A Collection of Poems: Occasionally Writ on Several SubjectsJohn White, 1731 - 176 sivua |
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... Shepherd , Efq ; MA Miles Sands , Efq ; Mr. Robert Shafto Rev. Mr. -Salkield Mr. Cornelius Stephenfon Mr. Thomas Stephenfon Mr. Francis Simpson Mr. Henry Selby Mr. Anthony Story Mr. Henry Smith Mr. John Smurfit Mr. Jofeph Senhouse Mr ...
... Shepherd , Efq ; MA Miles Sands , Efq ; Mr. Robert Shafto Rev. Mr. -Salkield Mr. Cornelius Stephenfon Mr. Thomas Stephenfon Mr. Francis Simpson Mr. Henry Selby Mr. Anthony Story Mr. Henry Smith Mr. John Smurfit Mr. Jofeph Senhouse Mr ...
Sivu xii
... 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 , that I would ...
... 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 , that I would ...
Sivu xiii
... Shepherd , because he had put himself into the most flovenly dress of one . I fee no Abfurdity in a Shepherd's making Phi- lofophical Difquifitions into Nature , or expatiat- ing amongst the Stars and celeftial Worlds , pro- vided he ...
... Shepherd , because he had put himself into the most flovenly dress of one . I fee no Abfurdity in a Shepherd's making Phi- lofophical Difquifitions into Nature , or expatiat- ing amongst the Stars and celeftial Worlds , pro- vided he ...
Sivu xiv
Occasionally Writ on Several Subjects Isaac Thompson. Business , but only the Diverfion of Shepherds in their leisure Hours . How well I have kept to these Rules in the following Pieces , I must leave my Readers to judge ; the firft ...
Occasionally Writ on Several Subjects Isaac Thompson. Business , but only the Diverfion of Shepherds in their leisure Hours . How well I have kept to these Rules in the following Pieces , I must leave my Readers to judge ; the firft ...
Sivu xv
... their youthful green , With intermingling Beds of Flowers between . Charm'd with the Beauties of the blooming Spring , Thus the rapt Shepherd taught his Mufe to fing O , charm- O , charming Seafon ! hail , propitious Year ! 2 SPRING ..
... their youthful green , With intermingling Beds of Flowers between . Charm'd with the Beauties of the blooming Spring , Thus the rapt Shepherd taught his Mufe to fing O , charm- O , charming Seafon ! hail , propitious Year ! 2 SPRING ..
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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...