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The bird
That glads the night had cheer'd the listening groves with sweet complainings.
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Whate'er of earth is form'd, to earth returns,
The soul
Of man alone, that particle divine,
Escapes the wreck of worlds, when all things fail.
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My hoarse-sounding horn
Invites thee to the chase, the sport of kings;
Image of war, without its guilt.
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Fortune is like a widow won,
And truckles to the bold alone.
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Hail, happy Britain! highly favoured isle,
And Heaven's peculiar care!
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For the next inn he spurs amain,
In haste alights, and skuds away,
But time and tide for no man stay.
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Hail, blooming Youth!
May all your virtues with your years improve,
Till in consummate worth you shine the pride
Of these our days, and succeeding times
A bright example.
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Hail, gentle Dawn! mild blushing goddess, hail!
Rejoic'd I see thy purple mantle spread
O'er half the skies, gems pave thy radiant way,
And orient pearls from ev'ry shrub depend.
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Let all the learned say what they can,
'Tis ready money makes the man.
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There is something in a face,
An air, and a peculiar grace,
Which boldest painters cannot trace.
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Prostrate on earth the bleeding warrior lies,
And Isr'el's beauty on the mountains dies.
How are the mighty fallen!
Hush'd be my sorrow, gently fall my tears,
Lest my sad tale should reach the alien's ears:
Bid Fame be dumb, and tremble to proclaim
In heathen Gath, or Ascalon, our shame
Lest proud Philistia, lest our haughty foe,
With impious scorn insult our solemn woe.
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William Somervile
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Born:
September 2, 1675
Died:
July 19, 1742
(aged 66)
Bio:
William Somervile or Somerville was an English poet.
Known for:
The chace (1735)
The Chase; a Poem
The Chase (1735)
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