 | English literature - 1753 - 750 pages
...while 1 ilept, my imagination had repealed an elegy occafoned by fiwting a blackbird n Valentine s day, which had a few days before been communicated to me by a gentleman, who is not only eminent foi tafte, literature, and virtue, but for hi zeal in defence of that religion, whid moil ftrongly... | |
 | English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...immediately recollefted, that, while I flept, my imagination had repeated " an elegy occafioned by mooting a BLACKBIRD on Valentine's day," which had a few days before been communicated to me by a gentleman, wh* is not only eminent for tafte, literature and virtue, but for his zeal in defence of that religion,... | |
 | 1785 - 772 pages
...my imagination- had repeated ' an elegy* ' occafioned by (hooting a Blackbird on 1 Valentine's cby,' which had a few days before been communicated to me by a gentleman, who is not only eminent for tallt, literature and virtue, but for his zeal in deftnceof thatreligion, which me/ft ftrsngly inculcates... | |
 | Elegiac poetry, English - 1789 - 198 pages
...chose some other game ! Or shot — as he was wont to do I Divided pair ! forgive the wrong, While I with tears your fate rehearse ; I'll join the widow's...plaintive song, And save the lover in my verse. THE SWALLOWS. WRITTEN SEPTEMBER, MDCCXLVIII. IN TWO PARTS. By the Same. ERE yellow Autumn from our plains... | |
 | 1793 - 310 pages
...flept, my imagination had repeated " an elegy occa" fioned by fhooting a blackbird on Valentine's-day," which had a few days before been communicated to m'e by a gentleman, who is not only eminent for tafte, literature and virtue, but for his zeal in defence of that religion, which moft ftrongly inculcates... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 240 pages
...he chos^^ome other game, Or shot as he had us'd to do !* Divided pair ! forgive the wrong, " While I with tears your fate rehearse : I'll join the widow's...repeated " an elegy occasioned by shooting a blackbird on " Valentine's-day," which had a few days before been communicated to me by a gentleman, who is not... | |
 | Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...he was wont to do ! Divided pair ! forgive the wrong, While I with tears your fate rehearse } 1 '11 join the widow's plaintive song, And save the lover in my verse. THE SWALLOWS. By the Rev. RICHARD JAGO, MA IN TWO PARTS. PART I. •WRITTEN SEPTEMBER, MDCCXL VIII. ^~g^... | |
 | John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...he was wont to do ! Divided pair ! forgive the wrong, While I with tears your fate rehearse; 1 'll join the widow's plaintive song, And save the lover in my verse. Ey the Rev. RICHARD JAGO, MA IN TWO PARTS. PART I. •WRITTEN SEPTEMBER, MDCCXLVIII. ^•^ JiRE yellow... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 662 pages
...as he was wont to do ! Divided pair! forgive the wrong, While I with tears your fate rehearse, 1 'II join the widow's plaintive song, And save the lover in my verse. THE GOLDFINCHES. AN ELEGY. TO WILLIAM SHBNSTONE, ESQ. Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores,... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Birds - 1815 - 170 pages
...had he chose some other game, Or shot as he had us'd to dp. Divided pair! forgive the wrong, While I with tears your fate rehearse: I'll join the widow's plaintive song, And save the lover in my verse. Adventurer. THE GOLDFINCHES.—An Elegy, To you whose groves protect the feather'd choirs Who lend... | |
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