Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1810 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 32
Page 26
... immortal souls ; But , whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close us in , we cannot hear it . Enter Musicians . Come , ho , and wake Diana with a hymn ; With sweetest touches pierce your mistress's ear , And draw her home ...
... immortal souls ; But , whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close us in , we cannot hear it . Enter Musicians . Come , ho , and wake Diana with a hymn ; With sweetest touches pierce your mistress's ear , And draw her home ...
Page 39
... immortal swan , that did her life deplore . Yet strange it was so many stars to see , Without a sun to give their tapers light : Yet strange it was not that it so should be ; For , where the sun centres himself by right , Her face and ...
... immortal swan , that did her life deplore . Yet strange it was so many stars to see , Without a sun to give their tapers light : Yet strange it was not that it so should be ; For , where the sun centres himself by right , Her face and ...
Page 51
... immortal lines are sung , My flowing verses graced with ev'ry tongue : The little children when they learn to go , By painful mothers daded to and fro , Are taught my sugar'd numbers to rehearse , And have their sweet lips season'd with ...
... immortal lines are sung , My flowing verses graced with ev'ry tongue : The little children when they learn to go , By painful mothers daded to and fro , Are taught my sugar'd numbers to rehearse , And have their sweet lips season'd with ...
Page 64
... immortality By inward sense we find , Judging that if it could not be , It would not be design'd : So here how could such copies fall , If there were no original ? But if truth be in ancient song , Or story 64 CATHARINE PHILLIPS ...
... immortality By inward sense we find , Judging that if it could not be , It would not be design'd : So here how could such copies fall , If there were no original ? But if truth be in ancient song , Or story 64 CATHARINE PHILLIPS ...
Page 92
... immortal verse ; Such as the meeting soul may pierce , In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out , With wanton heed and giddy cunning ; The melting voice through mazes running , Untwisting all the chains that ...
... immortal verse ; Such as the meeting soul may pierce , In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out , With wanton heed and giddy cunning ; The melting voice through mazes running , Untwisting all the chains that ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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