Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry. By Thomas TomkinsJ. Wallis, 1782 - 204 pages |
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... mind ; The chafte delights of virtue to inspire , And warm the bofom with feraphic fire ; Sublime the paffions , lend devotion wings , . And celebrate the First great Caufe of things . LONDON : Printed for J. WALLIS , AT YORICK'S HEAD ...
... mind ; The chafte delights of virtue to inspire , And warm the bofom with feraphic fire ; Sublime the paffions , lend devotion wings , . And celebrate the First great Caufe of things . LONDON : Printed for J. WALLIS , AT YORICK'S HEAD ...
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... minds . We fhall be fufficiently convinced of thefe truths , if we only confider the particular end and defign . of the feveral species of poetry . The EPIC POEM was intended to convey inftructions disguised under the allegory of an ...
... minds . We fhall be fufficiently convinced of thefe truths , if we only confider the particular end and defign . of the feveral species of poetry . The EPIC POEM was intended to convey inftructions disguised under the allegory of an ...
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... mind retreat , And fuch as make me rather good than great . Or o'er the works of eafy fancy rove , Where flutes and innocence amufe the grove : The native bard that on Sicilian plains` Firft fung the lowly manners of the swains ; Or ...
... mind retreat , And fuch as make me rather good than great . Or o'er the works of eafy fancy rove , Where flutes and innocence amufe the grove : The native bard that on Sicilian plains` Firft fung the lowly manners of the swains ; Or ...
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... mind . The dew , the bloffom on the tree , 1 " With charms inconftant shine ; " Their charms were his , but woe to me , " Their conftancy was mine . " For ftill I try'd each fickle art , " Importunate and vain ; " And while his paffion ...
... mind . The dew , the bloffom on the tree , 1 " With charms inconftant shine ; " Their charms were his , but woe to me , " Their conftancy was mine . " For ftill I try'd each fickle art , " Importunate and vain ; " And while his paffion ...
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... mind Of languid indolence , reclin'd ; The foul that one long fabbath keeps , And through the fun's whole circle fleeps ; Dull peace , that dwells in folly's eye , And self - attending vanity . Alike the foolish and the vain Are ...
... mind Of languid indolence , reclin'd ; The foul that one long fabbath keeps , And through the fun's whole circle fleeps ; Dull peace , that dwells in folly's eye , And self - attending vanity . Alike the foolish and the vain Are ...
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æther beauty beſt bleffings blifs bloom bofom breaſt breath charms dear defcends delight e'er eafe eternal frame ev'ry facred fafe fair fate fcenes fecret feek fenfe ferene fhade fhall fhepherd figh filent filver fing fkies fleep flow flow'rs fmiling foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul fpread friendſhip ftars ftill ftream fuch fung fwain fweet gay nature glory glow grace grove happineſs heart heav'n heav'nly houfe hour laft laſt luftre lyre mind moffy morn moſt mourn mufic nature's ne'er night nymph o'er paffions pain Palemon peace pity pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride reft reſt rife rofe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſmiling ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtorms ſtrain tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand touch of joy trembling tunes vale virtue voice whofe whoſe youth