A Collection of Poems: Occasionally Writ on Several SubjectsJohn White, 1731 - 176 sivua |
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Sivu vi
... ; and if any Thing on this Occafion dilates my Soul into a kind of Glory , it is to fee fo many Names of my Friends together , for as a noble Author writes , One One moral , or a meer well - natur'd Deed vi The PREFACE . The Letter Paft.
... ; and if any Thing on this Occafion dilates my Soul into a kind of Glory , it is to fee fo many Names of my Friends together , for as a noble Author writes , One One moral , or a meer well - natur'd Deed vi The PREFACE . The Letter Paft.
Sivu xv
... Souls are ftruck with Wonder and Delight ; On bleaky Winter we reflect no more , But view with Rapture , what we wish'd before . To speak Heav'n's Power , all Nature'sWorks confpire , And grateful Praises fill the gen'ral Choir . YE ...
... Souls are ftruck with Wonder and Delight ; On bleaky Winter we reflect no more , But view with Rapture , what we wish'd before . To speak Heav'n's Power , all Nature'sWorks confpire , And grateful Praises fill the gen'ral Choir . YE ...
Sivu 10
... Soul did move In ardent Prayers to ev'ry Power above , To guard my Charmer , and preserve my Fair From ev'ry Ill , and each deluding Snare . AND Phebe in her turn , with melting Glee , Shall sweetly fay whate'er the thought of me ...
... Soul did move In ardent Prayers to ev'ry Power above , To guard my Charmer , and preserve my Fair From ev'ry Ill , and each deluding Snare . AND Phebe in her turn , with melting Glee , Shall sweetly fay whate'er the thought of me ...
Sivu 14
... Soul , A chearless Swain , within a lonely Glade , ' Gainft Silvia's Cruelty he thus inveigh'd ; While with his Verfe each Grot around him rung , And Hills gave back the Burthen of his Song . Now comes the foftest Season of the Year ...
... Soul , A chearless Swain , within a lonely Glade , ' Gainft Silvia's Cruelty he thus inveigh'd ; While with his Verfe each Grot around him rung , And Hills gave back the Burthen of his Song . Now comes the foftest Season of the Year ...
Sivu 16
... Soul , and doubly be alive ; In sweeter Notes the warbling Choir would fing , The Spring grow fairer , and be more than Spring . A fresher Spirit all the World improve , And all Things rife in Bliss , in Life , and Love . Then come my ...
... Soul , and doubly be alive ; In sweeter Notes the warbling Choir would fing , The Spring grow fairer , and be more than Spring . A fresher Spirit all the World improve , And all Things rife in Bliss , in Life , and Love . Then come 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...