A Collection of Poems: Occasionally Writ on Several SubjectsJohn White, 1731 - 176 sivua |
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Sivu xii
... these are not to be chofen in this kind of Writing , any more than every publick Man is a fit Perfon to celebrate the Hero in an Epic Poem . There are Men of Genius in all Conditions of Life , and it is only these who may reasonably ...
... these are not to be chofen in this kind of Writing , any more than every publick Man is a fit Perfon to celebrate the Hero in an Epic Poem . There are Men of Genius in all Conditions of Life , and it is only these who may reasonably ...
Sivu xiv
... these Rules in the following Pieces , I must leave my Readers to judge ; the firft feven I have prefumed to call Paftorals , but the eighth extending beyond the true Bounds of a Paftoral , I have put it under the Title of an Eclogue ...
... these Rules in the following Pieces , I must leave my Readers to judge ; the firft feven I have prefumed to call Paftorals , but the eighth extending beyond the true Bounds of a Paftoral , I have put it under the Title of an Eclogue ...
Sivu xv
... these Charms thou rifeft to our Sight , Our 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 ...
... these Charms thou rifeft to our Sight , Our 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 ...
Sivu 15
... these , in balmy Breezes figh , And all Things feel the Joys of Love but I. THE little Birds , in Pairs and am'rous Play , Court thro ' the Wood , or bill upon the Spray . See , perch'd on high , there fits the Turtle Dove , And spreads ...
... these , in balmy Breezes figh , And all Things feel the Joys of Love but I. THE little Birds , in Pairs and am'rous Play , Court thro ' the Wood , or bill upon the Spray . See , perch'd on high , there fits the Turtle Dove , And spreads ...
Sivu 27
... these , Nor Nuts , nor witty Jefts , nor Berries please . STREPHON . IN Stalls , when I have feen the Basket bear The Ruffet - Apple , or the Gold - Knop - Pear : My Thoughts have then recall'd , how oft with you , I found these ...
... these , Nor Nuts , nor witty Jefts , nor Berries please . STREPHON . IN Stalls , when I have feen the Basket bear The Ruffet - Apple , or the Gold - Knop - Pear : My Thoughts have then recall'd , how oft with you , I found these ...
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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...