The British poets, including translations, Volume 241822 |
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... crown did wear , A soil ungrateful to the tiller's care : Not so the rest ; for several mothers bore To god - like David several sons before : But since like slaves his bed they did ascend , No true succession could their seed attend ...
... crown did wear , A soil ungrateful to the tiller's care : Not so the rest ; for several mothers bore To god - like David several sons before : But since like slaves his bed they did ascend , No true succession could their seed attend ...
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... crown : In peace the thoughts of war he could remove , And seem'd as he were only born for love . Whate'er he did , was done with so much ease , In him alone ' twas natural to please ; His motions all accompanied with grace , And ...
... crown : In peace the thoughts of war he could remove , And seem'd as he were only born for love . Whate'er he did , was done with so much ease , In him alone ' twas natural to please ; His motions all accompanied with grace , And ...
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... crown forego ; Who banish'd David did from Hebron bring , And , with a general shout , proclaim'd him king ; Those very Jews , who , at their very best , Their humour more than loyalty express'd , Now wonder'd why so long they had obey ...
... crown forego ; Who banish'd David did from Hebron bring , And , with a general shout , proclaim'd him king ; Those very Jews , who , at their very best , Their humour more than loyalty express'd , Now wonder'd why so long they had obey ...
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... Crown With virtues only proper to the gown ; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle , that oppress'd the noble seed ; David for him his tuneful harp had strung , And Heaven had wanted one immortal song . But wild ...
... Crown With virtues only proper to the gown ; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle , that oppress'd the noble seed ; David for him his tuneful harp had strung , And Heaven had wanted one immortal song . But wild ...
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... crown ? The name of godly he may blush to bear ; Is ' t after God's own heart to cheat his heir ? He to his brother gives supreme command , To you a legacy of barren land ; Perhaps the ' old harp , on which he thrums his lays , Or some ...
... crown ? The name of godly he may blush to bear ; Is ' t after God's own heart to cheat his heir ? He to his brother gives supreme command , To you a legacy of barren land ; Perhaps the ' old harp , on which he thrums his lays , Or some ...
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Page 20 - A fiery soul which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit...
Page 285 - But Oh! what art can teach, What human voice can reach The sacred organ's praise? Notes inspiring holy love, Notes that wing their heavenly ways To mend the choirs above.
Page 95 - Tis true she bounded by and tripped so light, They had not time to take a steady sight ; For truth has such a face and such a mien As to be loved needs only to be seen.
Page 15 - Promiscuous use of concubine and bride ; Then Israel's monarch after heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives and slaves ; and wide as his command, Scatter'd his Maker's image through the land.
Page 20 - In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolved to ruin or to rule the state...
Page 261 - Another's diving bow he did adore, Which with a shog casts all the hair before, Till he, with full decorum, brings it back, And rises with a water-spaniel shake. As for his songs, the ladies' dear delight, These sure he took from most of you who write.
Page 84 - And in his father's right and realm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit nor truce with sense. The king himself the sacred unction made, As king by office and as priest by trade. In his sinister hand, instead of ball, He placed a mighty mug of potent ale;
Page 142 - With loss of all that mortals hold so dear. Then welcome infamy and public shame, And last, a long farewell to worldly fame ! 'Tis said with ease ; but, oh, how hardly...
Page 286 - Blest above; So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky!
Page 94 - A MILK-WHITE Hind, immortal and unchanged, Fed on the lawns and in the forest ranged ; Without unspotted, innocent within, She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.