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" THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two. "
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Página 412
1830
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A Selection of English Epigrams: Extracted Principally from the British and ...

1812 - 156 páginas
...like a true modern spouse, — For she fled from his arms — to distinguish his brtnvs. CCI. MILTON. Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...and England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpast ; The next in majesty — in both the last. The force of nature could no further go...
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The British Nepos; or, Youth's mirror: lives of illustrious Britons

William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 páginas
...which they can be thrown. JOHN MILTON. Born 1608.—Died 1674. From 5th James /., to 2.5th Charles II. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...and England, did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next in majesty; i» both the. last: The force of Nature could no further go...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volumen2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 páginas
...censure blaze ; But, faith ! tis all in vain we do, The world nor credits me nor you. Milton. DRYDBN. THREE poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...and England did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd, The next in majesty, in both the last. The force of Nature could no farther go :...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volumen3

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 524 páginas
...music." His character as a poet is given in the following lines, written by Dryden under his picture : ' Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpast; The next, in majesty ; in both, the last. The force of Nature could no farther go...
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The Juvenile Plutarch: Containing Accounts of the Lives of ..., Volumen2

1820 - 230 páginas
...Dryden's celebrated epigram, constantly prefixed to Paradisc Lost, is little more than a translation. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England, did adorn : The first in majesty of thought surpass'd, The next in gracefulness, in both the last. The force of nature could...
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The juvenile Plutarch, accounts of the lives of celebrated children ..., Parte2

1820 - 224 páginas
...Dryden's celebrated epigram, constantly prelixed to ParaK '2 disc Lost, is little more than a translation. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England, did adorn : The first in majesty of thought surpass'd, The next in gracefulness, in both the last. The force of nature could...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volumen11

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 páginas
...mhile at Rome : Grtecia Mreonidem, jactet sibi Roma Maronem, Anglia Miltonum jactat utrique parem. THREE poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...and England, did adorn. The first, in loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next, in majesty ; in both, the last. The force of nature could no further...
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Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. during the last twenty years of ...

Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 páginas
...priores Qua; potuere duos, tertius unus habet : from the famous lines written under Milton's picture : Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...and England, did adorn: The first in loftiness of thought surpast, The next in majesty ; in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go, To...
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Laconics: Or Instructive Miscellanies, Selected from the Best Authors ...

General reader - 1827 - 246 páginas
...Muse in marble might express, Is known already: Praise would make him less. Pope's Works. ON MILTON. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...and England, did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpast — The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volumen2

Laconics - 1829 - 358 páginas
...the void, by some rude shock we're broke, And all our boasted fire is lost in smoke. MLXXI. Congreve. Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...and England, did adorn. The first, in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next, in majesty; in both, the last. The force of nature could no further go;...
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