A Collection of Poems: Occasionally Writ on Several SubjectsJohn White, 1731 - 176 sivua |
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Sivu vi
... 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.
... 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 vii
... Things wrong and trivial , I am now probably of his Opini- on , as he perhaps might have been of mine at the Age when I writ them . Upon the whole , the most that I dare fay , is , that I believe no Part of the Performance can possi ...
... Things wrong and trivial , I am now probably of his Opini- on , as he perhaps might have been of mine at the Age when I writ them . Upon the whole , the most that I dare fay , is , that I believe no Part of the Performance can possi ...
Sivu xiii
... Things next to Simplicity , an unfeigned Innocence and Piety becomes the Cha- racter of a Shepherd , and makes the Poem not on- ly delightful but ufeful ; as it adds to the Beau- ty of an eafy tranquil Life , the Charms of Ver- tue ...
... Things next to Simplicity , an unfeigned Innocence and Piety becomes the Cha- racter of a Shepherd , and makes the Poem not on- ly delightful but ufeful ; as it adds to the Beau- ty of an eafy tranquil Life , the Charms of Ver- tue ...
Sivu xv
... Daphnis ' parting And tells in lowly Numbers , lowly Things : Be pleas'd to fmile upon my rural Lay , A Smile from AYREY , will my Pains o'er pay . [ fings , B 3 DAPHNIS , 。。 DAPHNIS , a Swain , whom cruel Fate demands.
... Daphnis ' parting And tells in lowly Numbers , lowly Things : Be pleas'd to fmile upon my rural Lay , A Smile from AYREY , will my Pains o'er pay . [ fings , B 3 DAPHNIS , 。。 DAPHNIS , a Swain , whom cruel Fate demands.
Sivu 14
... Things feel the Joys of Love but I. THE Sun returning , fheds his genial Beams , And makes the Earth relent , and warms the Streams ; And as his vital Influences flow , The joyful Glebe confeffes them below ; What bloom in Field , in ...
... Things feel the Joys of Love but I. THE Sun returning , fheds his genial Beams , And makes the Earth relent , and warms the Streams ; And as his vital Influences flow , The joyful Glebe confeffes them below ; What bloom in Field , in ...
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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...