GREEN-CENTLIVRE. 213' "T is the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, 'You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.' The Sluggard. And he that does one fault at first, Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound. Against Lying. A Funeral Thought. Strange! that a harp of thousand strings Hymns and Spiritual Songs. The mind's the standard of the man. Book ii. Hymn 19. FI AARON HILL. 1685-1750. IRST, then, a woman will, or won't,-depend on 't; If she will do 't, she will; and there's an end on 't. But, if she won't, since safe and sound your trust is, Fear is affront: and jealousy injustice.* Tender handed stroke a nettle, Epilogue to Zara. H Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. Verses written on a Window in Scotland. 'T is the same with common natures : Use 'em kindly, they rebel; And the rogues obey you well. Ibid. E is a fool who thinks by force or skill To turn the current of a woman's will. Adventures of Five Hours. Act v. Sc. 3. The following lines are copied from the pillar erected on the mount in the Dane John Field, Canterbury: Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will? For if she will, she will, you may depend on 't; And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't. JAMES THOMSON. 1700-1748. THE SEASONS. COME, gentle Spring! ethereal Mildness! come. Base envy withers at another's joy, Spring. Line 1. And hates that excellence it cannot reach. But who can paint Line 283. Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Line 465. Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest. Line 996. Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, Line 1149. An elegant sufficiency, content, Line 1158. The meek-eyed Morn appears, mother of dews. Summer. Line 47. But yonder comes the powerful King of Day Line 81. Ships dim-discovered, dropping from the clouds. Line 946. Sighed and looked unutterable things. Line 1188. A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Line 1285. So stands the statue that enchants the world, Loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, Line 1346. Autumn. Line 204. For still the world prevailed, and its dread laugh, Line 233. See Winter comes, to rule the varied year. Winter. Line 1. Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave. The kiss, snatched hasty from the side-long maid. These as they change, Almighty Father! these Line 625. Hymn. Line 1. Shade, unperceived, so softening into shade. Line 25. From seeming evil still educing good. Line 114. Come then, expressive silence, muse his praise. Line 118. Placed far amid the melancholy main. Castle of Indolence. Canto i. Stanza 30. A little, round, fat, oily man of God. Canto i. St. 69. Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves ; For ever, Fortune, wilt thou prove An unrelenting foe to love; And, when we meet a mutual heart, O Sophonisba! Sophonisba, O!* Alfred. Act ii. Sc. 5 Song, For ever Fortune. Sophonisba. Act iii. Sc. 2. Whoe'er amidst the sons Of reason, valour, liberty, and virtue, Displays distinguished merit, is a noble L PHILIP DODDRIDGE. 1702-1751. IVE while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day ; The line was altered, after the second edition, to 'O Sophonisba ! I am wholly thine.' |