Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 35
Page xxxiv
... Mighty rest , Since their foundation , came a nobler guest , Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss convey'd A fairer spirit , or more welcome shade . In what new region , to the just affign'd , What new employments please th ' unbody'd ...
... Mighty rest , Since their foundation , came a nobler guest , Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss convey'd A fairer spirit , or more welcome shade . In what new region , to the just affign'd , What new employments please th ' unbody'd ...
Page 10
... mighty act fucceeds , One age the hero , one the poet breeds . A thousand years in full fucceffion ran , Ere Virgil rais'd his voice , and fung the man Who , driv'n by stress of fate , such dangers bore On ftormy feas , and a difaftrous ...
... mighty act fucceeds , One age the hero , one the poet breeds . A thousand years in full fucceffion ran , Ere Virgil rais'd his voice , and fung the man Who , driv'n by stress of fate , such dangers bore On ftormy feas , and a difaftrous ...
Page 11
... mighty bard lies hid in years to come , That shall in WILLIAM'S God - like acts engage , And with his battles warm a future age , Hibernian fields shall here thy conquests show , And Boyn be fung , when it has ceas'd to flow ; Here ...
... mighty bard lies hid in years to come , That shall in WILLIAM'S God - like acts engage , And with his battles warm a future age , Hibernian fields shall here thy conquests show , And Boyn be fung , when it has ceas'd to flow ; Here ...
Page 15
... mighty NASSAU through the battle ride , And fee thy fubjects gafping by his fide : Fain wou'd the pious Prince refuse th ' alarm , Fain wou'd he check the fury of his arm ; But when thy cruelties his thoughts engage , The hero kindles ...
... mighty NASSAU through the battle ride , And fee thy fubjects gafping by his fide : Fain wou'd the pious Prince refuse th ' alarm , Fain wou'd he check the fury of his arm ; But when thy cruelties his thoughts engage , The hero kindles ...
Page 17
... mighty worth proclaim , Attend him in the noble chase of fame , Through all the noise and hurry of the fight , Obferve each blow , and keep him ftill in fight . VOL . I. C Oh , Oh , did our British peers thus court renown , POEMS on ...
... mighty worth proclaim , Attend him in the noble chase of fame , Through all the noise and hurry of the fight , Obferve each blow , and keep him ftill in fight . VOL . I. C Oh , Oh , did our British peers thus court renown , POEMS on ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aëre æther arms atque BAROMETRI beauties bleft bluſhes boaſt breaſt bright Cadmus caft courſe Cycnus defcription deſcribed diſtant ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fecret feven fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide fight fince fire firft firſt fkies flain foft fome foul freſh ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fuci Gaul Georgic Goddeſs Gods Gulfton heav'n himſelf itſelf Jove laft laſt loft maid mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt neighb'ring numbers Nunc nymph o'er omne Ovid Ovid's Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure poem poet praiſe purſue Quæ rage raiſe reft rife rifu riſe round ſcenes ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhore ſhow ſkies ſky ſmoke ſpeak ſpring ſtands ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtory ſtreams thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thunder transform'd turba verfe verſe view'd Virgil virgin waſte Whilft whoſe winds woods wou'd youth