The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen50Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... drink the rays divine . 120 Indulgent * Founders of New - College , Corpus Chrifti , and Al- Souls , in Oxford ; of all which the author was Member . Indulgent God ! Oh how fhall mortal raise His foul 22 YOUNG'S POEM S.
... drink the rays divine . 120 Indulgent * Founders of New - College , Corpus Chrifti , and Al- Souls , in Oxford ; of all which the author was Member . Indulgent God ! Oh how fhall mortal raise His foul 22 YOUNG'S POEM S.
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... bleft with such a strain , Could Satan hear , he were a god again . 250 Triumphant King of GLORY ! Soul of Blifs ! What a ftupendous turn of fate is this ? O ! O ! whither art thou rais'd above the fcorn And 26 YOUNG'S POEM S.
... bleft with such a strain , Could Satan hear , he were a god again . 250 Triumphant King of GLORY ! Soul of Blifs ! What a ftupendous turn of fate is this ? O ! O ! whither art thou rais'd above the fcorn And 26 YOUNG'S POEM S.
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... soul arise , " And with the mounting fun afcend the skies : " As that advances , let my zeal improve , " And glow with ardour of confummate love ; " Nor cease at eve , but with the setting fun " My endless worship shall be still begun ...
... soul arise , " And with the mounting fun afcend the skies : " As that advances , let my zeal improve , " And glow with ardour of confummate love ; " Nor cease at eve , but with the setting fun " My endless worship shall be still begun ...
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... scatter'd features flid into decay , And spreading circles drove his face away . To touch the foft affections , and controul The manly temper of the braveft soul , S 10 1 Whe 20 What with afflicted beauty can compare , And drops [ 58 ]
... scatter'd features flid into decay , And spreading circles drove his face away . To touch the foft affections , and controul The manly temper of the braveft soul , S 10 1 Whe 20 What with afflicted beauty can compare , And drops [ 58 ]
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... . In malice to proud wits , some proudly lull Their peevish reafon ; vain of being dull ; 140 When * Letters fent to the author , figned Marcus . When fome home joke has stung their folemn souls , LOVE OF FAME , SAT . II . 91.
... . In malice to proud wits , some proudly lull Their peevish reafon ; vain of being dull ; 140 When * Letters fent to the author , figned Marcus . When fome home joke has stung their folemn souls , LOVE OF FAME , SAT . II . 91.
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The Works of the English Poets, Volúmenes1-2 Samuel Johnson,Charles Bathurst (Londres) Vista completa - 1779 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 210 - Tis dreadful to behold his nostrils blaze ; To paw the vale he proudly takes delight, And triumphs in the fulness of his might ; High rais'd he snuffs the battle from afar, And burns to plunge amid the raging war ; And mocks at death, and throws his foam around, And in a storm of fury shakes the ground.
Página 223 - Rome swift thunder flew, And headlong from his throne the tyrant threw : Thrown headlong down, by Rome in triumph led, For this night's deed his perjur'd bosom bled : His brother's ghost each moment made him start, And all his father's anguish rent his heart.
Página 86 - Is there a man of an eternal vein, "Who lulls the town in winter with his strain, At Bath, in summer, chants the reigning...
Página 110 - Such shining expletives of human kind, Who want, while through blank life they dream along, Sense to be right and passion to be wrong.
Página 210 - But, fiercer still, the lordly lion stalks, Grimly majestic in his lonely walks ; When round he glares, all living creatures fly; He clears the desert with his rolling eye.
Página 139 - tis on plenty your poor lovers starve. But with a modern fair, meridian merit Is a fierce thing they call a nymph of spirit. Mark well the rollings of her flaming eye, And tread on tiptoe if you dare draw nigh: 50 "Or if you take a lion by the beard, Or dare defy the fell Hyrcanian pard, Or arm'd rhinoceros, or rough Russian bear," First make your will, and then converse with her.
Página 221 - Views the pale cheek and the distorted mien ; He drains off life by drops, and, deaf to cries, Examines every spirit as it flies : He studies torment, dives in mortal woe, To rouse up every pang repeats his blow ; Each rising agony, each dreadful grace, Yet warm transplanting to his Saviour's face.
Página 89 - But found at length that it reduc'd his rent ; His farms were flown ; when, lo ! a sale comes on, A choice collection ! what is to be done ? He sells his last ; for he the whole will buy ; Sells...
Página 79 - It aids the dancer's heel, the writer's head, And heaps the plain with mountains of the dead ; Nor ends with life ; but nods in sable plumes, Adorns our hearse, and flatters on our tombs.
Página 169 - The naval crown Is all his own ! Our fleet, if War or Commerce call, His will performs Through waves and storms, And rides in triumph round the ball.