The Village Curate,: A PoemLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Taylor and Hessey; Sharpe and Hailes; Sherwood, Neely, and Jones ... [and 3 others], 1819 - 156 pages |
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Page 40
... state , Save what might yet be sung in higher strains , Of broom , and stool , of table , chair , and grate , The furniture of parlour , kitchen bare , And cellar ill - bestow'd ; imperial themes , And 40 THE VILLAGE CURATE .
... state , Save what might yet be sung in higher strains , Of broom , and stool , of table , chair , and grate , The furniture of parlour , kitchen bare , And cellar ill - bestow'd ; imperial themes , And 40 THE VILLAGE CURATE .
Page 80
... strain Or shrink and shrug , to make the crowd admire Your strange grimaces practis'd at the glass . Oh ! I abhor it . I would rather hear A pedlar's kit scrape to a dancing dog . Melodious bird , good night ; good night , Alcanor 80 ...
... strain Or shrink and shrug , to make the crowd admire Your strange grimaces practis'd at the glass . Oh ! I abhor it . I would rather hear A pedlar's kit scrape to a dancing dog . Melodious bird , good night ; good night , Alcanor 80 ...
Page 137
... golden doors of light , And hell left wasteful , wide , and desolate . Corelli , sweet harmonious bird , thee too We hear delighted , and thy mellow strains Deem no mean recompense for the lost song Of lark THE VILLAGE CURATE . 137.
... golden doors of light , And hell left wasteful , wide , and desolate . Corelli , sweet harmonious bird , thee too We hear delighted , and thy mellow strains Deem no mean recompense for the lost song Of lark THE VILLAGE CURATE . 137.
Page 139
... strains With sudden burst commenc'd , and moving slow With solemn grandeur and majestic pomp To an obstreperous rebounding close . But who shall tell in simple strain like mine The many shapes that Music , Proteus - like , Puts on ...
... strains With sudden burst commenc'd , and moving slow With solemn grandeur and majestic pomp To an obstreperous rebounding close . But who shall tell in simple strain like mine The many shapes that Music , Proteus - like , Puts on ...
Page 144
... strain The dapper wit commends of sprightly Garth . We smile to see fantastic Poetry Shake hands with Physic , and with grave burlesque Arrange his gallipots , and gild his pills ; Then march in dreadful armour to the field , To screen ...
... strain The dapper wit commends of sprightly Garth . We smile to see fantastic Poetry Shake hands with Physic , and with grave burlesque Arrange his gallipots , and gild his pills ; Then march in dreadful armour to the field , To screen ...
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Page 134 - But let concealment like a worm i' th' bud Feed on her damask cheek: she pin'd in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like Patience on a Monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 69 - To view the structure of this little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without. No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another?
Page xxii - Shakspeare, occasioned by reading Mr Malone's Essay on the Chronological Order of those celebrated Pieces.
Page 44 - s destructive to the hue Of every flower that blows. Go to the field, And ask the humble daisy why it sleeps Soon as the sun departs : Why close the eyes Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon Her oriental veil puts off?
Page 64 - To fell the glory of the barren waste ! For what more noble than the vernal furze With golden baskets hung ? Approach it not, For ev'ry blossom has a troop of swords Drawn to defend it.
Page 66 - But mark with how peculiar grace yon wood, That clothes the weary steep, waves in the breeze Her sea of leaves ; thither we turn our steps, And by the way attend the cheerful sound Of woodland harmony, that always fills The merry vale between.
Page 45 - Oh ! there is a charm That morning has, that gives the brow of age A smack of youth, and makes the lip of youth Breathe per'fumes exquisite. Expect it not, Ye who till noon upon a down-bed lie, Indulging feverish sleep ; or wakeful, dream Of happiness no mortal heart has felt, But in the regions of romance'.
Page 67 - Her solo anthem sung, and all who heard Content, joins in the chorus of the day. She, gentle heart, thinks it no pain to please, Nor, like the moody songsters of the world, Displays her talent, pleases, takes affront, And locks it up in envy.
Page 44 - Compell'd to taste the rank and pois'nous steam Of midnight theatre, and morning ball. Give to repose the solemn hour she claims, And from the forehead of the morning steal The sweet occasion.
Page 79 - I steal along the woody lane, To hear thy song so various, gentle bird, Sweet queen of night, transporting Philomel. I name thee not to give my feeble line A grace else wanted, for I love thy song, And often have I stood to hear it sung, When the clear moon, -with Cytherean smile Emerging from an eastern cloud, has shot A look of pure benevolence and joy Into the heart of night. Yes, I have stood And mark'd thy varied note, and frequent pause, Thy brisk and melancholy mood, with soul Sincerely pleas'd.