Ode IX: To Curio (Mark Akenside Poems)
I.Thrice hath the spring beheld thy faded fame Since I exulting grasp'd the tuneful shell: Eager through endless years to sound thy ...
I.Thrice hath the spring beheld thy faded fame Since I exulting grasp'd the tuneful shell: Eager through endless years to sound thy ...
Occasion'd by the Insults of the Spaniards, and the present Preparations for War, 1738.Whence this unwonted Transport in my Breast?Why ...
-A RhapsodyOf all the various lots around the ball,Which fate to man distributes, absolute;Avert, ye gods! that of the Muse's ...
How thick the shades of evening close!How pale the sky with weight of snows!Haste, light the tapers, urge the fire,And ...
Too much my heart of Beauty's power hath known,Too long to Love hath reason left her throne;Too long my genius ...
"Optat quietem." -Hor.While yet the world was young, and men were few,Nor lurking fraud, nor tyrant rapine knew,In virtue rude, ...
I. 1.Once more I join the Thespian choir,And taste the inspiring fount again:O parent of the Grecian lyre,Admit me to ...
I 1.Farewell to Leyden's lonely bound,The Belgian Muse's sober seat;Where dealing frugal gifts aroundTo all the favorites at her feet,She ...
I.On yonder verdant hilloc laid,Where oaks and elms, a friendly shade, O'erlook the falling stream,O master of the Latin lyre,Awhile with ...
I.Meek honor, female shame, O! whither, sweetest offspring of the sky, From Albion dost thou fly;Of Albion's daughters once the favorite fame? O ...
JULY, 1740.From pompous life's dull masquerade,From Pride's pursuits, and Passion's war,Far, my Cordelia, very far,To thee and me may Heaven ...
Such was old Chaucer. such the placid mienOf him who first with harmony inform'dThe language of our fathers. Here he ...
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