Poetics; Or a Series of Poems and Disquisitions on Poetry ...J. Johnson and Company, 1812 |
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Términos y frases comunes
alludes allusion ancient antistrophe Asiatic babe bard beauty bird Bishop Lowth blest bloom bower breast breath bright Britons called charm cheer climes Dæmon dame death delight DRYBURGH ABBEY earth epode eyes fair fame fancy feel fire flow flowers Freedom's Gaia gale genius glory glow Gogmagog golden Greek grove Hafez hail hear heart Heav'n heavenly heroes HERTFORDSHIRE hills HYMN king lady light live Lucretius lyre melting Milton Mithra muse mystic Mythology Nature's ne'er numbers o'er Odin Peace Persian Pindar plain poem poetry poets praise pride Queen reign rise round rove sacred sapphic scene Scotland shew shine sigh sight silent sing skies smile soft song soon soothing soul sound spring stanzas strain stream strophe Surtur sweet Tacitus thee thine thou thro Tuisto tyrant Venus song verse virgin spring warriors wild youthful
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Página 127 - She woos the gentle air To hide her guilty front with innocent snow...
Página 153 - Nor, Shenstone, thou Shalt pass without thy meed, thou son of peace ! Who knew'st, perchance, to harmonize thy shades Still softer than thy song; yet was that song Nor rude, nor inharmonious, when attun'd To pastoral plaint, or tale of slighted love.
Página 124 - Divine Sacred Masonry define; Round our order close we bind Laws of love to all mankind! Thus like elves in Mystic ring, Merry Masons drink and sing.
Página 149 - ... the scene Thee, the great Lord of light, proclaim. 4 And groves, and vales, and rocks, and hills, And every flower, and every tree, Ten thousand creatures warm with life, Have each a grateful song for thee.
Página vi - GD to be absent from the body, is sometimes (not to speak it profanely) to be present with the Lord.
Página 149 - And whether grief oppress the heart ; Or whether joy elate the breast ; Or life still keep its little course ; Or death invite the heart to rest...
Página 164 - To winne him worship, and her grace to have, Which of all earthly things he most did crave...
Página 225 - There is an easy ascent to the top, and the view far preferable to that on Castle-hill (which you remember) because this is lower and nearer to the Lake: for I find all points that are much elevated spoil the beauty of the valley, and make its parts (which are not large) look poor and diminutive.
Página 151 - Vanbrugh's attempt, therefore, seems to have been an effort of genius : and if we can keep the imagination apart from the five orders, we must allow that he has created a magnificent whole; which is invested with an air of grandeur seldom seen in a more regular style of building.
Página 149 - Those, too, who bend with age and care, And faint and tremble near the tomb, Who, sick'ning at the present scenes, Sigh for that better state to come : 5 All, great Creator!