The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... o'er the fky with blushing light , When to the garden walk fhe took her way , To sport and trip along in cool of day , And offer maiden vows in honour of the May . At every turn , fhe made a little stand , And thruft among the thorns ...
... o'er the fky with blushing light , When to the garden walk fhe took her way , To sport and trip along in cool of day , And offer maiden vows in honour of the May . At every turn , fhe made a little stand , And thruft among the thorns ...
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... o'er . Like fop's hounds contending for the bone , Each pleaded right , and would be lord alone ; The fruitless fight continued all the day ; A cur came by , and fnatch'd the prize away . As courtiers therefore juftle for a grant ...
... o'er . Like fop's hounds contending for the bone , Each pleaded right , and would be lord alone ; The fruitless fight continued all the day ; A cur came by , and fnatch'd the prize away . As courtiers therefore juftle for a grant ...
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... o'er with agony of sweat . Alas ! he cry'd ! I wretch in prifon pine , Too happy rival , while the fruit is thine : Thou liv'ft at large , thou draw'ft thy native air , Pleas'd with thy freedom , proud of my despair : Thou mayft , fince ...
... o'er with agony of sweat . Alas ! he cry'd ! I wretch in prifon pine , Too happy rival , while the fruit is thine : Thou liv'ft at large , thou draw'ft thy native air , Pleas'd with thy freedom , proud of my despair : Thou mayft , fince ...
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... o'er his head in air appear'd , And with foft words his drooping fpirits chear'd : His hat , adorn'd with wings , difclos'd the God , And in his hand he bore the fleep - compelling rod : Such as he feem'd , when , at his fire's command ...
... o'er his head in air appear'd , And with foft words his drooping fpirits chear'd : His hat , adorn'd with wings , difclos'd the God , And in his hand he bore the fleep - compelling rod : Such as he feem'd , when , at his fire's command ...
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... o'er the plains , Turn'd only to the grove his horse's reins , The grove I nam'd before ; and , lighted there , A woodbine garland fought to crown his hair ; Then turn'd his face against the rifing day , And rais'd his voice to welcome ...
... o'er the plains , Turn'd only to the grove his horse's reins , The grove I nam'd before ; and , lighted there , A woodbine garland fought to crown his hair ; Then turn'd his face against the rifing day , And rais'd his voice to welcome ...
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Página 32 - Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers and great grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days: their general characters are still remaining in mankind, and even in England, though they are called by other names than those of Monks, and Friars, and Canons, and Lady Abbesses, and Nuns; 'for mankind is ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered.
Página 27 - ... for boys and women, but little of solid meat for men. All this proceeded, not from any want of knowledge, but of judgment. Neither did he want that in discerning the beauties and faults of other poets, but only...
Página 252 - Twas time enough at last on Death to call, The precipice in sight : a shrub was all, That kindly stood betwixt to break the fatal fall. One maid she had...
Página 95 - Twas all it had, for windows there were none. The gate was adamant; eternal frame! Which, hew'd by Mars himself, from Indian quarries came, The labour of a god; and all along Tough iron plates were clench 'd to make it strong.
Página 43 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Página 230 - The diff'rence that distinguished man from man. He claim'd no title from descent of blood, But that which made him noble, made him good. Warm'd with more particles of heavenly flame, He wing'd his upward flight, and soar'd to fame ; The rest remain'd below, a tribe without a name.
Página 26 - He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets...
Página 31 - The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different educations, humours and callings, that each of them would be improper in any other mouth.
Página 26 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil...
Página 69 - Of fortune, fate, or Providence complain? God gives us what he knows our wants require, And better things than those which we desire...