The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen8Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... nobler ends , A long farewell to love I gave : Refolv'd my country , and my friends , All that remain'd of me should have . And this refolve no mortal dame , None but those eyes , could have o'erthrown : The nymph I dare not , need not ...
... nobler ends , A long farewell to love I gave : Refolv'd my country , and my friends , All that remain'd of me should have . And this refolve no mortal dame , None but those eyes , could have o'erthrown : The nymph I dare not , need not ...
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... nobler , than his own : Nor were it juft , would he resume that shape , That flack devotion fhould his thunder fcape .. ' Twas not revenge for griev'd Apollo's wrong , Those afs's ears on Midas ' temples hung : But fond repentance of ...
... nobler , than his own : Nor were it juft , would he resume that shape , That flack devotion fhould his thunder fcape .. ' Twas not revenge for griev'd Apollo's wrong , Those afs's ears on Midas ' temples hung : But fond repentance of ...
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... nobler part .. Narciffus , cozen'd by that flattering Well , Which nothing could but of his beauty tell , Had here , discovering the deform'd estate Of his fond mind , preserv'd himself with hate .. But virtue too , as well as vice , is ...
... nobler part .. Narciffus , cozen'd by that flattering Well , Which nothing could but of his beauty tell , Had here , discovering the deform'd estate Of his fond mind , preserv'd himself with hate .. But virtue too , as well as vice , is ...
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... nobler gale . Thus , while your Mufe fpreads the Venetian story , You make all Europe emulate her glory : You make them blush , weak Venice fhould defend The cause of heaven , while they for words contend Shed Chriftian blood , and ...
... nobler gale . Thus , while your Mufe fpreads the Venetian story , You make all Europe emulate her glory : You make them blush , weak Venice fhould defend The cause of heaven , while they for words contend Shed Chriftian blood , and ...
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... nobler tillage , ' tis not fo ; For when Anchises did fair Venus know , What interest had poor Vulcan in the boy , Famous Æneas , or the prefent joy ? CON . Women enjoy'd , whate'er before they've been , Are like Romances read , or ...
... nobler tillage , ' tis not fo ; For when Anchises did fair Venus know , What interest had poor Vulcan in the boy , Famous Æneas , or the prefent joy ? CON . Women enjoy'd , whate'er before they've been , Are like Romances read , or ...
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againſt Amoret beauty beſt bleft bold bounty brave breaſt bright CANTO Chloris command courage dame Engliſh Epicurus eyes facred fafe fair falutes fame fate feem fhall fhining fight fince fing firft firſt flain flame foes fome foon foul ftill fuch give glory grace heart Heaven himſelf increaſe inftruct iſland itſelf Jove juſt King Lady laft laſt lefs leſs light loft Lucretius mind monſters mortals moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt noble nobler Numbers Nymph o'er paffion peace Phoebus plac'd pleaſe pleaſure Poems praiſe prefent Prince Prince of Orange rage raiſe reafon reſt rife royal ſea ſeems ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhip ſhould ſhow ſpoil ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch ſweet tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand uſe Verfe verſes vex'd virtue WALLER whofe Whoſe wind wonder youth
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Página 59 - extremeft fpher.e, The pale which held that lovely deer: My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move! A narrow compafs ! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that 's fair: Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the
Página 59 - as white, a ball of new-fall'n fnow. ON A GIRDLE. THAT which her flender waift confin'd, Shall now my joyful temples bind': No monarch but would give his crown, His arms might do what this has done.. It was my heaven's
Página 199 - Her, that unbody'd can her Maker praife. The feas are quiet, when the winds give o'er: So, calm are we, when paffions are no more ! For then we know how vain it was to boaft Of
Página 71 - Then die ! that fhe The common fate of all things rare May read in thee: How fmall a part of time they fhare, That are fo wondrous fweet
Página 103 - the heavieft metal, hither fwims : Ours is the harveft where the Indians mow, We plough the Deep, and reap what others fow. Things of the nobleft kind our own foil breeds; Stout are our men, and warlike are our fteeds : Rome, though her eagle through the world had flown, Could never make this
Página 30 - the liftening deer Attend my paflion, and forget to fear : When to the beeches I report my flame, They bow their heads, as if they felt the fame: To Gods appealing, when I reach their Bowers With loud complaints, they anfwer me in mowers. To
Página 103 - us from ourfelves, and from the foe, Make us unite, and make us conquer too; Let partial fpirits ftill aloud complain : Think themfelves injur'd that they cannot reign: And own no liberty, but where they may Without controul upon their fellows prey. Above the waves as Neptune fhew'd his face To chide the winds, and fave
Página 57 - feem'd to frame, And meafure out, this only dame. Thrice happy is that humble pair, Beneath the level of all care! Over whofe heads thofe arrows fly Of fad diftruft, and jealoufy: Secured in as high extreme, As if the world held none but them. To him the faireft nymphs do
Página 140 - And all an Englifh pen can hope; To make the Fair approve his flame,. That can fo far extend their fame. Verfe, thus defign'd, has no ill fate, If it arrive but at the date Of fading beauty; if it prove But as long-liv'd as prefent love; Upon the Earl of ROSCOMMON'S
Página 22 - flame, It could not equalize the hundredth part, : Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart! » Go, boy, and carve this paffion on the bark Of yonder tree, which ftands the facred mark Of noble Sidney's birth ; when fuch benign, > Such more than mortal-making ftars did