A Collection of Poems: Occasionally Writ on Several SubjectsJohn White, 1731 - 176 sivua |
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Sivu 125
... Some thro ' the mystick Ways of Nature run , And fearch the Source from whence her Laws begun : The Mind's Receffes , are by others fought , . How Thought begins , and Actions follow Thought , Others aloft expatiate o'er the Spheres ...
... Some thro ' the mystick Ways of Nature run , And fearch the Source from whence her Laws begun : The Mind's Receffes , are by others fought , . How Thought begins , and Actions follow Thought , Others aloft expatiate o'er the Spheres ...
Sivu 135
... of D'Anvers ; Some think he writes with force of Reason , And others judge his Paper , Treason : One cries his poignancy encreases , And W is cut all to Pieces ; An- K 3 Another laughs , and fays ' tis faint , For POEMS . 135.
... of D'Anvers ; Some think he writes with force of Reason , And others judge his Paper , Treason : One cries his poignancy encreases , And W is cut all to Pieces ; An- K 3 Another laughs , and fays ' tis faint , For POEMS . 135.
Sivu 159
... SOME Authors fill'd with greater Heat than Senfe , Mistake grofs Fuftian for true Eloquence ; On ev'ry Subject , they begin to write , * They still are wrapt in Clouds and out of Sight : On ev'ry Trifle they their Pomp discharge , As if ...
... SOME Authors fill'd with greater Heat than Senfe , Mistake grofs Fuftian for true Eloquence ; On ev'ry Subject , they begin to write , * They still are wrapt in Clouds and out of Sight : On ev'ry Trifle they their Pomp discharge , As if ...
Sivu 164
... Some Men not knowing what to what belong , Run into Faults , they cannot fee are wrong ; Or ventring out on Themes above their Strength , Fall into grofs Abfurdities at length . f And others are in fo much hafte to write , They hardly ...
... Some Men not knowing what to what belong , Run into Faults , they cannot fee are wrong ; Or ventring out on Themes above their Strength , Fall into grofs Abfurdities at length . f And others are in fo much hafte to write , They hardly ...
Sivu 168
... Some foils are needful to advance a Grace , As artful Patches on a beauteous Face . If only there , the Critic's spite affails , He damns in vain , and impotently rails ; Like Modern Athiefts wanting Strength of Mind , The myflick Ways ...
... Some foils are needful to advance a Grace , As artful Patches on a beauteous Face . If only there , the Critic's spite affails , He damns in vain , and impotently rails ; Like Modern Athiefts wanting Strength of Mind , The myflick Ways ...
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Abfence arife Beauties Bleffings bleft Blifs Bloom blooming Groves Bofom Breaſt bright caft Charms DAMON Daphnis dear Defire Delight diff'rent Ev'n ev'ry Eyes facred fafe Fame feems felf fhall fhining fhould figh'd fince fing Fire firſt Flame flow flow'ry fmile foft fome foon ftill fuch fweet fwell gen'rous Genius Glories glow Groves happy Heart Heav'n heav'nly Hills John Joys juſt lafting laſt lefs lov'd Love Mankind melting Mind moſt Mount Ida mourn Mufe Muſe muſt ne'er Numbers Nymph o'er OENONE OVID Paffion Paftoral Pain PARIS Plain pleas'd pleaſe Pleaſure Pow'r Praife Praiſe PRIAM purſue Rapture raviſh'd rife Robert Rofe Scenes Seafon Senfe Shades ſhall ſhe Shepherd ſhine Silvia's Skie Skies Song Soul ſtay ſtill Streams STREPHON Swain tender thee thefe theſe Things feel thofe Thomas thoſe thou Thought thouſand thro Verfe Verſe VIRG whofe Whoſe William Youth
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Sivu viii - ... wing, (Her guide now lost) no more attempts to rise, But in low numbers short excursions tries: Content, if hence, th...
Sivu 129 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Sivu vi - Ten cenfure wrong, for one who writes amifs ; A fool might once himfelf alone expofe, Now one in verfe makes many more in profe. Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go juft alike, yet each believes his own.
Sivu 154 - Flocks, fecms to be the firft Employment of Mankind, the moft antient Sort of Poetry, was probably Paftoral : 'Tis natural to imagine, that the Leifure of thofe antient Shepherds requiring fome Diverfion, none was fo proper to that folitary Life, as finging, and that in their Songs, they took Occafion...
Sivu 101 - No doleful fighs in airy circles rove, But all be rapture, blifs, and joy and love ; Without a ruffle, ev'ry moment flow, More gentle than the fofteft breezes blow.
Sivu xv - Rofes in Hedges, King-cups on the green, Birds in the Woods, and Larks upon the Skies, Say, is't not Spring that makes you all rejoyce?
Sivu 33 - Swell'd to my Eyes, and melted out in Tears; " My trembling Limbs could fcarce my Weight fuftain, " And Life furpriz'd, ftood paufing with the Pain.
Sivu 30 - Place for Contemplation, or for Care, To lift the Soul, or pour out fad DeJpair ! And And here lay Cc///'», haplefs Swain!
Sivu vii - One moral, or a meer well-natur'd Deed Does all Defert in Sciences exceed. Moreover, I can ajjure all my Readers, 'who are not of my Acquaintance, that I am not extravagant...