Adonia, a desultory story, 3권

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A. & J. Black & H. Parry, 1801
 

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117 페이지 - Ask we what makes one keep, and one bestow? That POW'R who bids the Ocean ebb and flow, Bids seed-time, harvest, equal course maintain, Thro' reconcil'd extremes of drought and rain, Builds Life on Death, on Change Duration founds, And gives th' eternal wheels to know their rounds.
242 페이지 - Tis true I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute, but I know how to raise a small and inconsiderable city to glory and greatness.
234 페이지 - O righteous heav'n she came! With rapt'rous silence long I strove, And thought no more of blame. I held her fondly in my arms, And bade her nothing fear ; And lightly talk'd of past alarms, Since she again was near. But, ah! no answ'ring smile she gave; In tears her cheek was...
235 페이지 - And soon I hush'd my anger wild, My sorrow's fruitless moan; And strove to sooth my ruin'd child For peace and comfort gone! But nothing that my love could try Avail'd her breast to cheer; She shrunk, abash'd, from ev'ry eye; She dreaded...
230 페이지 - Gay smil'd my garden green; And I could ne'er enough admire' My flow'rs, where weeds "had been; And dearer did I joy to trace, (My simple flock among,) How in the ways of truth and grace The feeble hearts grew strong. Each morn our suppliant...
34 페이지 - She was Lord Norval's only daughter, And many a wealthy baron sought her; To these, still cold, Her heart she sold To a poor youth for love : she told, With simple smile, that gen'rous love ne'er taught her To value gold.
236 페이지 - Nancy's grassy tomb With flowrets fair inlaid ; I watch them, as like her they bloom ; Like her I see them fade : And still, as spring renews again Their colours fresh and gay ; And still, as winter strips the plain, I joy to find another year Of sad probation o'er!
35 페이지 - She dropp'd life's load. And Ethel, mild as dews that weep in morning, An orphan was, exposed to fortune's scorning ; And yet (transcendent fair !) Nought could impair Her lofty atr, That shew'da mind which virtue's hand adorning Had gifted rare.
39 페이지 - Once, only once, she vcntur'd near me, (With leaves and flow'rs fantastic she was spread !) She wildly smil'd, and then, by phrenzy led, With nod defiant thus she said : " Thou profers't love ? but know 1 hate and fear thee !"— " And why art thou afraid ?"— " Thou'rt like my brother, whom I lov'd so dearly , The cruel, cruel, brother who from Ethel fled!
39 페이지 - But trust not man 1 e'en pity, gen'rous seeming, A selfish feeling is; and, such my state, I seek it from remorse t "escape: (For who remorse can hide ?) but world with horrors teeming !— Rcmoisc and pity both May come too late!

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