A Collection of Poems: Occasionally Writ on Several SubjectsJohn White, 1731 - 176 sivua |
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Sivu xi
... Tranquility ; but every Object feems to affift the Mufes , and footh the human Mind into the utmoft Peace and Melody ; and hence it comes that an Artlefs Simplicity is fo effential in the Character of Paftoral Poetry ; for as the in.
... Tranquility ; but every Object feems to affift the Mufes , and footh the human Mind into the utmoft Peace and Melody ; and hence it comes that an Artlefs Simplicity is fo effential in the Character of Paftoral Poetry ; for as the in.
Sivu xii
... Mind of a Shepherd ought to be represented unlearn'd , but not igno- rant , his Manners fhou'd be unpolite but not rude and barbarous , and his Language uneleva- ted , but not clownish . IT will readily appear from what I have faid ...
... Mind of a Shepherd ought to be represented unlearn'd , but not igno- rant , his Manners fhou'd be unpolite but not rude and barbarous , and his Language uneleva- ted , but not clownish . IT will readily appear from what I have faid ...
Sivu xv
... Mind , We fay , ' tis Heav'n that works , and Heav'n is kind . SEE , while the rifing Sun displays the Morn , What gay Varieties the Meads adorn ; What charming Colours fpangle in my View , Glow with the Day , and glitter in the Dew ...
... Mind , We fay , ' tis Heav'n that works , and Heav'n is kind . SEE , while the rifing Sun displays the Morn , What gay Varieties the Meads adorn ; What charming Colours fpangle in my View , Glow with the Day , and glitter in the Dew ...
Sivu 11
... Mind , That I have left my nearer felf behind ; Shew Favour to this dear , this charming Maid , My best belov'd , and Daphnis is o'er pay'd . Or , if the Plain , or rifing Hill fhe tread , Walk thro ' the Wood , or shine along the Mead ...
... Mind , That I have left my nearer felf behind ; Shew Favour to this dear , this charming Maid , My best belov'd , and Daphnis is o'er pay'd . Or , if the Plain , or rifing Hill fhe tread , Walk thro ' the Wood , or shine along the Mead ...
Sivu 19
... Mind . BUT fince the Nymph , unjust , and faithless grown , Gave Strephon , what is due to me alone ; Forlorn , forfaken , by the perjur'd Maid , My bloom decays , and Youth begins to fade : PART I. C Dull Dull Melancholy fits upon my ...
... Mind . BUT fince the Nymph , unjust , and faithless grown , Gave Strephon , what is due to me alone ; Forlorn , forfaken , by the perjur'd Maid , My bloom decays , and Youth begins to fade : PART I. C Dull Dull Melancholy fits upon my ...
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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...