Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Volume 2John Aikin |
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Page 427
... o'er the rest , the pastoral queen , and rays Her smiles , sweet - beaming , on her shepherd - king ; While the glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth , and wit that knows no gall . Meantime , their joyous task goes ...
... o'er the rest , the pastoral queen , and rays Her smiles , sweet - beaming , on her shepherd - king ; While the glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth , and wit that knows no gall . Meantime , their joyous task goes ...
Page 448
... o'er the world , Through Nature shedding influence malign , And rouses up the seeds of dark disease . The soul of man dies in him , lothing life , And black with more than melancholy views . The cattle droop ; and o'er the furrow'd land ...
... o'er the world , Through Nature shedding influence malign , And rouses up the seeds of dark disease . The soul of man dies in him , lothing life , And black with more than melancholy views . The cattle droop ; and o'er the furrow'd land ...
Page 655
... o'er the fields of Glory bare Two coursers of ethereal race , t With necks in thunder cloth'd , and long - resounding pace . Hark , his hands the lyre explore ! Bright - ey'd Fancy , hovering o'er , Scatters from her pictur'd urn ...
... o'er the fields of Glory bare Two coursers of ethereal race , t With necks in thunder cloth'd , and long - resounding pace . Hark , his hands the lyre explore ! Bright - ey'd Fancy , hovering o'er , Scatters from her pictur'd urn ...
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amid ANTISTROPHE art thou beauty behold beneath bids blest bliss bloom bosom breast breath bright Britons charms chyle clouds dark death deep delight divine dread Earth eternal ethereal Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fate fear fire flame folly fool form'd genius give glory grace Greece groves hand happy heart Heaven hope hour human immortal Lorenzo lyre mankind mind mortal Muse Naiads Nature Nature's ne'er never night nought numbers nymph o'er once pain passion peace pleas'd pleasure poison'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rapture reign rills rise Rome round sacred scene scorn shade shine sigh skies smile soft song soul spleen storm stream sublime sweet taste tempest tender thee theme thine thou thought toil trembling truth Twas vale vex'd virtue waste wave wild winds wing wisdom wise wonder wretch youth