the firft falfe draught . That strikes thy fight , and to the ftartled gaze 625 Of Of Fancy ...
... fearch , their end . WEIGH then uninfluenced , with impartial eye . , What lies before thee . Form thy estimate Of things , not weakly from the firft falfe draught . That strikes thy fight , and to the ftartled gaze 625 Of Of Fancy ...
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Ægypt aereal æther Alcibiades beam beauteous becauſe beheld blaſt bloom bloom'd bluſhing boundleſs breath brow central orbit Ceres cheek climes cloud cloudy Hills defart defcription difplay'd diftant earth eaſe fair Fancy's fcene fearch feen fhade fide fight filver fimple firſt fkies fmiling foft folemn fome fons form'd foul ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofed fwelling gale gaze gloomy grove hand happineſs hath haunt heart Heav'n hills inſpired juft kindling laſt lawns lefs Line loofe looſe lyre mantling mark'd mind moſt Nature o'er obferve Paffion pale philofophical plain pleaſure pour'd Power preſent purpoſe raiſed rapt Reafon rifing rill robe rofe roll'd rouzed ruſhing ſcene ſhade Sire ſkies ſmile ſpoke ſpread ſtep ſtill ſtream ſtrong temperate vale thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thro train tranſport trembling truth vale voice wafte waſte wave Whence whofe whoſe wild wing Wiſdom wiſh wrapt Xenoph
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Page 95 - Ionic then, with decent matron grace, Her airy pillar heaved ; luxuriant last, The rich Corinthian spread her wanton wreath. The whole so measured true, so lessen'd off By fine proportion, that the marble pile, Form'd to repel the still or stormy waste Of rolling ages, light as fabrics look'd That from the magic wand aerial rise.
Page 150 - Descending copious, bids the desert bloom." " I gave to man's dark search superior light And clear'd dim reason's misty view, to mark His pow'rs, as through revolving ages tried, They rose not to his Maker. Thus prepar'd To know, how distant from his narrow ken The truths by heav'n...
Page 59 - Juft vibrates on thy bofom ; as the voice Of diftant thunder, moves the trembling ground. And murmurs in the air. Thy fields rejoice With chearful plenty. On yon waving plain, I fee the Goddefs walk ! her loofened robe...
Page 150 - The plan fair-opening, where each nobler view, That swells th' expanding heart ; each glorious hope, That points ambition to its goal ; each aim, That stirs, exalts, and animates desire ; Pours on the mind's rapt sight a noon-tide ray.
Page 112 - The ftorm impetuous ; let thy filver hairs, Time-hallow'd age, be witnefs! the dim eye, The tottering tread, the furrow'd cheek, the hand Yet trembling from the blaft. Tell, ye who tend The bed of death, how o'er the helplefs race...
Page 128 - And warm'd by ftrong benevolence to fpread Its happinefs to all ; difplays to man His Maker's image. To a god-like Few, 360 Heav'n gives at once the virtue, and the power ; Yet plants not Opulence for thefe a fnare, That Poverty efcapes ? — The wretch who dragg'd Line 362, 3.
Page 166 - Half-pruned, half-rambling rose the leafy sprays; A Shepherd Swain, amid the gloomy grove, Play'd wildly-sweet his simple roundelays. Of hardy Knight he told, and Fairy Queen, Of Lover wan by weeping brook reclined, Of Wizard old that spread his nets unseen, Of Damsel fair to wicked wight resign'd.
Page 161 - A dark tower tottering clos'd the extended view ; While round its fpires, illum'd with feeble light,' The flitting bat and boding raven flew...
Page 113 - Before Confumption ; when her baleful fpunge Drops its green poifon on the fprings of life. NOR thefe alone purfue the race of man. Far other ills await, far other woes Like vultures revel on his canker'd heart. 25 O ye who nightly languifh o'er the tomb, Where fleeps thy duft, Eugenio!
Page 72 - The cherry's deepening bloom. Soft on her lips Sat all the laughing Loves ; and in her hair, Spread o'er the throbbing bofom, half-difclofed. And fwelling to the breeze ; the Graces play'd Luxuriant. — Round, the bleating flocks were ranged, 1 60 A harmlefs train, that crop'd the flowery turf, Or quafFd the lilver rill.