The Works of the English Poets: MiltonH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... less ambitious , than before of his attaining to the tyranny . Auguftus Cæfar also had begun his Ajax , but , unable to please his own judgment with what he had begun , left it unfinish'd . Seneca the philofopher is by fome thought the ...
... less ambitious , than before of his attaining to the tyranny . Auguftus Cæfar also had begun his Ajax , but , unable to please his own judgment with what he had begun , left it unfinish'd . Seneca the philofopher is by fome thought the ...
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... less resolv'd , 305 But never find self - fatisfying folution . As if they would confine th ' Interminable , And tie him to his own prefcript , Who made our laws to bind us , not himself , And hath full right t ' exempt 310 Whom so it ...
... less resolv'd , 305 But never find self - fatisfying folution . As if they would confine th ' Interminable , And tie him to his own prefcript , Who made our laws to bind us , not himself , And hath full right t ' exempt 310 Whom so it ...
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... Less than half we find expreft , Envy bid conceal the reft . Mark what radiant state she spreads , In circle round her shining throne , Shooting her beams like filver threads : This , this is she alone , Sitting like a Goddess bright ...
... Less than half we find expreft , Envy bid conceal the reft . Mark what radiant state she spreads , In circle round her shining throne , Shooting her beams like filver threads : This , this is she alone , Sitting like a Goddess bright ...
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... less appear , That some more timely - happy spirits indu'th . Yet be it lefs or more , or foon or flow , It fhall be ftill in ftrictest measure even To that fame lot , however mean or high , 10 Toward which Time leads me , and the will ...
... less appear , That some more timely - happy spirits indu'th . Yet be it lefs or more , or foon or flow , It fhall be ftill in ftrictest measure even To that fame lot , however mean or high , 10 Toward which Time leads me , and the will ...
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... less than Gods , thou mad'ft his lot , 15 With honor and with ftate thou haft him crown'd . O'er the works of thy hand thou mad'ft him Lord , Thou haft put all under his lordly feet , All flocks , and herds , by thy commanding word ...
... less than Gods , thou mad'ft his lot , 15 With honor and with ftate thou haft him crown'd . O'er the works of thy hand thou mad'ft him Lord , Thou haft put all under his lordly feet , All flocks , and herds , by thy commanding word ...
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Página 97 - And frefh-blown rofes wafh'd in dew, Fill'd her with thee a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Hafte thee, Nymph, and bring with thee 25 Jeft and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple fleek;
Página 153 - corrupted clergy, then in their highth. YET once more, O ye Laurels, and once more Ye Myrtles brown, with Ivy never fere, I come to pluck your berries harfh and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon
Página 155 - hair ? Fame is the fpur that the clear fpi'rit doth raife 70 (That laft infirmity of noble mind) To fcorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burft out into fudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th
Página 154 - lov'd to hear our fong. But O the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never muft return ! Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods, and defert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, 40 And all their echoes mourn. The willows, and the hazel copfes green, Shall now no more be feen,
Página 101 - With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear 125 In faffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feaft, and revelry, With
Página 100 - Or if the earlier feafon lead To the tann'd haycock in the mead. 90 Sometimes with fecure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocond rebecs found To many a youth, and many a maid, 95 Dancing in the chequer'd fhade; And young and old come forth to play On a
Página 154 - 25 Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her fultry horn, Battening our flocks with the frefh dews of night Oft till the ftar that rofe, at evening, bright, 30 Tow'ard Heav'n's defcent had flop'd his
Página 177 - or moon, or ftar, throughout the year, 5 Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not .Againft Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but ftill bear up and fteer Right onward. What fupports me, doft thou afk ? The
Página 101 - Lap me in foft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verfe, Such as the meeting foul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked fweetnefs long drawn out, 140 With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwifting all the chains that ty The hidden foul of harmony ; That Orpheus
Página 104 - In her fweeteft, faddeft plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon .yoke, Gently o'er th' accuftom'd oak; 60 Sweet bird that fhunn'ft the noife of folly, Moft mufical, moft melancholy ! Thee, chauntrefs, oft, the woods among, I woo to hear thy