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- The Bard. A Pindaric Ode (14 results)
P The following Ode is founded on a Tradition current in Wales,
2 'Confusion on thy banners wait,
15 On a rock, whose haughty brow
26 'Revenge on thee in hoarser murmurs breathe;
35 'On dreary Arvon's shore they lie,
44 'On yonder cliffs, a grisly band,
64 "Low on his funeral couch he lies!
74 "Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm;
105 'But oh! what solemn scenes on Snowdon's height
108 'Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!
133 'And distant warblings lessen on my ear,
P ad clivum montis Erery [At the source of the River Conway on the slope of Mt. Erery];''
P They both were Lords-Marchers, whose lands lay on the borders of Wales,
P below on the loom].
- Agrippina, a Tragedy (12 results)
P determines not to have recourse to that expedient, but on the
P son, who, on his arrival, acquits her of all suspicion, and
P hear their discourse; who resolves immediately on his mother's
P remove Poppaea on board in the night, conveys her to Nero's
P Otho, and finish the horrid deed he had attempted on his
15 Yet walks on earth: at least there are who know
42 On expectation's strongest wing to soar
75 To be repaid, sit heavy on the soul,
79 That wait on youth and arbitrary sway:
118 It bears a noble semblance. On this base
143 Let majesty sit on thy awful brow
189 That hangs on thy clear brow. So Helen looked,
- The Progress of Poesy. A Pindaric Ode (8 results)
17 On Thracia's hills the Lord of War,
20 Perching on the sceptered hand
29 On Cytherea's day
P [Greek line (omitted)] [And on his rose-red cheeks there gleams the light of love.]
P its connection with liberty, and the virtues that naturally attend on it. [See the
P Italian writers; Milton improved on them: but this School expired soon after the
P Restoration, and a new one arose on the French model, which has subsisted ever since.
P We have had in our language no other odes of the sublime kind, than that of Dryden on
- Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (7 results)
5 Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight,
56 And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
68 And shut the gates of mercy on mankind,
89 On some fond breast the parting soul relies,
109 'One morn I missed him on the customed hill,
116 'Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.'
119 Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth,
- [Translation from Statius, Thebaid VI 646-88, 704-24] (7 results)
14 By acclamations roused, came towering on.
34 All eyes were bent on his experienced hand,
36 Admired that arm; oft on Alpheus' shore
59 And smiles malignant on the labouring power.
60 Third in the labours of the disc came on,
68 Pursued his cast and hurled the orb on high;
69 The orb on high tenacious of its course,
- Ode for Music (6 results)
14 Bursts on my ear the indignant lay:
21 To bless the place, where on their opening soul
39 Great Edward with the lilies on his brow
41 And sad Chatillon, on her bridal morn
51 All that on Granta's fruitful plain
76 'To glitter on the diadem.
- [The Alliance of Education and Government. A Fragment] (4 results)
13 So fond Instruction on the growing powers
16 Smile not indulgent on the rising race,
75 By Reason's light on Resolution's wings,
106 Or on frail floats to distant cities ride,
- The Fatal Sisters. An Ode (4 results)
P who was then making war on his father-in-law Brian, King of
P the action. On Christmas-day, (the day of the battle,) a native
P on horseback riding full speed towards a hill, and seeming to enter
P They were mounted on swift horses, with drawn swords in their hands; and in the throng
- Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (4 results)
P Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
23 Disporting on thy margent green
31 While some on earnest business bent
P Dryden's Fable on the Pythag. System. [l. 110 of Dryden's translation of Ovid, Metamorphoses, xv]
- [Translation from Dante, Inferno Canto xxxiii 1-78] (4 results)
2 His gore-dyed lips, which on the clottered locks
10 'I know not who thou art nor on what errand
52 And fastening bolts. Then on my children's eyes
80 On their dear names, that heard me now no more;
- The Triumphs of Owen. A Fragment (4 results)
6 Nor on all profusely pours;
13 On her shadow long and gay
19 Dauntless on his native sands
P descendents bore on their banners.
- The Descent of Odin. An Ode (3 results)
31 Long on these mouldering bones have beat
69 Till he on Hoder's corse shall smile
70 Flaming on the funeral pile.
- Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes (3 results)
P Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
1 'Twas on a lofty vase's side,
6 Gazed on the lake below.
- [Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude] (3 results)
P [Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude]
25 Smiles on past Misfortune's brow
42 On the thorny bed of pain,
- Ode on the Spring (3 results)
P Ode on the Spring
25 The insect youth are on the wing,
48 On hasty wings thy youth is flown;
- Ode to Adversity (3 results)
9 When first thy Sire to send on earth
29 Still on thy solemn steps attend:
33 Oh, gently on thy suppliant's head,
- [Translation from Statius, Thebaid IX 319-26] (3 results)
2 To Faunus on the Theban river's shore,
6 On the green bank first taught his steps to stray,
7 To skim the parent flood and on the margin play:
- [Translation] From Tasso [Gerusalemme Liberata] Canto 14, Stanza 32-9. (3 results)
17 As on the Rhine when Boreas' fury reigns
23 So moved the seer, but on no hardened plain:
41 The flood on either hand its billows rears,
- The Characters of the Christ-Cross Row, By a Critic, To Mrs — (2 results)
23 But why on such mock grandeur should we dwell?
41 Pippin or peach, then perches on the spray,
- [Epitaph on a Child] (2 results)
P [Epitaph on a Child]
3 A gentler lamb ne'er sported on the plain,
- [Epitaph on Mrs Clerke] (2 results)
P [Epitaph on Mrs Clerke]
10 Sits smiling on a father's woe:
- [Epitaph on Sir William Williams] (2 results)
P [Epitaph on Sir William Williams]
10 Victor he stood on Belle Isle's rocky steeps;
- Imitated from Propertius, Lib: 3: Eleg: 5: (2 results)
13 Let on this head unfading flowers reside,
45 Earth's monster-brood stretched on their iron bed;
- A Long Story (2 results)
69 On the first marching of the troops
94 But, with a blush on recollection,
- On L[or]d H[olland']s Seat near M[argat]e, K[en]t (2 results)
P On L[or]d H[olland']s Seat near M[argat]e, K[en]t
5 On this congenial spot he fixed his choice;
- Satire on the Heads of Houses; or, Never a Barrel the Better Herring (2 results)
P Satire on the Heads of Houses; or, Never a Barrel the Better Herring
3 On the heads of thy Houses,
- [Caradoc] (1 result)
3 On surrounding foes advance?
- [Conan] (1 result)
8 Glancing on the shivered oak;
- [Epitaph on Mrs Mason] (1 result)
P [Epitaph on Mrs Mason]
- [Hymn to Ignorance. A Fragment] (1 result)
36 High on her car, behold the grandam ride
- [Impromptus] (1 result)
P Extempore by Mr. Gr[ay]. on Dr. K[eene]. B[ishop]. of C[hester].
- [Invitation to Mason] (1 result)
5 Brown sees thee sitting on his nose's tip,
- [Lines Written at Burnham] (1 result)
4 Cling to each leaf and swarm on every bough:
- [Lines on Dr Robert Smith] (1 result)
P [Lines on Dr Robert Smith]
- Lines on the Accession of George III (1 result)
P Lines on the Accession of George III
- [Lines Spoken by the Ghost of John Dennis at the Devil Tavern] (1 result)
50 Queen Artemisia breakfasts on bohea,
- [Parody on an Epitaph] (1 result)
P [Parody on an Epitaph]
- Sonnet [on the Death of Mr Richard West] (1 result)
P Sonnet [on the Death of Mr Richard West]
- Stanzas to Mr Bentley (1 result)
9 The tardy rhymes that used to linger on,
- [Tophet] (1 result)
P Inscription on a portrait.
- William Shakespeare to Mrs Anne, Regular Servant to the Revd Mr Precentor of York (1 result)
13 If then he wreak on me his wicked will,