Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Volumen10John Aikin Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1821 - 807 páginas |
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... glory fades Like the fair flow'r dishevell❜d in the wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream . The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the gen'ral curse Of ...
... glory fades Like the fair flow'r dishevell❜d in the wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream . The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the gen'ral curse Of ...
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... glory by miscarriage foul , Must prompt him , and admonish how to catch Th ' auspicious moment , when the temper'd heat , Friendly to vital motion , may afford Soft fomentation , and invite the seed . The seed , selected wisely , plump ...
... glory by miscarriage foul , Must prompt him , and admonish how to catch Th ' auspicious moment , when the temper'd heat , Friendly to vital motion , may afford Soft fomentation , and invite the seed . The seed , selected wisely , plump ...
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... glory , now . Man in society is like a flow'r Blown in it's native bed : ' t is there alone His faculties , expanded in full bloom , Shine out ; there only reach their proper use . But man , associated and leagu'd with man VOL . X. F By ...
... glory , now . Man in society is like a flow'r Blown in it's native bed : ' t is there alone His faculties , expanded in full bloom , Shine out ; there only reach their proper use . But man , associated and leagu'd with man VOL . X. F By ...
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... glory , as the world Misdeems it , dazzled by it's bright array , With all it's majesty of thund'ring pomp , Enchanting music and immortal wreaths , Is but a school , where thoughtlessness is taught On principle , where foppery atones ...
... glory , as the world Misdeems it , dazzled by it's bright array , With all it's majesty of thund'ring pomp , Enchanting music and immortal wreaths , Is but a school , where thoughtlessness is taught On principle , where foppery atones ...
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... glory , once a stream , And soon to slide into a stream again . Alas ! ' t was but a mortifying stroke Of undesign'd severity , that glanc'd ( Made by a monarch ) on her own estate , Of human grandeur and the courts of kings . ' T was ...
... glory , once a stream , And soon to slide into a stream again . Alas ! ' t was but a mortifying stroke Of undesign'd severity , that glanc'd ( Made by a monarch ) on her own estate , Of human grandeur and the courts of kings . ' T was ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Aberdeen ancient Rome bard beauty beneath betimes blest boast bosom breath cause charms dark delight design'd divine dread dream dust Earth Edmonton eternal Ev'n ev'ry fair fame Fancy fear feed feel fire flow'r folly form'd fountain of eternal fruit Gilpin give glory Gothic grace groves hand happy hast heart Heav'n honour hope hour human John Gilpin king labour learn'd less liberty lust lyre mankind mind Muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasure plebeian poet pow'r praise proud rage rais'd rapture rills rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shine skies smile song soon soul sound spleen Stamp'd storm stream strife sublime sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thought toil trembling truth vale verse virtue voice whate'er wild wind Winter wisdom wonder worth youth
Pasajes populares
Página 201 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Página 204 - Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones With caution and good heed.
Página 86 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Página 202 - I am a linen-draper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend, the Calender, Will lend his horse to go.
Página 83 - From thee departing they are lost, and rove At random without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that soothes the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve. But...
Página 102 - The sum is this : If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Página 203 - For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more.
Página 33 - Shortening his journey between morn and noon, . And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west ; but kindly still Compensating...
Página 29 - And having dropped the expected bag — pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful : messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy.
Página 209 - The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain ! Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein : But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin, and away Went post-boy at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels.