The Works of the English Poets: YoungH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... spreads her charms , The confcious foul would this great scene display , Call down th ' immortal hofts in dread array , The trumpet found , the Christian banner spread , And raise from filent graves the trembling dead ; Such deep ...
... spreads her charms , The confcious foul would this great scene display , Call down th ' immortal hofts in dread array , The trumpet found , the Christian banner spread , And raise from filent graves the trembling dead ; Such deep ...
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... light , but from the terrors of the sky : Fall'n are her mountains , her fam'd rivers loft , And all into a fecond chaos tost : 165 One ~ 5 One univerfal ruin spreads abroad ; Nothing is fafe beneath YOUNG'S POEMS .
... light , but from the terrors of the sky : Fall'n are her mountains , her fam'd rivers loft , And all into a fecond chaos tost : 165 One ~ 5 One univerfal ruin spreads abroad ; Nothing is fafe beneath YOUNG'S POEMS .
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Samuel Johnson. One univerfal ruin spreads abroad ; Nothing is fafe beneath the throne of God . Such , earth , thy fate : what then canft thou afford To comfort and fupport thy guilty lord ? Man , haughty lord of all beneath the moon ...
Samuel Johnson. One univerfal ruin spreads abroad ; Nothing is fafe beneath the throne of God . Such , earth , thy fate : what then canft thou afford To comfort and fupport thy guilty lord ? Man , haughty lord of all beneath the moon ...
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... Spread all thy purple clufters , tempting vine , And thou , more dreaded foe , bright beauty , shine ; Shine all ; in all your charms together rife ; That all , in all your charms , I may despise , While I mount upward on a strong ...
... Spread all thy purple clufters , tempting vine , And thou , more dreaded foe , bright beauty , shine ; Shine all ; in all your charms together rife ; That all , in all your charms , I may despise , While I mount upward on a strong ...
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... spreading fhame ? 235 They all for him purfue , or quit , their end ; The mounting flames their burning power ... spread , And the loud ocean bellow'd o'er his head ? 245 250 When now the thunder roars , the lightening flics , And ...
... spreading fhame ? 235 They all for him purfue , or quit , their end ; The mounting flames their burning power ... spread , And the loud ocean bellow'd o'er his head ? 245 250 When now the thunder roars , the lightening flics , And ...
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AUBREY BEAUCLERK becauſe bleffings boaſt Book of Job breaſt bright Britain caft charms crown dare death defcend diftant divine dreadful duft earth eternal eyes facred fafe fair fame fate fatires fays fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhould fkies flain flame fmile foes fome fons fools foon forrow foul fpirit ftill ftrain ftrong fublime fuch fupport fure fweet fwell fword glory grace guilty heart heaven himſelf immortal inſpire juft laft laſt lefs loft lord mankind meaſure mind moft moſt Mufe muft muſt numbers nymphs o'er paffion pain pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe pride profe proud purſue rage raiſe reafon renown rife Satire ſcene ſhall ſhe ſhine ſkies ſky ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtore ſtorm tempeft thee thefe theme theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand throne thunders toy'd trembling vengeance virtue virtue's Whofe Whoſe wife wiſdom
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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 112 - But after seven years' dance, from place to place The 'Dane is more familiar with his grace. Who'd be a crutch to prop a rotten peer ; Or living pendant dangling at his ear, For ever whisp'ring secrets, which were blown For months before, by trumpets, thro...
Página 10 - Impetuous winds the scatter'd forests rend ; Eternal mountains, like their cedars, bend ; The valleys yawn, the troubled ocean roar, And break the bondage of his wonted shore ; A sanguine stain the silver moon o'erspread ; Darkness the circle of the sun invade ; From inmost heaven incessant thunders roll, And the strong echo bound from pole to pole.
Página 131 - LIBERIA'S eye As riot, impudence, and perfidy ; The youth of fire, that has drunk deep, and play'd...
Página 97 - Though prone to like, yet cautious to commend, You read with all the malice of a friend; Nor favour my attempts that way alone, But more to raise my verse, conceal your own. An ill-tim'd modesty!
Página 81 - Let high birth triumph ! What can be more great ? Nothing — but merit in a low estate.
Página 82 - The man who builds, and wants wherewith to pay, Provides a home from which to run away. In Britain, what is many a lordly seat, But a discharge in full for an estate...
Página 96 - I'll conjure thus some profit out of thee. O THOU myself! abroad our counsels roam, And, like ill husbands, take no care at home : Thou too art wounded with the common dart, And Love of Fame lies throbbing at thy heart; And what wise means to gain it hast thou chose?
Página 79 - Some go to church, proud humbly to repent, And come back much more guilty than they went : One way they look, another way they steer, Pray to the gods, but would have mortals hear ; And when their sins they set sincerely down, They'll find that their religion has been one.
Página 119 - But if, by chance, an ill-adapted word Drops from the lip of her unwary lord, Her darling china, in a whirlwind sent, Just intimates the lady's discontent.