The virgin muse. Being a collection of poems from our most celebrated English poets. [Ed.] by J. Greenwood1722 |
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... things may feem Soft and Youthful . As to that , the Poems are designed for Youth , whofe Age naturally requires what is Chearful and Plea- fant , and must have Entertainments and Amule- ments given them in their own way , provided they ...
... things may feem Soft and Youthful . As to that , the Poems are designed for Youth , whofe Age naturally requires what is Chearful and Plea- fant , and must have Entertainments and Amule- ments given them in their own way , provided they ...
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... Moon , and Stars , p . 115 . LXXXIV . Of Fish , 117 . LXXXV . Of Birds , p . 118 . LXXXVI . Of the Beats , p . 119 . LXXXVII . Of the Creeping Things , p . 120 . Of LXXXVII . Of Man , p . 121 . LXXXIX X The CONTENTS .
... Moon , and Stars , p . 115 . LXXXIV . Of Fish , 117 . LXXXV . Of Birds , p . 118 . LXXXVI . Of the Beats , p . 119 . LXXXVII . Of the Creeping Things , p . 120 . Of LXXXVII . Of Man , p . 121 . LXXXIX X The CONTENTS .
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... Man- fel - freet , Goodman's Fields . Where any Perfon may be fupplied with them , cured or uncoloured , with reafenable Allowance to these that fell again . The T 1 . The Virgin . HE Things that make xii The CONTENTS .
... Man- fel - freet , Goodman's Fields . Where any Perfon may be fupplied with them , cured or uncoloured , with reafenable Allowance to these that fell again . The T 1 . The Virgin . HE Things that make xii The CONTENTS .
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Virgin muse James Greenwood. T 1 . The Virgin . HE Things that make a Virgin please , She that feeks , will find them thefe ; A Beauty not to Art in debt , Rather Agreeable , than Gr An Eye wherein at once do meet The Beams of Kindness ...
Virgin muse James Greenwood. T 1 . The Virgin . HE Things that make a Virgin please , She that feeks , will find them thefe ; A Beauty not to Art in debt , Rather Agreeable , than Gr An Eye wherein at once do meet The Beams of Kindness ...
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... thing is Wit , Thou who Mafter art of it . For the firit Matter loves Variety lefs ; Lefs Women love't , either in ... Things do through our Judgment pass , As through a Multiplying Glafs . And fometimes if the Object be too far , We ...
... thing is Wit , Thou who Mafter art of it . For the firit Matter loves Variety lefs ; Lefs Women love't , either in ... Things do through our Judgment pass , As through a Multiplying Glafs . And fometimes if the Object be too far , We ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Achelous againſt alfo alſo Arms Baucis Baucis and Philemon beft Bleffings Breaft bright call'd Caufe Charms cou'd Cowley Curfe dark Defire doft e're Eafe Earth Ev'n Eyes fafe faid fair falute fame Fate fcarce fear feen felf fhall fhew fhine fhould filent firft firſt flain Flame fmall foft fome fpread ftand ftill ftood ftrong fuch fung fure fweet Gods greateſt Ground Guife happy Heart Heav'n himſelf Honour Hudibras infpire juft King laft lefs Lelex Light Love Lyre mighty moft Mufe muft muſt Night Numbers Nymph Orinda Ovid Paffion Pain Perfon Philemon Phrygia Pindar Pindus Pleafure pleas'd pleaſe Porringers Pow'r Praife praiſe prefent raiſe Reafon reft rife Robin-Hood rofe Seether Senfe ſhe Sight Sir Charles Sedley Song Soul thee thefe Things thofe thoſe thou thro Timotheus Verfe vex'd Virtue Whilft whofe Winds Wings wou'd
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Página 158 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Página 112 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Página 125 - War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee!
Página 158 - Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Página 22 - Dire was the tossing, deep the groans : Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope.
Página 136 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the Soul, She all in every part; why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined?
Página 136 - To live a life half dead, a living death, And buried; but, O yet more miserable! Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave...
Página 116 - Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...
Página 143 - Excelling brass, but more excell'd by gold. Then Summer, Autumn, Winter did appear, And Spring was but a season of the year. The sun his annual course obliquely made, Good days contracted, and enlarged the bad.
Página 10 - tis not a Jest Admir'd with Laughter at a feast, Nor florid Talk which can that Title gain; The Proofs of Wit for ever must remain.