The Sylvan Wanderer;: Consisting of a Series of Moral, Sentimental, and Critical Essays, Volumes 1-2Printed at the private Press of Lee Priory, by Johnson and Warwick., 1813 - Essays |
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... clamorous fray , Where coarser spirits struggle for the sway ; And dread of scorn , and pride that would not yield Against a meaner foe to take the field , Oft as new ardours wak'd within my breast , Cross'd 2 PREFACE . ·
... clamorous fray , Where coarser spirits struggle for the sway ; And dread of scorn , and pride that would not yield Against a meaner foe to take the field , Oft as new ardours wak'd within my breast , Cross'd 2 PREFACE . ·
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... ! thy cheering light I hail , to chase my spirit's lengthen'd night ! Disperse , ye clouds ! and let the day - star shine , And o'er the past no sad regrets shall pine ! It dawns ; but as along the sky it goes PREFACE . ... 3.
... ! thy cheering light I hail , to chase my spirit's lengthen'd night ! Disperse , ye clouds ! and let the day - star shine , And o'er the past no sad regrets shall pine ! It dawns ; but as along the sky it goes PREFACE . ... 3.
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... those which are material . It is among solitary trees , under the shade of dark oaks , amid the whispers which a gentle wind wakes through the leaves , that Spirits of Wisdom and No Page I On the Sweets of Rural Retirement.
... those which are material . It is among solitary trees , under the shade of dark oaks , amid the whispers which a gentle wind wakes through the leaves , that Spirits of Wisdom and No Page I On the Sweets of Rural Retirement.
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... Spirits of Wisdom and Fancy deign to hold intercourse with a few of the more favoured sons of earth . Of all the beautiful creation , that which the eye sees , and the ear hears , and the hand touches , is only a part ; and not the part ...
... Spirits of Wisdom and Fancy deign to hold intercourse with a few of the more favoured sons of earth . Of all the beautiful creation , that which the eye sees , and the ear hears , and the hand touches , is only a part ; and not the part ...
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... spirits , and tend to make us more and more unfit for the business of life : the soul deprived of those ven- tilations of passion , which arise from social inter- course , is reduced to a state of stagnation , and , if she is not of a ...
... spirits , and tend to make us more and more unfit for the business of life : the soul deprived of those ven- tilations of passion , which arise from social inter- course , is reduced to a state of stagnation , and , if she is not of a ...
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Page 20 - And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first and keep'st me so; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
Page 60 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 27 - Behold, fond man : See here thy pictured life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength. Thy sober autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. Ah ! whither now are fled Those dreams of greatness ? those unsolid hopes Of happiness ? those longings after fame ? Those restless cares? those busy bustling days? Those gay-spent, festive nights? those veering thoughts Lost between good and ill, that shared thy life?
Page 25 - Who God doth late and early pray More of His grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a...
Page 25 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Page 4 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me ; and to me High mountains are a feeling...
Page 10 - To kings, that fear their subjects' treachery ? O, yes it doth ; a thousand-fold it doth. And to conclude, — the shepherd's homely curds, His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle, His wonted sleep under a fresh tree's shade, All which secure and sweetly he enjoys...
Page 24 - Ah, happy hills, ah, pleasing shade, Ah, fields belov'd in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales, that from ye blow, 15 A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to sooth, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Page 111 - Physiological learning is of such rare emergence, that one may know another half his life, without being able to estimate his skill in hydrostatics or astronomy ; but his moral and prudential character immediately appears. Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools* that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.
Page 20 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...