Poems, Volume 2W. Blanchard, 1796 |
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... Genius of the place to rife 80 $ 5 In felf - defence , and , like fome giant fiend That frowns in Gothic ftory , swift destroy , By night , the puny labours of thy day . What 1 What then must he attempt , whom niggard Fate [ 4 ]
... Genius of the place to rife 80 $ 5 In felf - defence , and , like fome giant fiend That frowns in Gothic ftory , swift destroy , By night , the puny labours of thy day . What 1 What then must he attempt , whom niggard Fate [ 4 ]
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... rife , Where fink ; prescribe what form each fluice fhall wear , And how direct its courfe ; whether to spread 120 Broad as a lake , or , as a river pent By fringed banks , weave its irriguous way Thro ' lawn and shade alternate : for ...
... rife , Where fink ; prescribe what form each fluice fhall wear , And how direct its courfe ; whether to spread 120 Broad as a lake , or , as a river pent By fringed banks , weave its irriguous way Thro ' lawn and shade alternate : for ...
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... front , and give each azure hill The charm of contraft ! Nature fuffers here Like outrage , and bewails a beauty loft , Which Time with tardy hand fhall late restore . 220 Yet Yet here the spoiler refts not ; fee him rife [ 10 ]
... front , and give each azure hill The charm of contraft ! Nature fuffers here Like outrage , and bewails a beauty loft , Which Time with tardy hand fhall late restore . 220 Yet Yet here the spoiler refts not ; fee him rife [ 10 ]
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William Mason. Yet here the spoiler refts not ; fee him rife Warm from his devaftation , to improve , 225 For fo he calls it , yonder champian wide . There on each bolder brow in shapes acute His fence he scatters ; there the ... rife ...
William Mason. Yet here the spoiler refts not ; fee him rife Warm from his devaftation , to improve , 225 For fo he calls it , yonder champian wide . There on each bolder brow in shapes acute His fence he scatters ; there the ... rife ...
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... rife Oread , and Dryad , from their verdurous beds , 551 And fling their foliage , and arrange their stems , As you , and beauty bid : the Naiad train , Alike obfequious , from a thousand urns Shall pour their cryftaline tide ; while ...
... rife Oread , and Dryad , from their verdurous beds , 551 And fling their foliage , and arrange their stems , As you , and beauty bid : the Naiad train , Alike obfequious , from a thousand urns Shall pour their cryftaline tide ; while ...
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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.