Selection of Poems

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009 - Всего страниц: 390
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ON LOVE. Iiove's no irregular desire, No sudden start of raging pain, Which in a moment grows on fire, And in a moment cools again: Not found in the sad sonnetteer, That sings of darts, despair, and chains, And by whose dismal verse 'tis clear He wants not heart alone, but brains. Nor does it centre in the beau, Who sighs by rule, in order dies; Whose All consists in outward shew, And want of wit by dress supplies. No; Love is something so divine, Description would but make it less: 'Tis what we feel, but can't define; ' Tis what we know, but can't express. Weekly Amusement.SONG. The parent bird, whose little nest Is by its tender young possess'd, With spreading wings, and downy breast, Doth cherish them with love; But soon as nature plumes their wings, And guides their flight to groves and springs, Quite uriconcern'd the parent sings, Regardless where they rove. But hapless we, of human race, The lasting cares of life embrace, And still our best affections place On what procures us pain; For children, as their years increase, Increase our cares, and spoil our peace: Paternal love can never cease, But ever will remain. Mary Goldsmith.SONG. Vf Hen first this humble roof I knew, With various cares I strove; My grain was scarce, my sheep were few. My all of life was love. By mutual toil our board was dress'd, The spring our drink bcstow'd; But when her lip the brim had press'd, The cup with nectar flow'd. Content and peace the dwelling shar'd, No other guest came nigh; In them was giv'n, tho' gold was spar'd, What gold could never buy. No value has a splendid lot, But as the means to prove That, from the castle to the cot, The all of life is love. Myrtle and Vine. chapter{S...

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