The Poetical Works of Mr. William CollinsT. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802 - 124 pages |
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... kind . It depends for effect on the harmony of the verse , which must be modulated with the nicest care ; and on a felicity of expression , rather than a fullness of thought . An Epic Poem may be compared to a piece of massy plate ...
... kind . It depends for effect on the harmony of the verse , which must be modulated with the nicest care ; and on a felicity of expression , rather than a fullness of thought . An Epic Poem may be compared to a piece of massy plate ...
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... kind , so extremely slender , that it requires not only art , but a certain artifice of construction , to work it up into a beautiful piece ; and to judge of or relish such a composition requires a practised ear , and a taste formed by ...
... kind , so extremely slender , that it requires not only art , but a certain artifice of construction , to work it up into a beautiful piece ; and to judge of or relish such a composition requires a practised ear , and a taste formed by ...
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... kind of Poetry , by stu- dying the more picturesque features of nature . This piece is a monodrame , but the apostrophe to the camels , and the introduction of the speech of Has- san's mistress , give it sufficient dramatic effect . The ...
... kind of Poetry , by stu- dying the more picturesque features of nature . This piece is a monodrame , but the apostrophe to the camels , and the introduction of the speech of Has- san's mistress , give it sufficient dramatic effect . The ...
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... kind of Pastoral , which is sus- ceptible of unlimited variety and improvement . The reputation of COLLINS is chiefly built upon his Odes . These were published in the year 1746 . They are intitled ODES DESCRIPTIVE AND ALLE- GORICAL ...
... kind of Pastoral , which is sus- ceptible of unlimited variety and improvement . The reputation of COLLINS is chiefly built upon his Odes . These were published in the year 1746 . They are intitled ODES DESCRIPTIVE AND ALLE- GORICAL ...
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... kind which are admired for the harmony of their cadence , it has been the opinion of many that blank verse might also be extended to our Lyric measures , and several attempts have been made to realize this idea , amongst which the Ode ...
... kind which are admired for the harmony of their cadence , it has been the opinion of many that blank verse might also be extended to our Lyric measures , and several attempts have been made to realize this idea , amongst which the Ode ...
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Abra lov'd AGIB allegory ANTISTROPHE bade that Crook bard beautiful blest breathing Cadell & Davies charm Circassia COLLINS Coriolanus crook and bleating CYMBELINE delight deserts dreary drest drooping Druid dwell ECLOGUE English language EPODE ev'ry eyes fair Fancy fated Fear fix'd flowers gentle Georgian maid Greece green grief grove hair hand haste haunt hear heart Hebrides ideas inspir'd isle join'd Julius Cæsar lyre magic maid like Abra melt midst mind mountains mourn Muse Music myrtles native Nature numbers nymph o'er OLD BAILEY pale passions Peace piece Pity plains Poem Poet poet's POETICAL Poetry possest pour'd Published by Cadell rage round scene Schiraz SECANDER shade shadowy shepherds shore shriek sighs SIR THOMAS HANMER soft song sorrow sound spear spirit springs sung swain sweet sword tears tender thee thou thought thro toil train truth vale western isle wild winds world unknown
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Page 99 - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove: But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No...
Page 82 - He threw his blood-stain'd sword, in thunder, down ; And, with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe...
Page 79 - When Music, heavenly maid, was young, While yet in early Greece she sung, The Passions oft, to hear her shell, Throng'd around her magic cell...
Page 9 - Or moss-crowned fountains mitigate the day, In vain ye hope the green delights to know, Which plains more blest or verdant vales bestow ; Here rocks alone, and tasteless sands are found, And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around. Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, When first from Schiraz
Page 46 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Page 66 - O'erhang his wavy bed, Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn...
Page 67 - Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum: Now teach me, maid composed, To breathe some softened strain, Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit...
Page 81 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Page 83 - Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul: And dashing soft from rocks around Bubbling runnels join'd the sound; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.
Page 86 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round ; Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound : And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings. O Music ! sphere-descended maid, Friend of Pleasure, Wisdom's aid, Why, Goddess! why, to us denied, Lay'st thou thy ancient lyre aside...