Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1810 |
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... charm'd : 66 Behold , oh man ! that toilsome pains dost take , The flowers , the fields , and all that pleasant grows , How they themselves do thine ensample make , Whiles nothing envious Nature them forth throws Out of her fruitful lap ...
... charm'd : 66 Behold , oh man ! that toilsome pains dost take , The flowers , the fields , and all that pleasant grows , How they themselves do thine ensample make , Whiles nothing envious Nature them forth throws Out of her fruitful lap ...
Page 20
... charms , her furious loving fit , His goodly conquest of the Golden Fleece , His falsed faith , and love too lightly flit , The wondered Argo , which , in venturous peace , First through the Euxine seas bore all the flower of Greece ...
... charms , her furious loving fit , His goodly conquest of the Golden Fleece , His falsed faith , and love too lightly flit , The wondered Argo , which , in venturous peace , First through the Euxine seas bore all the flower of Greece ...
Page 95
... charm , To bless the doors from nightly harm . Or let my lamp at midnight hour , Be seen in some high lonely tower , Where I may oft outwatch the Bear , With thrice great Hermes , or unsphere The spirit of Plato , to unfold What worlds ...
... charm , To bless the doors from nightly harm . Or let my lamp at midnight hour , Be seen in some high lonely tower , Where I may oft outwatch the Bear , With thrice great Hermes , or unsphere The spirit of Plato , to unfold What worlds ...
Page 107
... charms , And to my wily trains : I shall ere long Be well - stocked with as fair a herd as grazed About my mother Circe . Thus I hurl My dazzling spells into the spongy air , Of power to cheat the eye with blear illusion , And give it ...
... charms , And to my wily trains : I shall ere long Be well - stocked with as fair a herd as grazed About my mother Circe . Thus I hurl My dazzling spells into the spongy air , Of power to cheat the eye with blear illusion , And give it ...
Page 120
... charms : He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints , And crumble all thy sinews . El . Br . Why , pr'ythee , shepherd , How durst thou then thyself approach so near As to make this relation ? Spir . Care , and utmost shifts How to ...
... charms : He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints , And crumble all thy sinews . El . Br . Why , pr'ythee , shepherd , How durst thou then thyself approach so near As to make this relation ? Spir . Care , and utmost shifts How to ...
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arms bard Bavius behold beneath bless'd bliss bosom bower breast breath bright call'd charms clouds COMUS COUNTESS OF WINCHELSEA court dark death delight divine dost doth dread earth eternal Ev'n eyes fair fame fate fear flame flowers grace grave Greece Grongar Hill grove hand happy hast hath head hear heart heaven heavenly hill honour immortal JOHN DRYDEN king light live Locrine Lycidas lyre mighty mind morn mortal mountains Muse Muse's Nature's ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er pain peace pleasure poet praise pride proud raptures rill rise round sacred seem'd seraphic shade shepherd shines sight sing sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit spring stamp'd stream sung sweet tears Thammuz thee thine thou thought throne Twas verse vex'd virgin virtue voice wake waves ween wild wind wings wonder youth