Fashionables and unfashionablesA.K. Newman and Company, 1827 - 815 pages |
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Page 191 - In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain : And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy.
Page 59 - She shall be sportive as the fawn That wild with glee across the lawn Or up the mountain springs ; And hers shall be the breathing balm, And hers the silence and the calm Of mute insensate things.
Page 109 - IT is not the tear at this moment shed, When the cold turf has just been laid o'er him, That can tell how beloved was the friend that's fled, Or how deep in our hearts we deplore him.
Page 53 - The wild romance of life is done; The real history is begun. The sallies of the soul are o'er, The feast of fancy is no more; And ill the banquet is supplied By form, by gravity, by pride.
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Page 251 - Who heave th'uncover'd bosom high, And roll a fond, inviting eye, On all the circle gay ! You miss the fine and secret art To win the castle of the heart, For which you all contend ; The coxcomb tribe may crowd your train, But you will never, never gain A lover, or a friend. If this your passion, this your praise To shine, to dazzle, and to blaze, You may be call'd divine : But not a youth beneath the sky Will say in secret, with a sigh, "O were that Maiden mine !" You marshal, brilliant, from the...
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Page 82 - Hark 1 the tabor's lively beat ! Hark ! the flute in numbers sweet Fill the night With delight, At the masquerade. Beneath this mask what tender woes We softly hear revealed ; Secure that while the bosom glows, Our blushes lie concealed. Let grave ones warn as they may, Of every harmless joy afraid : While we're young and we're gay. Let us frolic, let us play, At the masquerade.
Page 109 - Tis the tear through many a long day wept, Through a life by his loss all skuled ; 'Tis the sad remembrance, vainly kept, When all lighter griefs have faded.