The Poetical Works of Mr. William CollinsT. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802 - 124 pages |
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Page xvii
... musical , and have an indescribable charm in their versification , " In vain she boasts her fairest of the fair , " Their eyes ' blue languish and their golden hair . " He adds " Those hairs the Tartar's cruel hand shall rend . " With ...
... musical , and have an indescribable charm in their versification , " In vain she boasts her fairest of the fair , " Their eyes ' blue languish and their golden hair . " He adds " Those hairs the Tartar's cruel hand shall rend . " With ...
Page xxii
... musical accompaniments , are in our Poetry totally unmeaning . The complimentary valediction , so often imitated from MILTON , And I , O Fear , will dwell with thee , is in this instance but a compliment ; for however a man might be ...
... musical accompaniments , are in our Poetry totally unmeaning . The complimentary valediction , so often imitated from MILTON , And I , O Fear , will dwell with thee , is in this instance but a compliment ; for however a man might be ...
Page xxiv
... music was heard from behind the veil ; the sun , signified by the rich - hair'd youth of morn , and all the visible creation , started into be- ing ; and as the work of creation went forward , this magic web , the cestus , was woven ...
... music was heard from behind the veil ; the sun , signified by the rich - hair'd youth of morn , and all the visible creation , started into be- ing ; and as the work of creation went forward , this magic web , the cestus , was woven ...
Page xxxvi
... Manners . Indeed the subject isn ot particularly proper for an Ode , and , though not devoid of merit , this is by no means one of his most striking pieces . THE PASSIONS . The connection of Music with Poetry , xxxvi ON THE POETICAL WORKS.
... Manners . Indeed the subject isn ot particularly proper for an Ode , and , though not devoid of merit , this is by no means one of his most striking pieces . THE PASSIONS . The connection of Music with Poetry , xxxvi ON THE POETICAL WORKS.
Page xxxvii
... Music , while she sung in early Greece , being once upon a time more than usually affected , and raised into a kind of ecstacy , snatched her instrument which hung upon the surrounding myrtles , and produced , each of them , a strain ...
... Music , while she sung in early Greece , being once upon a time more than usually affected , and raised into a kind of ecstacy , snatched her instrument which hung upon the surrounding myrtles , and produced , each of them , a strain ...
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Page 101 - 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.
Page 81 - 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 68 - 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 47 - 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 102 - No goblins lead their nightly crew; The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew; The redbreast oft, at evening hours, Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gathered flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid.
Page 83 - 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 82 - tis said, when all were fired, Filled with fury, rapt, inspired, From the supporting myrtles round They snatched her instruments of sound...
Page 87 - But soon he saw the brisk awakening viol, Whose sweet entrancing voice he loved the best.
Page 104 - IN yonder grave a Druid lies, Where slowly winds the stealing wave ! The year's best sweets shall duteous rise, To deck its poet's sylvan grave ! In yon deep bed of whispering reeds His airy harp ' shall now be laid ; That he whose heart in sorrow bleeds May love through life the soothing shade.
Page 87 - 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...