Metamorphosis VIII, 611-724 (Ovid Poems)
Baucis and PhilemonTHUS Achelous ends: his audience hearWith admiration, and admiring, fearThe pow'rs of heav'n; except Ixion's son,Who laugh'd at ...
Baucis and PhilemonTHUS Achelous ends: his audience hearWith admiration, and admiring, fearThe pow'rs of heav'n; except Ixion's son,Who laugh'd at ...
While the fierce Contest rages from afar,And hostile Pamphlets breathe alternate War:The carnal Priests at ev'ry Shock o'erthrown,Now trust to ...
Malvina, the daughter of Toscar, is overheard by Ossian lamenting the death of Oscar her lover. Ossian, to divert her ...
Never stoops the soaring vultureOn his quarry in the desert,On the sick or wounded bison,But another vulture, watchingFrom his high ...
In those days the Evil Spirits,All the Manitos of mischief,Fearing Hiawatha's wisdom,And his love for Chibiabos,Jealous of their faithful friendship,And ...
Burgum, I thank thee, thou hast let me seeThat Bristol has impress'd her stamp on thee,Thy generous spirit emulates the ...
Your naturally beautiful reflection will gain entry into the clear waters of theGambhira River, as into a clear mind. Therefore ...
The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared thelight and the sun.Thou hast set all the ...
Ef I a song or two could make Like rockets druv by their own burnin',All leap an' light, to leave a ...
"Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus."In spite of all that poets tell us(For poets are but lying fellows)Of Cupid's flames, ...
Oldfield's no more!-And can the Muse forbear,O'er Oldfield's Grave to shed a grateful Tear?Shall she, the Glory of the British ...
Mr. Wren and his dear began early one year,-They were married, of course, on St. Valentine's day,-To build such a ...
YES ,--whilst my sight is yet allow'd to restOn those dear features, (which it calms my breastTo look upon, and, ...
Fingal, returning with day, devolves the command on Duth-maruno, who engages the enemy, and drives them over the stream of ...
SOME time ago from Rome, in smart array,A younger brother homeward bent his way,Not much improved, as frequently the caseWith ...
When man had ceased to utter his lament, A god then let me tell my tale of sorrow.WHAT hope of once ...
Beyond the fix'd and settl'd RulesOf Vice and Virtue in the Schools,Beyond the Letter of the Law,Which keeps our Men ...
"Who is Blackmouth?" Well, that's hard to say.Mebbe he might ha' told you, 't other day,If you'd been here. Now,-he's ...
Let gaudy Mirth, to the blithe Carrol-song,In loose light-measur'd Numbers dance along;Thou, Muse no flow'ry Fancies here display,Nor warble with ...
The glory of Him who moveth everythingDoth penetrate the universe, and shineIn one part more and in another less.Within that ...
Too much my heart of Beauty's power hath known,Too long to Love hath reason left her throne;Too long my genius ...
WOMAN.Sir for the love of God some small reliefTo a poor woman!TRAVELLER.Whither are you bound?'Tis a late hour to travel ...
Aetatis suae fifty-two,A rich Divine began to wooA handsome young imperious girl,Nearly related to an Earl.Her parents and her friends ...
Lough, vessel, plough the British main,Seek the free ocean's wider plain;Leave English scenes and English skies,Unbind, dissever English ties;Bear me ...
EDINA'S cloud-cap'd hills and spires,With castle-rocks, and cannon's roar,These fortresses which guard your coast,Encompass'd by the sea-girt shore.Your public domes ...
Owned her father all the fact'ries Which their black'ning smoke sent up,Miles and miles all 'round the country, From the town by ...
I have often thought there's a power Unknown to science or art, That opens and closes the portals That lead to the human ...
LIKE fairy groupes beneath the forest shade,With moonlight faintly scatter'd o'er the scene,In long perspective stretching to the view,The shadowy ...
XLVIThree times he strove to view Heaven's golden ray,And raised him on his feeble elbow thrice,And thrice he tumbled on ...
A MAN of peace, I never dared to marry,Lover of tranquil hours, I dwelt apart;Outside the realm where noisy schemes ...
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