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 ...
-A RhapsodyOf all the various lots around the ball,Which fate to man distributes, absolute;Avert, ye gods! that of the Muse's ...
"Optat quietem." -Hor.While yet the world was young, and men were few,Nor lurking fraud, nor tyrant rapine knew,In virtue rude, ...
If, yet regardful of your native land,Old Shakespeare's tongue you deign to understand,Lo, from the blissful bowers where heaven rewardsInstructive ...
I. 1.For toils which patriots have endur'd,For treason quell'd and laws secur'd,In every nation Time displaysThe palm of honourable praise.Envy ...
I.Thy verdant scenes, O Goulder's hill,Once more i seek, a languid guest:With throbbing temples and with burden'd breastOnce more i ...
I.No, foolish youth-To virtuous fameIf now thy early hopes be vow'd,If true ambition's nobler flameCommand thy footsteps from the croud,Lean ...
I.Oh fly! 'tis dire Suspicion's mien; And, meditating plagues unseen, The sorceress hither bends:Behold her torch in gall imbrued:Behold - her garment ...
I.Not for themselves did human kindContrive the parts by heaven assign'd On life's wide scene to play:Not Scipio's force, nor C(Mark ...
O youths and virgins: o declining eld:O pale misfortune's slaves: o ye who dwellUnknown with humble quiet; ye who waitIn ...
Such was old Chaucer. such the placid mienOf him who first with harmony inform'dThe language of our fathers. Here he ...
Me tho' in life's sequester'd valeThe Almighty sire ordain'd to dwell,Remote from glory's toilsome ways,And the great scenes of public ...
Me tho' in life's sequester'd valeThe Almighty sire ordain'd to dwell,Remote from glory's toilsome ways,And the great scenes of public ...
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