The Works of the English Poets: Denham and SprattH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... bodies hath from atoms rais'd . The kernel of a grape , the fig's small grain , Can cloath a mountain , and o'erfhade a plain : But thou , dear vine , forbid ' ft me to be long , Although thy trunk be neither large nor ftrong , Nor can ...
... bodies hath from atoms rais'd . The kernel of a grape , the fig's small grain , Can cloath a mountain , and o'erfhade a plain : But thou , dear vine , forbid ' ft me to be long , Although thy trunk be neither large nor ftrong , Nor can ...
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... bodies death destroy ; That , if our fouls a fecond life enjoy . What elfe is to be fear'd ; when we shall gain Eternal life , or have no fenfe of pain ? The youngest in the morning are not fure , That till the night their life they can ...
... bodies death destroy ; That , if our fouls a fecond life enjoy . What elfe is to be fear'd ; when we shall gain Eternal life , or have no fenfe of pain ? The youngest in the morning are not fure , That till the night their life they can ...
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... bodies did disperse An heavenly foul , to guide this universe ; That man , when he of heavenly bodies faw The order , might from thence a pattern draw : Nor this to me did my own dictates fhow , But to the old philofophers I owe . I ...
... bodies did disperse An heavenly foul , to guide this universe ; That man , when he of heavenly bodies faw The order , might from thence a pattern draw : Nor this to me did my own dictates fhow , But to the old philofophers I owe . I ...
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... bodies reafon flows , " None fees it , when it comes , or where it goes . " Nothing refembles death fo much as fleep , " Yet then our minds themfelves from flumber keep . " When from their fleshly bondage they are free , " Then what ...
... bodies reafon flows , " None fees it , when it comes , or where it goes . " Nothing refembles death fo much as fleep , " Yet then our minds themfelves from flumber keep . " When from their fleshly bondage they are free , " Then what ...
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... bodies fhould be out of pain . The fame uneafinefs which every thing Gives to our nature , life must also bring . Good acts , if long , fem tedious ; so is age , Acting too long upon this earth her stage . Thus much for age , to which ...
... bodies fhould be out of pain . The fame uneafinefs which every thing Gives to our nature , life must also bring . Good acts , if long , fem tedious ; so is age , Acting too long upon this earth her stage . Thus much for age , to which ...
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Página 57 - Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate! And when he would like them appear, •/ Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear...
Página 21 - First to a Torrent, then a Deluge swells: Stronger, and fiercer by restraint he roars, And knows no bound, but makes his power his shores.
Página 15 - Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours : Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants ; So that to us no thing, no place is strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange.
Página 14 - Can knowledge have no bound, but must advance So far, to make us wish for ignorance, And rather in the dark to grope our way Than, led by a...
Página 18 - All instruments, all arts of ruin met; He calls to mind his strength, and then his speed, His winged heels, and then his armed head; With these t' avoid, with that his fate to meet; But fear prevails and bids him trust his feet.
Página 293 - Like transitory dreams given o'er, Whose images are kept in store By memory alone. The time that is to come is not; How can it then be mine? The present moment's all my lot; And that, as fast as it is got, Phillis, is only thine. Then talk not of inconstancy, False hearts, and broken vows; If I by miracle can be This live-long minute true to thee, 'Tis all that Heaven allows.
Página 314 - Likes me abundantly ; but you take care Upon this point, not to be too severe. Perhaps my muse were fitter for this part, For I profess I can be very smart On wit, which I abhor with all my heart.
Página 335 - If those gross faults his choice pen doth commit Proceed from want of judgment, or of wit ? Or if his lumpish fancy does refuse Spirit and grace to his loose slattern Muse ? Five hundred verses every morning writ, Prove him no more a poet than a wit...
Página 53 - How unconcern'd in things to come ! if here uneasy, finds at Rome, at Paris, or Madrid, his home. Secure from low and private ends, his life, his zeal, his wealth attends his prince, his country, and his friends.
Página 58 - Horace's wit and Virgil's state He did not steal, but emulate, And when he would like them appear, Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear} He not from Rome alone, but Greece, Like Jason brought the golden fleece ; To him that language, though to none Of th' others, as his own was known.