The British Poets, Volume 2Little, Brown & Company, 1865 |
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Addison Albion ancient arms Atreus Atrides bards beauty beneath blest blood boast bosom breast breathe Britannia's charms Chrysa courser Cras amet dame death deep divine dreadful eyes fair fairy fam'd fame fate fear fix'd flame flies flowers foes fond form'd frog Gaul glory goddess gods grace grove hand head hear heart Heaven heroes Hesiod Iliad join'd Jove king Latian lays light LORD PRIVY SEAL lov'd lyre maid mind monarch mortal Muse night numbers numquam amavit nymph o'er Parnell Pervigilium Veneris plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet Pope praise pride prince queen race rage rise round sacred scene scorn seat seem'd shade shine shore sight silent sing Sir John Parnell sire skies smile soft song soul sweet Swift thee thine THOMAS PARNELL THOMAS TICKELL thou thought thousand Tickell trembling Twas verse Whilst wonder youth Zoilus
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Page 73 - To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears : Th' inferior priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling, begins the sacred rites of pride. Dona venusta ; oris, quae cunctis, plena laboris, Excerpta explorat, dominamque deamque decorat. Pyxide devota, se pandit hie India tota, Et tota ex ista transpirat Arabia cista. Testudo hie
Page 73 - display'd, Each silver vase in mystic order laid, First rob'd in white, the nymph intent adores, With head uncover'd, the cosmetic powers. A heavenly image in the glass appears, To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears : Th' inferior priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling, begins the sacred rites of pride. Dona venusta ; oris, quae cunctis, plena laboris, Excerpta
Page 113 - At length some pity warm'd the master's breast, ('Twas then, his threshold first receiv'da guest,) Slow creaking turns the door with jealous care, And half he welcomes in the shivering pair ; One frugal fagot lights the naked walls, And nature's fervour through their limbs recalls: Bread of the coarsest sort, with eager wine, Each hardly granted,
Page 114 - While hence they walk, the pilgrim's bosom With all the travel of uncertain thought; His partner's acts without their cause appear, 'Twas there a vice, and seem'da madness here: Detesting that, and pitying this, he goes, Lost and confounded with the various shows. Now night's dim shades again involve the sky, Again the wanderers want a place to
Page 141 - Through breathing statues, then unheeded things, Through rows of warriors, and through walks of kings! What awe did the slow solemn knell inspire; The pealing organ, and the pausing choir; The duties by the lawn-rob'd prelate pay'd; And the last words that dust to dust convey'd! While speechless o'er thy closing grave we bend, Accept these tears, thou dear departed friend.
Page 118 - Heaven instructs thy mind: this trial o'er, Depart in peace, resign, and sin no more " On sounding pinions here the youth withdrew, The sage stood wondering as the seraph flew. Thus look'd Elisha, when, to mount on high, His master took the chariot of the sky; The fiery pomp ascending left the view; The prophet
Page 118 - loose from dross, the silver runs below. " Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd his heart from God; Child of his age, for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had
Page 74 - dum se mea Lesbia pectit; Atque elephas lente te pectit, Lesbia, dente; Hunc maculis noris, nivei jacet ille coloris. Hie jacet et munde mundus muliebris abunde ; Spinula resplendens aeris longo ordine pendens, Pulvis suavis odore, et epistola suavis amore. Induit anna ergo Veneris pulcherrima virgo, Pulchrior in
Page 94 - Care Your pleas would make your titles fair, You claim the body, you the soul, But I who join'd them, claim the whole. Thus with the gods debate began, On such a trivial cause, as man. And can celestial tempers rage? Quoth Virgil in a later age.
Page 21 - on a bank where daisies grew, And violets intermix'da blue, She finds the boy she went to find; A thousand pleasures wait behind, Aside, a thousand arrows lie, But all unfeather'd wait to fly. When they met, the dame and boy, Dancing Graces, idle Joy, Wanton Smiles, and airy Play, Conspir'd to make the scene be gay