Hymn To The Naiads (Mark Akenside Poems)
ARGUMENT. The Nymphs, who preside over springs and rivulets, are addressed at day-break, in honor of their several functions, and ...
ARGUMENT. The Nymphs, who preside over springs and rivulets, are addressed at day-break, in honor of their several functions, and ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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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