The Works of the English Poets: SavageH. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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... fhines , While my dim lamp of life obfcure declines : Dull'd in damp fhades , it wastes , unseen , away , While yours , triumphant , grows one blaze of day . 55 60 K VERSES VERSE S SENT то AARON HILL , Esq . With то MR . JOHN 129 DYER .
... fhines , While my dim lamp of life obfcure declines : Dull'd in damp fhades , it wastes , unseen , away , While yours , triumphant , grows one blaze of day . 55 60 K VERSES VERSE S SENT то AARON HILL , Esq . With то MR . JOHN 129 DYER .
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... brings the wish'd stone to pass , So fought , fo long foretold ; It turns polluted lead or brafs , At once to pureft gold . PRO- PROLOGUE SPOKEN AT THE REVIVAL OF SHAKESPEARE'S KING HENRY THE [ 130 ] Verfes to Aaron Hill.
... brings the wish'd stone to pass , So fought , fo long foretold ; It turns polluted lead or brafs , At once to pureft gold . PRO- PROLOGUE SPOKEN AT THE REVIVAL OF SHAKESPEARE'S KING HENRY THE [ 130 ] Verfes to Aaron Hill.
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... AARON HILL'S POEM , called GIDEON . L The lines marked thus are taken from GIDEON . I. ET other poets poorly fing Their flatteries to the vulgar great ! Her airy flight let wandering fancy wing , And rival nature's most luxuriant.store ...
... AARON HILL'S POEM , called GIDEON . L The lines marked thus are taken from GIDEON . I. ET other poets poorly fing Their flatteries to the vulgar great ! Her airy flight let wandering fancy wing , And rival nature's most luxuriant.store ...
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... AARON HILL , ESQ . ON READING HER POEMS . EACH foftening charm of Clio's fmiling fong , Montague's foul , which shines divinely strong , Thefe blend , with graceful ease , to form thy rhyme , Tender , yet chafte ; fweet ... Aaron Hill,
... AARON HILL , ESQ . ON READING HER POEMS . EACH foftening charm of Clio's fmiling fong , Montague's foul , which shines divinely strong , Thefe blend , with graceful ease , to form thy rhyme , Tender , yet chafte ; fweet ... Aaron Hill,
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... AARON HILL , ES Q My lov'd Hill , O thou by heaven defign'd To charm , to mend , and to adorn mankind ! To thee my hopes , fears , joys , and forrows tend , Thou brother , father , nearer yet ! - thou friend ! If worldly friendships oft ...
... AARON HILL , ES Q My lov'd Hill , O thou by heaven defign'd To charm , to mend , and to adorn mankind ! To thee my hopes , fears , joys , and forrows tend , Thou brother , father , nearer yet ! - thou friend ! If worldly friendships oft ...
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AARON HILL æther beauty behold bleffing blifs bloom bluſh breaſt BRIDGET JONES bright cenfure charms circle of deceit clouds defcend defire deſpair diſplay divine eaſe ev'n fafe fair fame fate fatire fcene fcorn feem feen ferene fhade fhall fhine fhould fighs fing fire firſt flame fmile foes foft fome fong fons forrows foul fpirits friendſhip ftand ftill ftreams ftrike fuch fweet fwelling glows grace grief heart heaven honours infpire juft Juftice light loft luftre mind moſt Mufe mufic Muſe muſt ne'er o'er Olympia paffion pity pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe pride purſue raiſe rays refin'd rife riſe rofe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhows ſkies ſky ſmile ſpread ſpring ſtands ſtate ſtill ſtrain ſweet tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought truth virtue wealth weep whofe Whoſe wild wind youth
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Page 88 - Her fmile more cheerful than a vernal morn, All life ! all bloom ! of Youth and Fancy born. Touch'd into joy, what hearts to her fubmit ! She looks her Sire, and fpeaks her Mother's wit. O'er the gay world the fweet infpirer reigns . Spleen flies, and Elegance her pomp fuftains.
Page 20 - twixt thy foe and thee ; Truth from an eminence surveys our scene, (A hill, where all is clear, and all serene.) Kude earth-bred storms o'er meaner valleys blow, And wandering mists roll, blackening, far below; Dark, and debas'd, like them, is Envy's aim, And clear, and eminent, like Truth, thy fame.
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