Poems, Volume 3W. Blanchard, 1797 |
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AGENOR ARGENTILE baſe beſt bleſs bleſſings bleſt bliſs breast buſineſs cauſe charms cloſe courſe CURAN Dane Daniſh dar'd Deira Denmark diſdains diſtant DORIS doſt e'er EDITHA Elegy Ev'n ev'ry facred fair Falconer fame Father fear figh firſt fome fong foon foul fuch grace Haſte hear heart Heav'n honeſt inſpire juſt King EDEL laſt Lord LYCIDAS lyre maid Maſter moſt Muſe muſt Naiad NOTE o'er OSWALD paſſion pauſe PHAON pleaſe praiſe preſent Prince Princeſs Reaſon reſt riſe ſame SAPPHO ſay ſcene ſcorn ſee SEWOLD ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhed ſhore ſhould ſhrine ſkill ſky ſmile ſocial ſoft ſome SONNET ſpeak ſpirit ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtep ſtill ſtrain ſtream ſuch ſweet ſwells thee theſe thine thoſe thou thro truth uſe verſe whoſe wiſh youth
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Page 55 - They feed, sweet Tenderness ! thy lambent flame, Which, while it warms the heart, improves the head. Its chemic aid a gradual heat applies That from the dross of self each wish refines, Extracts the liberal spirit, bids it rise Till with primeval purity it shines.
Page 53 - Of mountain lineage sweep into the main ; From bays, where Commerce furls her wearied sails, Proud to have dar'd the dangers of the deep, And floats at anchor'd...
Page 32 - To meet in yonder sea of ether blue A beam, to which the blaze of noon is pale ; In purpling circles now the glory spreads, A host of angels now unveil their heads, While Heav'n's own music triumphs on the gale. Ah see, two white-rob'd Seraphs lead Thy Father's venerable shade ; He bends from yonder cloud of gold, While they, the ministers of light...
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Page 80 - The next had all the cunning of a Scot ; The third invention, genius — nay, what not? Fraud, now exhausted, only could dispense To her fourth son their threefold impudence.
Page 54 - The flaunting tulip, the carnation gay, Turnsole, and piony, and all the train That love to glitter in the noontide ray, 111 suit the copse where Death and Silence reign.