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... rise , O'er Poverty obscure a lustre cast , And sweetly bloom beneath inclement skies ; And , like the Suowdrop , gay assurance bring Of fairer flow'rs , and swift succeeding Spring . Sonnets on graver Subjects . SONNET TO PLEASURE ...
... rise , O'er Poverty obscure a lustre cast , And sweetly bloom beneath inclement skies ; And , like the Suowdrop , gay assurance bring Of fairer flow'rs , and swift succeeding Spring . Sonnets on graver Subjects . SONNET TO PLEASURE ...
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... rising pain , And kindly ask'd her to explain . " Why , Sir , " said she , " I sadly grieve , " Because on this our fast - day eve , " I have not , and can nowhere meet , " A morsel fit for you to eat . " One neighbour has a turkey fit ...
... rising pain , And kindly ask'd her to explain . " Why , Sir , " said she , " I sadly grieve , " Because on this our fast - day eve , " I have not , and can nowhere meet , " A morsel fit for you to eat . " One neighbour has a turkey fit ...
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... Rise ! " said the King ; " I cannot bear " To see my friends lie prostrate there . " . 66 66 Nay , " cried the man , " I cannot rise " Till further grace my Sire supplies ; “ It would degrade a King so good , " To own a friend of vulgar ...
... Rise ! " said the King ; " I cannot bear " To see my friends lie prostrate there . " . 66 66 Nay , " cried the man , " I cannot rise " Till further grace my Sire supplies ; “ It would degrade a King so good , " To own a friend of vulgar ...
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... rise , " he said , " Thou shalt a gentleman be made . Thy turkey blazon on thy shield , And boast it made a Monarch yield . " From thence so flourish'd his affairs , He left a castle to his heirs , Who bore his arms to days remote , And ...
... rise , " he said , " Thou shalt a gentleman be made . Thy turkey blazon on thy shield , And boast it made a Monarch yield . " From thence so flourish'd his affairs , He left a castle to his heirs , Who bore his arms to days remote , And ...
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... rising brow appears , The village church its steeple rears , And marks the honour'd place , Where Waller , rich beyond the scope Of many a luckless Poet's hope , Enjoy'd his books and chace . D An Evening Walk , Perhaps beneath these ...
... rising brow appears , The village church its steeple rears , And marks the honour'd place , Where Waller , rich beyond the scope Of many a luckless Poet's hope , Enjoy'd his books and chace . D An Evening Walk , Perhaps beneath these ...
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Poetic Amusement,: Consisting of a Sample of Sonnets, Epistolary Poems ... Rev Thomas Beck No preview available - 2018 |
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beneath bless blockheads bloom breast Bristol charms cheerful chuse Comet controul crowd crown crown'd Dame delight Descartes diff'rent doth dreadful earth Edwin and Lydia ev'ry eyes fair fame feel fix'd Folly frown gain give glory grace graver Subjects happiness head heart heav'n heav'nly Hermit honest hope humble King knew labour length life's live meek mem'ry midnight hour mighty mind mirth Monthly Memorial mortal Nature's night o'er pain patient peace pitying plain pleasure poor pow'r praise pride Probus Reward rise rose round rove rude sacred Sample of Sonnets scenes scorn shame shew shine smile Sonnets on graver soul spirit spread strong sweet Teachings of Content tempest thee thine things thou art Three Fools throne toil true Glory True Honour truth turkey Twas vile Virtue wanton wealth wisdom wise worth wretched Youth
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Page viii - And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. 3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women, committed them to prison.
Page 171 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 29 - Shall through this changing life the same endure, And through that blissful state which never ends. To you the Muse devotes this humble lay, Whose goodness might inspire a nobler song ; Long may your tranquil life the theme display, And reap return of equal kindness long ! TO A FRIEND IN NEED. But my God shall supply all your need, according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.— Phil.
Page 181 - Who will shew us any good?" Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
Page 145 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given : and the government shall be upon his shoulder : and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Page 9 - Yet half mankind devote themselves to thee. How many books thy history contain ! How many heads thy mighty plans pursue ! What labouring hands thy portion only gain ! What busy men thy only doings do ! To thee, the great, the proud, the giddy bend, And, like my Sonnet, all in Nothing end.
Page 36 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain ; but a woman that .fcareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Page 8 - Nor words nor fingers can thy voice express; But though we cannot thee to aught compare, A thousand things to thee may likened be, And though thou art with nobody nowhere, Yet half mankind devote themselves to thee. How many books thy history contain ; How many heads thy mighty plans pursue...
Page 9 - NOTHING. MYSTERIOUS Nothing! how shall I define Thy shapeless, baseless, placeless emptiness, Nor form, nor colour, sound, nor size, are thine, Nor words, nor figures, can thy void express : A Sample of Sonnets.
Page 43 - So, wh«na tyrant's cruel breath Had doom'd each Hebrew son to death To sooth his guilty fear ; Young Moses, by the river's side. Within his feeble ark had died, But Providence wag near.