The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen21Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... , enchas'd In flamy gold , from the bright mafs acquires A nobler hue , more delicate to fight . Next add the Sylvan fhades , and filent groves , ( Haunt - ( Haunt of the Druids ) whence the earth is 52 J. PHILIPS'S POEMS .
... , enchas'd In flamy gold , from the bright mafs acquires A nobler hue , more delicate to fight . Next add the Sylvan fhades , and filent groves , ( Haunt - ( Haunt of the Druids ) whence the earth is 52 J. PHILIPS'S POEMS .
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... bright Diana , Goddess of woods , immortal , chaste Diana ! Goddess prefiding o'er the rapid race , Place me , O place me in the dusty ring Where youthful charioteers contend for glory ! See how they mount and shake the flowing reins ...
... bright Diana , Goddess of woods , immortal , chaste Diana ! Goddess prefiding o'er the rapid race , Place me , O place me in the dusty ring Where youthful charioteers contend for glory ! See how they mount and shake the flowing reins ...
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... bright eyes Sparkled with youthful fires ; when every grace Shone in the father , which now crowns the son ; When Thefeus was Hippolitus . Where will this end ? HIPPOLITUS . Ha ! Amazement ftrikes me ! LYCON . Is ' t difficult to guess ...
... bright eyes Sparkled with youthful fires ; when every grace Shone in the father , which now crowns the son ; When Thefeus was Hippolitus . Where will this end ? HIPPOLITUS . Ha ! Amazement ftrikes me ! LYCON . Is ' t difficult to guess ...
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... bright Venus yielded up her charms , The bleft Adonis languish'd in her arms ; His idle horn on fragrant myrtles hung , His arrows fcatter'd , and his bow unftrung : Obfcure in coverts lye his dreaming hounds , And bay the fancy'd boar ...
... bright Venus yielded up her charms , The bleft Adonis languish'd in her arms ; His idle horn on fragrant myrtles hung , His arrows fcatter'd , and his bow unftrung : Obfcure in coverts lye his dreaming hounds , And bay the fancy'd boar ...
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... bright arch of Heaven I now last fee , I wrought him by my wiles , By tears , by threats , by every female art , Wrought his difdaining foul to false compliance . The fon of Thefeus could not think of fraud , ' Twas woman all . PHEDRA ...
... bright arch of Heaven I now last fee , I wrought him by my wiles , By tears , by threats , by every female art , Wrought his difdaining foul to false compliance . The fon of Thefeus could not think of fraud , ' Twas woman all . PHEDRA ...
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arms beauty beſt bleffing blood brave breaſt bright cauſe charms COSMELIA Crete crimes cry'd dæmons death defcend Delia deſpair eaſe eternal Ev'n everlaſting eyes facred fafe fair falfe fame fate fave fear fecret fhall fhew fighs fight fince fing firſt flain flame foes fome foon forrows foul ftill fuch fure fwains fword glory godlike gods grief happy Heaven himſelf HIPPOLITUS honour increaſe ISMENA juft juftice juſt labour laſt leaſt lefs leſs live lord lov'd LYCON mifery mighty mind Minos moft moſt mournful muft muſt ne'er noble nymph o'er paffion pain Phædra PINDARIC pity pleaſe pleaſure praiſe purſue rage raiſe Reafon ſee ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhould ſkies ſky ſpirits ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill Strephon ſweet thee Thefeus themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand trembling virtue whofe whoſe wife wretched youth
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Página 7 - (what will not time fubdue !}) An horrid chafm difclos'd with orifice Wide, difcontinuous ; at which the winds Eurus and Aufter, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, . Tumultuous enter with dire chilling blafts, Portending agues. Thus a well-fraught
Página 4 - Full famous in romantic tale) when he O'er many a craggy hill and barren cliff, Upon a cargo of fam'd Ceftrian cheefe, High over-fhadowing rides, with a defigrt To vend his wares, or at th
Página 220 - with as much ftudious care, As I would dens where hungry lions are ; And rather put up injuries, than be A plague to him, who 'd be a plague to me. I value quiet at a price too great, To give for my revenge
Página 7 - But if a flumber haply does invade My weary limbs, my fancy 's ftill awake, Thoughtful of drink, and eager, in a dream, Tipples imaginary pots of ale, In vain ; awake I find the fettled
Página 217 - have a little vault, but always ftor'd With the beft wines each vintage could afford. Wine whets the wit, improves its native force. And gives a pleafant flavour to difcourfe ; By making all our fpirits debonair, Throws off the lees, the fediment of care. But as the greateft
Página 6 - prey, Regardlefs of their fate, rufh on the toils Inextricable, nor will aught avail Their arts, or arms, or fhapes of lovely hue; The wafp infidious, and the buzzing drone, And butterfly proud of expanded wings
Página 50 - worth ! that earlieft gives Sure hopes of racy wine, and in its youth, Its tender nonage, loads the fpreading boughs With large and juicy offspring, that defies The vernal nippings, and cold fyderal blafts ! Yet let her to the Red-ftreak yield, that once Was of the Sylvan kind, unciviliz'd, Of no regard, till
Página 75 - notes, And quaver unharmonious ; fturdy fwains In clean array for ruftic dance prepare, Mixt with the buxom damfels; hand in hand They friflc, and bound, and various mazes weave, Shaking their brawny limbs, with uncouth mien, Tranfported, and fometimes an oblique leer Dart on their loves, fometimes an
Página 76 - Nor need we tell what anxious cares attend The turbulent mirth of wine ; nor all the kinds Of maladies, that lead to Death's grim cave, Wrought by intemperance, joint-racking gout, Inteftine ftone, and pining atrophy, Chill even when the fun with July heats Fries the fcorch'd foil, and dropfy
Página 319 - But whither then we go, Whither, we fain would know ; But human underftanding cannot mew. This makes us tremble, and creates Strange apprehenfions in the mind ; Fills it with reftlefs doubts, and wild debates^ Concerning what we, living, cannot find. None know what death is, but the dead