Poems, Volume 2W. Blanchard, 1796 |
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... perchance devoid Of friendly use to this fair argument ; If fo , with lenient fmiles , ye deign to chear , At this fad hour * , my defolated foul . For deem not ye that I refume the strain To court the world's applause : my years mature ...
... perchance devoid Of friendly use to this fair argument ; If fo , with lenient fmiles , ye deign to chear , At this fad hour * , my defolated foul . For deem not ye that I refume the strain To court the world's applause : my years mature ...
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... perchance , some vain faftidious eye Shall rove unmindful of furrounding charins . And ask for profpect . Stranger ! ' tis not here . Go feek it on fome garish turret's height ; Seek it on Richmond's or on Windfor's brow ; There gazing ...
... perchance , some vain faftidious eye Shall rove unmindful of furrounding charins . And ask for profpect . Stranger ! ' tis not here . Go feek it on fome garish turret's height ; Seek it on Richmond's or on Windfor's brow ; There gazing ...
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... perchance , of SURRY's reed . 325 Yet muft they fall , unless mechanic Skill , To fave her offspring , rouse at our command ; And , where we bid her move , with engine huge , Each ponderous trunk , the ponderous trunk there move . A ...
... perchance , of SURRY's reed . 325 Yet muft they fall , unless mechanic Skill , To fave her offspring , rouse at our command ; And , where we bid her move , with engine huge , Each ponderous trunk , the ponderous trunk there move . A ...
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... perchance , to harmonize thy shades Still fofter than thy fong ; yet was that fong Nor rude , nor inharmonious , when attun'd To paftoral plaint , or tale of flighted love . HIM too , the living Leader of thy powers , 530 Great Nature ...
... perchance , to harmonize thy shades Still fofter than thy fong ; yet was that fong Nor rude , nor inharmonious , when attun'd To paftoral plaint , or tale of flighted love . HIM too , the living Leader of thy powers , 530 Great Nature ...
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... perchance in fome prolific foil , 145 Where Vegetation ftrenuous , uncontroll❜d , Has push'd her pow'rs luxuriant , he now pines For air and freedom ? Soon thy sturdy axe , Amid its intertwifted foliage driv❜n , Shall open all his ...
... perchance in fome prolific foil , 145 Where Vegetation ftrenuous , uncontroll❜d , Has push'd her pow'rs luxuriant , he now pines For air and freedom ? Soon thy sturdy axe , Amid its intertwifted foliage driv❜n , Shall open all his ...
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Æneid againſt ALCANDER alfo antient beauty becauſe beft beſt charms claffic CLEON confequently confideration confift cry'd defcription defign deſcribed diſtance divine SIMPLICITY ENGLISH GARDEN Ev'n ev'ry faid fame Fancy fantaſtic fcene fcorn feems feen felect fence fhade fhall fhould fides firft firſt fituation flope fmile foil foliage fome fong foon foreft foreground ftill ftream fubject fuch fufficient fupplied furface give Gothic grace grove heav'n herſelf himſelf imitation inftance inftructed interfect itſelf juft landſcape lawn Lord Burlington moft moſt Mufe muft muſt Naiad Nature Nature's neceffary NOTE o'er obfervation ornament parterre perchance pictureſque pleaſure Poem Poet praiſe precept prefent preferve purpoſe racter Reaſon rife rill ruthleſs ſcene ſcenery ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkill ſmile ſome ſpace ſpread ſtate ſtep ſtill ſtrain tafte Taſte thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tion toil uſe vafe vale verdure Verfe Verſe whofe καὶ
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Page 48 - Their whistle shrill, and oft their faithful dog Shall with obedient barkings fright the flock From wrong or robbery.
Page 207 - For all that nature by her mother wit Could frame in earth, and forme of substance base, Was there, and all that nature did omit, Art playing second natures part, supplyed it.
Page 11 - This deed were impious. Ah, forgive the thought, Thou more than Painter, more than Poet ! HE, Alone thy equal, who was
Page 221 - Letters, and more from Chambers's little discourse, published some years ago ;* but it is very certain we copied nothing from them, nor had any thing but Nature for our model. It is not forty years since the art was born among us...
Page 18 - Around the figur'd carpet of the lawn. Hence too deformities of harder cure : The terras mound uplifted ; the long line Deep delv'd of flat canal ; and all that toil, Mifled by taftelefs Fafhion, could atchieve 405 To mar fair Nature's lineaments divine.
Page 209 - ... there may be more honour if they fucceed well, yet there is mere dilhonour if they fail, and it is twenty to one they will ; whereas in regular figures it is hard to make any great and remarkable faults.
Page 220 - He is highly civil to our nation ; but there is one point in which he does not do us justice ; I am the more solicitous about it, because it relates to the only taste we can call our own; the only proof of our original talent in matter of pleasure, I mean our skill in gardening...
Page 204 - Seat in Ware-Park ; where I well remember, he did so precisely examine the tinctures and seasons of his flowers, that in their settings, the inwardest of which that were to come up at the same time, should be always a little darker than the...
Page 199 - On this account, our English gardens are not so entertaining to the fancy as those in France and Italy, where we see a large extent of ground covered over with an agreeable mixture of garden and forest, which represent every where an artificial rudeness, much more charming than that neatness and elegancy which we meet with in those of our own country.