The Union: Or Select Scots and English PoemsArchibald Monro & David Murray, 1753 - 144 páginas |
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... virtue moft and least , And every herb of fair field far and near , As they had wont in May from year to year ; To her their Queen to make obedience , Full low inclining with due reverence . XII . With that anon fhe fent the swift foot ...
... virtue moft and least , And every herb of fair field far and near , As they had wont in May from year to year ; To her their Queen to make obedience , Full low inclining with due reverence . XII . With that anon fhe fent the swift foot ...
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... virtue and of odour sweet ; And let no nettle vile , and full of vice , Her fellow with the goodly Flow'r - de - lyce ; Nor let no wild weed , full of churlishness , Compare her to the Lilly's nobleness . XXI . Nor hold none other flow ...
... virtue and of odour sweet ; And let no nettle vile , and full of vice , Her fellow with the goodly Flow'r - de - lyce ; Nor let no wild weed , full of churlishness , Compare her to the Lilly's nobleness . XXI . Nor hold none other flow ...
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... virtue is imperial . XXV . The Merle she fang , Hail ROSE of moft delight , Hail of all flow'rs the sweet and fov'raign Queen : The Lark fhe fang , hail ROSE both red and white , Most pleasant flow'r of mighty colours * twain ...
... virtue is imperial . XXV . The Merle she fang , Hail ROSE of moft delight , Hail of all flow'rs the sweet and fov'raign Queen : The Lark fhe fang , hail ROSE both red and white , Most pleasant flow'r of mighty colours * twain ...
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... Virtue blooms a flower , That Time's rough hand shall never violate . Still CAROLINE shall live in faithful verse , Sweet nurse of Memory , and in the voice Of grateful Britain . These shall testify How well her calm impartial rule ...
... Virtue blooms a flower , That Time's rough hand shall never violate . Still CAROLINE shall live in faithful verse , Sweet nurse of Memory , and in the voice Of grateful Britain . These shall testify How well her calm impartial rule ...
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... virtue mix'd with love , Prudence , and mild infinuating sense : But chief her thoughtful breast of counfels deep Capacious , nor unequal to the weight Of Government . Such was the royal mind Of wife ELIZA , name of loveliest found To ...
... virtue mix'd with love , Prudence , and mild infinuating sense : But chief her thoughtful breast of counfels deep Capacious , nor unequal to the weight Of Government . Such was the royal mind Of wife ELIZA , name of loveliest found To ...
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Términos y frases comunes
æther ATHELWOLD beauty beneath beſt bids bluſh boaſt bow'rs breaſt breath brow cauſe chearful crown'd dreft ELFRIDA erft ev'ry facred fage fair fame fang fcene feems fhade fhall ficht fide filent filver fing firft firſt flain fleep flow flow'rs fmile foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul frae Freedom calls freſh ftill ftrain fuch fwain fweet fwell fword glory Goddeſs green groves Hail hand HARDYKNUTE hear heart heav'n ISIS king lift'ning lov'd lyre maid majeſtic mufing Muſe muſt numbers nymph o'er peace penfive plain pow'r praiſe Queen Quhen rage raiſe reign reſt rife riſe roſe ſcenes Scotland ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhed ſhine ſhrine ſkies ſmile ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteps ſtream ſweet tear thee theſe thine thoſe thou thouſand thro throne tow'rs vale vermil virtue whofe Whoſe winds zour
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Página 65 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 69 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 69 - Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A "Youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown. Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Página 65 - Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, , The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.
Página 40 - Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit ; As musing slow I hail Thy genial loved return. For when thy folding-star * arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant Hours, and Elves Who slept in buds the day, And many a Nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still The pensive Pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car.
Página 68 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 66 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th
Página 67 - Hampden, that with dauntlefs breaft, The little tyrant of his fields withftood ; Some mute inglorious Milton here may reft, Some Cromwell guiltlefs of his country's blood. Th...
Página 65 - And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 62 - Lie slaughter'd on their native ground ; Thy hospitable roofs no more Invite the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie. The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life.