Affection: With Other Poemsauthor, 1807 - 210 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα vii
... Muse , I approach you with no venal strains- I heap no incense on the altars of flattery . The period in which we live is of a na- ture to teach even Royalty the vanity of adulation . In the course of human events , it may be.
... Muse , I approach you with no venal strains- I heap no incense on the altars of flattery . The period in which we live is of a na- ture to teach even Royalty the vanity of adulation . In the course of human events , it may be.
Σελίδα ix
... Muses , they have often occupied a leisure hour with delight ; and among the evanescent moments of past existence , next to those which have been devoted to the discharge of duties , there are none which I recal with more pleasure than ...
... Muses , they have often occupied a leisure hour with delight ; and among the evanescent moments of past existence , next to those which have been devoted to the discharge of duties , there are none which I recal with more pleasure than ...
Σελίδα 1
... . Is there a passion of the human mind , That lifts to rapture , or that sinks to wo , Which more inspires the muses ' harmonies , Than sweet affection ? Plant imperishable ! B That in profusion , round the throne of God Immortal.
... . Is there a passion of the human mind , That lifts to rapture , or that sinks to wo , Which more inspires the muses ' harmonies , Than sweet affection ? Plant imperishable ! B That in profusion , round the throne of God Immortal.
Σελίδα 15
... muses ' ken , Yet Britain deem'd that victory bought too dear With the rich purchase of her Nelson's Life . When will sweet peace , her ... muse records thy worth And dwells delighted on the pleasing theme ; Wrapt in NATIONAL AFFECTION . 15.
... muses ' ken , Yet Britain deem'd that victory bought too dear With the rich purchase of her Nelson's Life . When will sweet peace , her ... muse records thy worth And dwells delighted on the pleasing theme ; Wrapt in NATIONAL AFFECTION . 15.
Σελίδα 17
... Muse too weeps , And feels the crimson blush suffuse her cheek At recollection of thy monstrous crimes ; The rising sun dawns on thy eastern shores , Marking thy conquests , and thy tyrannies ; · And redden'd his descending western ...
... Muse too weeps , And feels the crimson blush suffuse her cheek At recollection of thy monstrous crimes ; The rising sun dawns on thy eastern shores , Marking thy conquests , and thy tyrannies ; · And redden'd his descending western ...
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Abba Thulle affection Affection's ALEXANDER POPE altars animal arms attachment beneath benevolence bless'd blessings blest bloom bosom breast bright Britain Britons burst Captain Wilson charm cheer Christian cornac creation dare dark dear death deep delight desart dreadful e'en earth elephant endear'd faithful fate feel female filial flame fond form'd Gelert Gregory Page hand happy HARVARD COLLEGE hath heart heaven honour honour'd hope hour human inclosure Isle land Lee Boo Llewellyn's lofty Lord Lord Nelson Lysippe Macedon midst mind mother muse nature nature's never nursled o'er observed parent Petrarch plains plant pleasure QUADRUPEDS Queen Queen of Denmark race rapture reign religion rich sacred savage scene shores sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit storm strong Struensee sweet tear tender thee Theodosius Theophrastus thou throne tion tomb Twas virtue voice whilst wing wretched yield youth Zaleucus
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Σελίδα 206 - Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Σελίδα 137 - Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand!
Σελίδα 113 - Nor scathe had he, nor harm, nor dread, But, the same couch beneath, Lay a gaunt wolf, all torn and dead, Tremendous still in death ! Ah, what was then...
Σελίδα 186 - For him, the milk or corn prepare. The storm is o'er; the tempest past; And Mercy's voice has hush'd the blast. The wind is heard in whispers low, The White Man, far away must go; — But ever in his heart will bear Remembrance of the Negro's care.
Σελίδα 137 - Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems as to me, of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams were left; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ill.
Σελίδα 187 - With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden...
Σελίδα 136 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Σελίδα 184 - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these : " The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk — no wife to grind his corn.
Σελίδα 164 - Do not strike him into that most dreadful of all human conditions, the orphanage that springs not from the grave, that falls not from the hand of Providence or the stroke of death ; but comes before its time, anticipated and inflicted by the remorseless cruelty of parental guilt.
Σελίδα 183 - About sunset, however, as I was preparing to pass the night in this manner, and had turned my horse loose that he might graze at liberty, a woman, returning from the labours of the field, stopped to observe me, and perceiving that I was weary and dejected, inquired into my situation, which I briefly explained to her; whereupon, with looks of great compassion, she took up my saddle and bridle, and told me to follow her.