A Select Collection of Poems, Vol. 6: With Notes, Biographical and Historical (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Nichols, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1334390673 ISBN 13: 9781334390678

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from A Select Collection of Poems, Vol. 6: With Notes, Biographical and Historical

How v id of cares, ev'n from life's flowerv prim To languid ageyher pupils pafs their time' From forrow and perplexing bufinefs free, They talle the fweets of virtuous Liberty; And in their fhady walks, and filent bowers, In contemplation fpend their gliding hours. Wvith Reafonfs line, thefe vainlv trv to found Of Deity immenfe th' ab) fs profound, Yet learn enough their B'laker toadore, His bounties blefs, and humbly hope for more. Hofe penfive wander through the filent grov C, And o'er Parnaflhs' verdant meadows rove.

Jabez Hughes, for the benefit of his widow, 'ln one volume, 8vo; and in 1745 of the vvorks of the Rev. Mr. Samuel Say, in one volume, 4to. In he man ied the only fifier of John Hughes efq. Whom he long furvived. In 1734 his tragedy of Lucius Junius Brutus was aétetl at Drury Lane Theatre; fee etters of Eminent Perfons, vol. III. P. 144. It was publilhed in I735, and again in The \vorks of Ho race, in Enghlh Verle, by feveral Hands, were pubhfhed by him in two volumes 8vo. Wrtii notes, &c. In 1757. A fecond edition, in four volumes Imo. With many imitations, was publiihed in 1762. In 1763 he colleftetl and republilhed Seven Sermons by Archbzlhop Herring, on public Oc cafions, With a biographical Prefac He died Feb. 26, 1769, aged 80; leaving one fon, John, ni. A. One of the fix preachers in chriil-church, Canterbury, &c. Uho was his aiiifiant in the tranllation of Horace; and to Whom 1 ac knowledge myfelf indebted, not only for thefe poems and ~the portrait of his father, but for much ufeful afiifiance in athis and ot Ier publxatrons. N. 'h 'on yon old domes with facredawe I gaze, Where, Dryden I firft ellay'd his tuneful lays 'uz'here b'iilton's 1' l'viul'e her infpiration caught, And Fancy firft her darling spenferi taught. O might I here inglorious fpend my days.

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John Nichols's New Mexico Trilogy, inaugurated in 1974 with the publication of "The Milagro Beanfield War", has grown from regional stature to national appeal, from literary radicals to cult classics. Beloved for his compassionate, richly comic vision and admired for his insight into the cancer that accompanies unbridled progress, Nichols is the author of novels and works of nonfiction. He lives in northern New Mexico.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1334390673
• ISBN 13: 9781334390678
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368