Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
ground_n grow_v root_n small_a 3,915 5 5.8532 4 true
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A44427 Epistolary poems, on several occasions with several of the choicest stories of Ovid's Metamorphoses and Tibullus's Elegies / translated into English verse by Charles Hopkins. Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses. Selections. English.; Tibullus. Elegiae. English. Selections.; Hopkins, Charles, 1664?-1700? 1694 (1694) Wing H2721; ESTC R13221 28,394 136

There is 1 snippet containing the selected quad. | View original text

passion_n from_o her_o praise_n catch_v and_o all_o inflame_v command_v she_o to_o be_v bring_v swift_a with_o the_o dreadful_a message_n she_o return_v and_o find_v the_o lovely_a nymph_n where_o still_o she_o mourn_v rejoice_v she_o cry_v the_o approach_n night_n shall_v crown_v all_o your_o desire_n the_o conquest_n be_v your_o own_o no_o real_a joy_n on_o her_o success_n attend_v of_o which_o her_o soul_n presage_v some_o dismal_a end_n her_o labour_a heart_n with_o different_a motion_n beat_v now_o fear_v now_o joy_n usurp_v the_o sovereign_a seat_n and_o long_o contend_v make_v the_o tumult_n great_a all_o doubt_n at_o length_n resistless_a love_n destroy_v and_o leave_v a_o fatal_a room_n for_o impious_a joy_n the_o day_n be_v flee_v and_o no_o bright_a track_n remain_v but_o through_o whole_a nature_n night_n and_o silence_n reign_v on_o go_v the_o desperate_a virgin_n to_o pursue_v a_o crime_n too_o foul_a for_o heaven_n chaste_a eye_n to_o view_v the_o silver_n moon_n averse_a to_o such_o a_o sight_n flee_v from_o her_o darken_a orb_n no_o streak_n of_o light_n no_o glimmer_a star_n shoot_v through_o the_o dismal_a night_n thrice_o in_o loud_a scream_n of_o woe_n the_o screech-owl_n mourn_n and_o thrice_o she_o fall_v to_o warn_v she_o to_o return_v no_o boding_n can_v the_o vent'rous_a maid_n recall_v resolve_v on_o ruin_n she_o contemn_v they_o all_o the_o darkness_n of_o the_o night_n dispel_v her_o fear_n while_o not_o a_o blush_n for_o her_o bold_a crime_n appear_v one_o hand_n upon_o her_o nurse_n support_v lay_v hold_v she_o other_o stretch_v to_o feel_v the_o way_n soon_o with_o bold_a step_n to_o the_o dire_a room_n she_o come_v but_o soon_o as_o enter_v all_o her_o fear_n resume_v courage_n her_o heart_n and_o blood_n her_o face_n forsake_v her_o bend_a knee_n on_o one_o another_o strike_v and_o every_o loosened_a joint_n with_o horror_n shake_v her_o work_a thought_n a_o lively_a prospect_n draw_v of_o gild_n more_o dreadful_a at_o a_o near_a view_n increase_v fear_n quite_o damp_n her_o impious_a fire_n who_o now_o grow_v cold_a and_o dead_a to_o all_o desire_n repent_v her_o crime_n and_o will_v unknown_a retire_v but_o now_o the_o nurse_n urge_v on_o the_o unwilling_a maid_n till_o come_v where_o the_o impatient_a king_n be_v lay_v receive_v she_o cry_v a_o virgin_n whole_o thou_o and_o then_o oh_o breach_n of_o all_o thing_n sacred_a and_o divine_a in_o hellish_a lust_n father_n and_o daughter_n join_v he_o as_o less_o guilty_a feel_v the_o less_o of_o fear_n and_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o horror_n comfort_v she_o he_o call_v her_o daughter_n as_o if_o that_o express_v his_o tender_a love_n and_o different_a age_n the_o best_a she_o use_v the_o indear_n name_n of_o father_n too_o and_o each_o give_v title_n to_o their_o incest_n due_a full_o of_o her_o father_n now_o she_o leave_v his_o bed_n her_o impious_a womb_n swell_v with_o incestuous_a seed_n where_o crime_n unknown_a and_o monstrous_a vice_n breed_v next_o night_n their_o guilty_a pleasure_n they_o repeat_v another_o follow_v and_o another_o yet_o when_o he_o desirous_a to_o behold_v at_o last_o the_o soft_a kind_a nymph_n who_o he_o so_o oft_o embrace_v with_o a_o torch_n light_v at_o a_o fatal_a time_n discern_v at_o once_o his_o daughter_n and_o his_o crime_n his_o rage_n and_o grief_n no_o room_n for_o word_n afford_v but_o speechless_a at_o the_o sight_n he_o snatch_v his_o sword_n fright_v she_o fly_v assist_v by_o the_o night_n who_o darkness_n shelter_v and_o secure_v her_o flight_n far_o from_o her_o country_n and_o those_o conscious_a field_n unknown_a she_o wander_v on_o through_o spacious_a wild_n till_o with_o the_o burden_n in_o her_o womb_n oppress_v her_o stagger_a limb_n require_v their_o needful_a rest_n scarce_o know_v what_o to_o pray_v for_o and_o at_o strife_n betwixt_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n and_o hate_v of_o life_n long_o she_o revolve_v on_o what_o she_o think_v may_v move_v and_o thus_o at_o last_o invoke_v the_o power_n above_o on_o you_o great_a god_n in_o these_o extreme_n i_o call_v just_o be_v your_o vengeance_n i_o deserve_v it_o all_o yet_o lest_o alive_a i_o shall_v infection_n spread_v or_o my_o foul_a guilt_n in_o death_n pollute_v the_o dead_a allow_v my_o wretched_a life_n no_o long_o date_n but_o by_o some_o change_n deny_v i_o either_o state_n here_o the_o fair_a penitent_n conclude_v her_o prayer_n which_o heaven_n still_o open_a to_o confession_n hear_v she_o feel_v her_o leg_n now_o cover_v with_o the_o ground_n and_o she_o numb_v foot_n in_o welcome_a fetter_n bind_v the_o spread_a root_n shoot_v downward_o from_o her_o toe_n on_o which_o the_o lofty_a bowl_n support_v grow_v to_o pith_n her_o marrow_n turn_v her_o bone_n to_o wood_n feed_v by_o the_o sap_n which_o be_v of_o late_a the_o blood_n her_o arm_n great_a bough_n her_o finger_n form_n the_o small_a her_o once_o soft_a skin_n now_o harden_a cover_v all_o now_o her_o big_a womb_n the_o rise_a bark_n suppress_v which_o now_o creep_v high_a over_o her_o pant_a breast_n when_o she_o impatient_a in_o her_o change_n to_o lose_v her_o hate_a be_v and_o her_o cruel_a woe_n sink_v down_o within_o the_o tree_n who_o close_a top_n for_o ever_o lock_v her_o charm_a beauty_n up_o who_o though_o she_o lose_v all_o other_o sense_n with_o life_n she_o still_o retain_v that_o wretched_a one_o of_o grief_n her_o last_a sorrow_n in_o her_o tear_n be_v show_v which_o from_o her_o bark_n course_n one_o another_o down_o those_o tear_n be_v precious_a too_o and_o keep_v the_o name_n of_o that_o unhappy_a fair_a one_o whence_o they_o come_v the_o story_n of_o ceyx_n and_o halcyone_n from_o the_o eleven_o book_n of_o ovid_n metamorphosis_n argument_n ceyx_n the_o son_n of_o lucifer_n and_o king_n of_o trachis_n a_o city_n in_o thessaly_n have_v be_v alarm_v by_o several_a prodigy_n prepare_v to_o go_v and_o consult_v apollo_n oracle_n at_o claros_n to_o learn_v the_o will_n of_o heaven_n and_o receive_v the_o god_n instruction_n his_o voyage_n the_o description_n of_o a_o storm_n and_o shipwreck_n the_o description_n of_o the_o god_n of_o sleep_n and_o his_o palace_n the_o lamentation_n of_o halcyone_n the_o daughter_n of_o aeolus_n and_o wife_n of_o ceyx_n for_o the_o loss_n of_o her_o husband_n with_o the_o change_n of_o both_o into_o sea_n fowl_n call_v after_o her_o name_n halcyon_n be_v the_o subject_n of_o the_o follow_a verse_n beginning_n with_o her_o speech_n to_o her_o husband_n to_o dissuade_v he_o from_o his_o intend_a voyage_n how_o be_v you_o change_v of_o late_a my_o love_n how_o grow_v so_o tire_v of_o i_o so_o press_v to_o be_v go_v what_o have_v i_o do_v to_o make_v my_o lord_n remove_v so_o far_o from_o she_o who_o once_o have_v all_o his_o love_n be_v your_o halcyone_n no_o long_o dear_a or_o to_o whatever_o place_n your_o course_n you_o steer_v can_v you_o enjoy_v yourself_o and_o she_o not_o there_o yet_o if_o you_o go_v by_o land_n it_o be_v some_o relief_n for_o all_o that_o will_v torment_v i_o then_o be_v grief_n but_o now_o at_o once_o with_o grief_n and_o fear_v oppress_v a_o thousand_o anxious_a thought_n destroy_v my_o rest_n and_o not_o one_o dawn_n of_o comfort_n cheer_v my_o breast_n the_o faithless_a sea_n be_v what_o alas_o i_o fear_v i_o must_v not_o let_v my_o ceyx_n venture_n there_o oft_o have_v i_o hear_v their_o trouble_a water_n roar_v and_o see_v their_o foam_a wave_n surmount_v the_o shore_n oft_o see_v the_o wreck_n come_v float_v to_o the_o coast_n and_o vent'rous_a wretch_n by_o their_o folly_n lose_v nor_o have_v i_o seldom_o sad_a inscription_n read_v on_o marble_n tomb_n which_o yet_o enclose_v no_o dead_a let_v i_o alone_o my_o ceyx_n be_v believe_v and_o be_v not_o by_o your_o flatter_a hope_n deceive_v trust_v not_o the_o sea_n although_o my_o father_n bind_v within_o his_o rocky_a cave_n the_o struggle_a wind_n if_o once_o break_v loose_a nought_o can_v their_o rage_n restrain_v they_o sweep_v over_o all_o the_o earth_n swell_v all_o the_o main_a drive_a cloud_n on_o cloud_n by_o a_o abortive_a birth_n from_o their_o dark_a womb_n flash_v the_o thunder_n forth_o more_o more_o than_o what_o my_o feeble_a word_n express_v which_o only_o represent_v their_o fury_n less_o let_v i_o persuade_v for_o i_o have_v see_v they_o rage_n see_v all_o the_o war_n the_o fight_a wind_n can_v wage_v do_v you_o like_v i_o their_o stern_a encounter_n know_v as_o dare_v as_o you_o be_v you_o will_v not_o go_v if_o all_o this_o fail_v to_o move_v your_o stubborn_a mind_n and_o you_o will_v go_v oh_o leave_v not_o i_o behind_o take_v i_o along_o let_v i_o your_o fortune_n share_n there_o be_v nought_o too_o hard_a for_o love_n like_o i_o to_o bear_v in_o storm_n and_o calm_n together_o let_v we_o keep_v