Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry ...

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J. Bell, 1789
 

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Page 65 - Pity the sorrows of a poor old man ! Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span; Oh! give relief, and Heaven will bless your store.
Page 145 - And clothed with orient hues, transcends the day ! Passion's wild break, and frown that awes the sense, And every charm of gentler eloquence, All perishable ! like th' electric fire, But strike the frame, and as they strike expire ; Incense too pure, a bodied flame to bear, Its fragrance charms the sense and blends with air.
Page 128 - Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart...
Page 48 - How bright, emerging o'er yon broom-dad height, The silver empress of the night appears! Yon limpid pool reflects a stream of light. And faintly in its breast the woodland bears. The waters, tumbling o'er their rocky bed, Solemn and constant from yon dell resound ; The lonely hearths blaze o'er the distant glade; The bat, low-wheeling, skims the dusky ground. August and hoary, o'er the sloping dale, The Gothic abbey rears its sculptur'd tow'rs ; Dull thro' the roofs resounds the whistling gale, Dark...
Page 66 - Yon house, erected on the rising ground, With tempting aspect drew me from my road, For plenty there a residence has found, And grandeur a magnificent abode. (Hard is the fate of the...
Page 146 - Muse, hang o'er his sculptured bier, With patient woe, that loves the lingering tear; With thoughts that mourn — nor yet desire relief; With meek regret, and fond enduring grief; With looks that speak — He never shall return! Chilling thy tender bosom, clasp his urn; And with soft sighs disperse th' irreverend dust Which Time may strew upon his sacred bust.
Page 96 - Chas'd by a charm still lovelier than the last. That bell again ! It tells us what she is : On what she was no more the strain prolong : Luxuriant Fancy pause : an hour like this Demands the tribute of a serious song. MARIA claims it from that sable bier, Where cold and wan the slumberer rests her head ; In still small whispers to Reflection's ear, She breathes the solemn dictates of the dead.
Page 98 - I praise you, triflers as ye are, More than those preachers of your fav'rite creed, Who proudly swell the brazen throat of War, Who form the phalanx, bid the battle bleed : Nor wish for more : who conquer, but to die.
Page 27 - Now sunk, deserted, and with weeds o'ergrown, Yon prostrate walls their harder fate bewail ; Low on the ground their topmost spires are thrown, Once friendly marks to guide the wandering sail. " The ivy now, with rude luxuriance,, bends Its tangled foliage through the clustered space, O'er the green window's mouldering height ascends, And fondly clasps it with a last embrace.
Page 144 - Wide as th' inspiring Phoebus darts his ray, Diffusive splendour gilds his votary's lay. Whether the song heroic woes rehearse, With epic grandeur, and the pomp of verse ; Or, fondly gay, with unambitious guile, Attempt no prize but favouring beauty's smile ; Or bear dejected to the lonely grove The soft despair of unprevailing love — Whate'er the theme, through every age and clime Congenial passions meet th' according rhyme ; The pride of glory — pity's sigh sincere — Youth's earliest blush,...

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