Poems, Volume 1Timothy Bedlington, 1826 |
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... looks and language they wish to persuade us they are happy , would be glad to change their conditions with a dog . But in defiance of all their efforts , they continue to think , forebode , and tremble . This we know , for it has been ...
... looks and language they wish to persuade us they are happy , would be glad to change their conditions with a dog . But in defiance of all their efforts , they continue to think , forebode , and tremble . This we know , for it has been ...
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... look upon their like again . A. Are we then left - B . Not wholly in the dark ; Wit now and then , struck smartly . shows a spark , Sufficient to redeem the modern race From total night and absolute disgrace . 665 While servile trick ...
... look upon their like again . A. Are we then left - B . Not wholly in the dark ; Wit now and then , struck smartly . shows a spark , Sufficient to redeem the modern race From total night and absolute disgrace . 665 While servile trick ...
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... Looks to the westward from the dappled east , And marks whatever clouds may interpose , Ere yet his race begins , its glorious close ; And eye like his to catch the distant goal ; Or , ere the wheels of verse begin to roll , 710 Like ...
... Looks to the westward from the dappled east , And marks whatever clouds may interpose , Ere yet his race begins , its glorious close ; And eye like his to catch the distant goal ; Or , ere the wheels of verse begin to roll , 710 Like ...
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... Look in , and you would swear The Babylonian tyrant with a nod , 130 Had summon'd them to serve his golden god , So well that thought th ' employment seems to suit , Psalt'ry and sackbut , dulcimer , and flute . O fie ! ' tis ...
... Look in , and you would swear The Babylonian tyrant with a nod , 130 Had summon'd them to serve his golden god , So well that thought th ' employment seems to suit , Psalt'ry and sackbut , dulcimer , and flute . O fie ! ' tis ...
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... looks on ; If monarchy consist in such base things , Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ! To be suspected , thwarted , and withstood , E'en when he labours for his country's good , 130 135 140 pay To see a band call'd patriot for no ...
... looks on ; If monarchy consist in such base things , Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ! To be suspected , thwarted , and withstood , E'en when he labours for his country's good , 130 135 140 pay To see a band call'd patriot for no ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK beams BEDLINGTON beneath bids bless'd bliss boast breast call'd charms courser dark dear deeds delight design'd divine docet dream e'en earth Edmonton errour ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly fools form'd frown Gilpin give glory GLOW-WORM God's grace hand happy hast hear heart Heav'n hope hour int'rest JOHN GILPIN joys land light lov'd lust lyre magick mankind mercy mind muse musick Nature never night nymph o'er once opticks pain pass'd peace pharisee pine-apples pity pleasure poet poet's poor pow'r praise pray'rs pride proud prove publick Rome sacred scene scorn scorn'd Scripture seem'd shine sight skies slave smile song soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach thee theme thine thou thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE VIRG virtue waste Whate'er wisdom wrath zeal
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Page 5 - When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more. 'Twas long before the customers Were suited to their mind, When Betty screaming came down stairs, " The wine is left behind ! " " Good lack ! " quoth he ; " yet bring it me, My leathern belt likewise, In which I bear my trusty sword When I do exercise.
Page 7 - Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he...
Page 6 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ! He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running such a rig.
Page 8 - So am I!" But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined 'to tarry there, For why? his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew Shot by an archer strong, So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Page 8 - Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song. Away went Gilpin out of breath, And sore against his will, Till at his friend the calender's His horse at last stood still.
Page 3 - Tis easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage leisure with a grace; Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant, is a mind distress'd.
Page 100 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropp'd upon his Bible was sincere ; Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Page 6 - So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning ; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning. In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your lordship...