Poems on Various Subjects, Volume 1J. Stockdale, 1787 |
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... mark the unnumber'd worlds that roll Their orbs ftupendous through the fkies.- My eye the fplendid scene explores , And now my active fancy foars ; To other funs , which far away On distant systems pour the blaze of day , Beyond where ...
... mark the unnumber'd worlds that roll Their orbs ftupendous through the fkies.- My eye the fplendid scene explores , And now my active fancy foars ; To other funs , which far away On distant systems pour the blaze of day , Beyond where ...
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... mark thy pencil there . IV . But in the lovely Virgin's eye And polifh'd form , and blooming face , Thy fairest luftre we descry , And gaze upon thy pureft grace . Ah fay ! can all the mingled flowers Whose rofeate leaves , the circling ...
... mark thy pencil there . IV . But in the lovely Virgin's eye And polifh'd form , and blooming face , Thy fairest luftre we descry , And gaze upon thy pureft grace . Ah fay ! can all the mingled flowers Whose rofeate leaves , the circling ...
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... Mark this , and boaft your fancied worth no more , Ye great , ye proud , ye learned , and ye brave ! With hafty lapfe fome circling years are o'er , And lo , ye flumber in the filent grave ! Why views the fage fair Pleasure's tranfient ...
... Mark this , and boaft your fancied worth no more , Ye great , ye proud , ye learned , and ye brave ! With hafty lapfe fome circling years are o'er , And lo , ye flumber in the filent grave ! Why views the fage fair Pleasure's tranfient ...
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... mark'd at length by public ridicule A brainless Coxcomb , and a babbling fool , To all mankind poor CURIO ftands confefs'd The fenate's scandal , and the nation's jeft . Mark yon ftary'd wretch who views with eager eye The heaps of ...
... mark'd at length by public ridicule A brainless Coxcomb , and a babbling fool , To all mankind poor CURIO ftands confefs'd The fenate's scandal , and the nation's jeft . Mark yon ftary'd wretch who views with eager eye The heaps of ...
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... mark how real Genius wak'd the wire , When GREECE and ROME refiftlefs pour'd along The fervid energy of glowing fong , Or ALBION'S Bards the genuine laurel claim , And more than emulate their mafters ' fame . Then Then as the lines in ...
... mark how real Genius wak'd the wire , When GREECE and ROME refiftlefs pour'd along The fervid energy of glowing fong , Or ALBION'S Bards the genuine laurel claim , And more than emulate their mafters ' fame . Then Then as the lines in ...
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ACHILLES ADRASTUS AGESIAS AMPHIARAUS ANTISTROPHE arms AUGEAS bade blaft blooming bofom brave breaſt brow CAMARINA charms chearful cloſe CORINTH courſe crown crown'd CTEATUS CYCNUS DEUCALION EACUS erft ERGINUS facred fair fame fays fcenes fenfe fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide fight filent filver fing firft firſt fkies fmiling foes foft fome fong foreft ftand ftill ftream ftrike fuch fweet fwelling Games glade glory glowing grace hand HARMODIUS AND ARISTOGEITON heart HERCULES himſelf hoftile honor'd IAMUS ILIAD ISTHMIAN ISTHMIAN Games Jove labors LOCRIS lyre manly meed Mufe Muft MUSE muſt NEPTUNE numbers o'er OLYMPIC paffage PATROCLUS PELEUS PINDAR PISA's plain pleaſure Poet praife praiſe prize race rage reft reign rife ſcene Scholiaft ſhall ſkies ſkill ſpread STROPHE STYMPHALUS TELEPHUS theſe thofe thoſe thou toil train tranflation uſe verſe Victory voice votive wave whofe Whoſe wreaths XENOPHON youth καὶ
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Page 201 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
Page 255 - Not thus the foe: his javelin aim'd above The buckler's margin, at the neck he drove. But Greece, now trembling for her hero's life, Bade share the honours, and surcease the strife.
Page 121 - Your fatal weapon gives the fureft blow; Draw quick! — yet fteady care with quicknefs join, Left the fhock'd barrel deviate from the line; So fhall fuccefs your ardent wifhes pay, And fure deftruction wait the flying prey.
Page 246 - Muse, thy sounding bow; Say through what paths of liquid air Our arrows shall we throw ? On Agrigentum fix thine eye, Thither let all thy quiver fly. And thou, O Agrigentum, hear, While with religious dread, And taught the laws of...
Page 63 - In falt'ring accents fung this plaintive ftrain. ' Unwelcome morn! full well thy low'ring mien, ' Foretells the flaughters of the approaching day; ' The gloomy fky laments with tears the fcene, ' Where pale -eyed terror re-aftumes her fway.
Page 122 - And fure deftruction wait the flying prey. As glory more than gain allures the brave To dare the combat loud, and louder wave ; So the ambition of the Sportfman lies More in the certain fhot than bleeding prize.
Page 64 - She faid; when lo! the Pointer winds his prey The ruftling ftubble gives the fear'd alarm; The gunner views the covey fleet away And rears th' unerring tube with fkilful arm.
Page 147 - To bring the percher from th' aerial bough. How fhall his thoughts the level that prepare With all the caution of mechanic care...
Page 121 - Purfue the fleeting mark with fteady aim. By temperate thought your glowing paffions cool, And bow the fwelling heart to Reafon's rule; Elfe when the whirring pinion, as it flies, Alarms your ftartled ear, and dazzled eyes, Unguided by the cautious arm of care> Your random bolts fhall wafte their force in air, They rife! they rife! Ah yet your fire...
Page 64 - The dreadful tale experience tells believe; « Dark heavy mifts obfcure the morning's face ' But blood and death fhall clofe the dreary eve.