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 ANTISTROPHE Bard beautiful blest breathing Cadell & Davies charm Circassia COLLINS Comus Coriolanus crook and bleating CYMBELINE delight deserts dreary drest Druid dwell ECLOGUE English language EPODE ev'ry eyes fair Fancy Fate Fear fix'd flowers Georgian maid Greece green grief grove hair hand haste haunt hear heart Hebrides ideas inspir'd isle Julius Cæsar lyre Lyric Poetry magic maid like Abra midst mind mountains mourn Muse Music myrtles native nature numbers nymph o'er passions Pastoral Peace piece Pity plains Poem Poet poet's Poetry pour'd Published by Cadell rage retir'd round royal Abbas mov'd scene Schiraz SECANDER shade shadowy shepherds shriek shrine 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 world unknown youth like royal
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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...