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... mind : That to the hour unoccupied may give , That to the moment listless may impart Some cheering consolation - impulse strong ! Aught that poetic chemistry may turn To wholesome med'cine - that with smacking lip Not loathing taste ...
... mind : That to the hour unoccupied may give , That to the moment listless may impart Some cheering consolation - impulse strong ! Aught that poetic chemistry may turn To wholesome med'cine - that with smacking lip Not loathing taste ...
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... thy sightless throne ; That in the acting draw blue lightnings down , And wake the slumb❜ring vengeance of the skies ! Shew him the tortur'd mind that ne'er cou'd sleep : Cz Yet underneath perhaps , the self same roof , The NIGHT . 27.
... thy sightless throne ; That in the acting draw blue lightnings down , And wake the slumb❜ring vengeance of the skies ! Shew him the tortur'd mind that ne'er cou'd sleep : Cz Yet underneath perhaps , the self same roof , The NIGHT . 27.
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... mind of uncomplying man , In moments but for contemplation form❜d , At most , for screened intercourse of sou !, For curtain'd love , and friendship's bright fireside And urg'd him on thro ' errors thick'ning maze , To ruin's brink ...
... mind of uncomplying man , In moments but for contemplation form❜d , At most , for screened intercourse of sou !, For curtain'd love , and friendship's bright fireside And urg'd him on thro ' errors thick'ning maze , To ruin's brink ...
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... mind , And limbs thereto obedient - firm ; Ready to hurl the pond'rous rock ; or shoot With certain aim the winged shaft of fate- Image of him who animated all ! And surely thence his undisputed sway ; For ah ! his perfect nature how ...
... mind , And limbs thereto obedient - firm ; Ready to hurl the pond'rous rock ; or shoot With certain aim the winged shaft of fate- Image of him who animated all ! And surely thence his undisputed sway ; For ah ! his perfect nature how ...
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... mind ; - Forego such treasures to receive in turn , Compunction - beggary - disgrace - disease.- Then say my Muse , for thou hast well observ'd , And trac'd each scene with clear impartial eye ; Liberal and general as thy ample veil ...
... mind ; - Forego such treasures to receive in turn , Compunction - beggary - disgrace - disease.- Then say my Muse , for thou hast well observ'd , And trac'd each scene with clear impartial eye ; Liberal and general as thy ample veil ...
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anxious aught awhile Birmingham boast bosom brave breast check'd cheek Chelmsford close cold comfort confin'd controul cou'd crime dæmon dear deed ditto dream durance e'en e'er EURUS ev'ry evermore faded day fair Favonius fear feel fix'd fond form'd foul frame GEORGE DAVIES give grace grief hast thou hath heart Heaven hope hour indulg'd lengthen'd life's light maid man's misery moping mortal nature's ne'er never night Norwich o'er once pain pang pass'd passion peace perhaps Plain dealing pleasure poor pow'r praise pride repose scarce scene seldom sense shew shou'd sigh sink smile soft sorrow soul spirit spleen spring strain strong sure sweet tear tender thee thine thought thro thy mind toil twas twere twill twixt vice virtue warm ween wild wond'rous worth wou'd wretched
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Página 292 - This above all, — to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell: my blessing season this in thee!
Página 291 - The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel ; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.
Página 292 - Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are most select and generous, chief in that.
Página 18 - My trufty dog — that wiftful look " Is all that makes my poor heart heave ; " But hie thee home — proclaim me dead, " Forget to think — and ceafe to grieve.
Página 19 - Thro' all his frame, he found to creep ; He knew not what it was to die, But knew his mafter did not ftecp.
Página 19 - To meet his toil e'er morning light* ' And well his brain rememberd yet, He never patter'd tow'rds his bed ; Or lodg'd "his long face on his cheek, But ftraight he ftlrr'd, or rais'd his head. ' Yes, he remember'd, and with tears, His loving matter's kind replies; When dumbly he contriv'd to fay, " The cock has crow'd, my matter rife...
Página 16 - Whate'er the time, whate'er the weather. Unlike to worldly friends were they, Who feparate in fortune's blaft — They ftill were near when fair the fky, But nearer ftill when overcaft.
Página 13 - ... great master. There is one that we would particularly refer to, and that is "Shepherd Lubin." In size it is very small, but, like most of Bewick's pieces, sufficiently large to show the inimitable skill of the artist. The picture tells its own tale :— " Young Lubin was a shepherd's boy, Who watched a rigid master's sheep, And many a night was heard to sigh, And many a day was seen to weep.
Página 13 - And many a day was feen to weep. ' For not a lambkin e'er was loft, Or wether ftray'd to field remote ; But Lubin ever was to blame, Nor careful he, nor penn'd his cote. Yet not a truftier lad was known, To climb the promontory's br.ow ; Nor yet a tenderer heart e'er beat, Beiide the brook in vale below.
Página 13 - For not a lambkin e'er was loft, Or wether ftray'd to field remote ; But Lubin ever was to blame, Nor careful he, nor penn'd his cote. ' Yet not a tniftier lad was known, To climb the promontory's brow; Nor yet a tenderer heart e'er beat, Befide the brook in vale below. • From him ftern winter's drifting fnow, Its pelting fleet, or froft fevere ; Or fcorchiog fummer's fultry ray, Ne'er forc'da murmur, or a tear. ' For ah ! the varying feafons had To every hardship form'd his frame; Tho...