The British poets, including translations, Τόμος 801822 |
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Σελίδα 9
... . Ingenious Fancy , never better pleased Than when employ'd to ' accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it received , United B 2 THE SOFA . 9.
... . Ingenious Fancy , never better pleased Than when employ'd to ' accommodate the fair , Heard the sweet moan with pity , and devised The soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it received , United B 2 THE SOFA . 9.
Σελίδα 10
... Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the sick man dead ; Nor his , who quits the box at midnight hour , To ...
... Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the sick man dead ; Nor his , who quits the box at midnight hour , To ...
Σελίδα 13
... sweet sounds , But animated nature sweeter still , To sooth and satisfy the human ear . Ten thousand warblers cheer the day , and one The livelong night : nor these alone , whose notes Nice finger'd Art must emulate in vain , But cawing ...
... sweet sounds , But animated nature sweeter still , To sooth and satisfy the human ear . Ten thousand warblers cheer the day , and one The livelong night : nor these alone , whose notes Nice finger'd Art must emulate in vain , But cawing ...
Σελίδα 15
... sweet , ag object in my view ; but never mine abode . far a length of colonnade Monument of ancient taste , , but worthy of a better fate . Is knew the value of a screen try suns : and , in their shaded walks g protracted bowers , enjoy ...
... sweet , ag object in my view ; but never mine abode . far a length of colonnade Monument of ancient taste , , but worthy of a better fate . Is knew the value of a screen try suns : and , in their shaded walks g protracted bowers , enjoy ...
Σελίδα 15
... sweet waters of the crystal well : He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch , And , heavy laden , brings his beverage home , Far fetch'd and little worth ; nor seldom waits Dependant on the baker's punctual call , To hear his creaking ...
... sweet waters of the crystal well : He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch , And , heavy laden , brings his beverage home , Far fetch'd and little worth ; nor seldom waits Dependant on the baker's punctual call , To hear his creaking ...
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath betimes bird boast breath call'd cause charms Chiswick death delight design'd distant divine dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy fast fear feed feel flowers folly form'd fountain of eternal give glory GLOWWORM grace grave hand happy hast heard heart Heaven honour labour learn'd less life's live lost lyre Mighty winds mind Muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure poets praise prize proud prove rapture rest rude scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shrubs sighs sight skies slaves sleep sloth smile soft song soon soul sound spaniel spare stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought THRACIAN toil truth Twas virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worm worth youth
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Σελίδα 83 - Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west ; but kindly still Compensating...
Σελίδα 197 - Sighs must fan it, tears must water, Sweat of ours must dress the soil. Think, ye masters iron-hearted, Lolling at your jovial boards, Think how many backs have smarted For the sweets your cane affords.
Σελίδα 56 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Σελίδα 208 - WHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as a wife, When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage-bond divine ? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth a second Eden shows, Where'er the healing water flows...
Σελίδα 127 - Acquaint thyself with God, if thou wouldst taste . His works. Admitted once to his embrace, Thou shalt perceive that thou wast blind before ; Thine eye shall be instructed, and thine heart, Made pure, shall relish with divine delight 'Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought.
Σελίδα 229 - BETWEEN Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose, The spectacles set them unhappily wrong ; The point in dispute was, as all the world knows, To which the said spectacles ought to belong. So...
Σελίδα 150 - The sum is this : If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Σελίδα 81 - Nor his, who patient stands till his feet throb And his head thumps, to feed upon the breath Of patriots bursting with heroic rage, Or placemen all tranquillity and smiles.
Σελίδα 127 - So manifold in cares, whose every day Brings its own evil with it, makes it less : For he has wings that neither sickness, pain, Nor penury can cripple or confine. No nook so narrow but he spreads them there With ease, and is at large.
Σελίδα 229 - Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.