 | John Milton - 1851 - 554 páginas
...extravagant in the praise which he bestowed upon it in his well-known lines ; " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did...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... | |
 | 1851 - 502 páginas
...passage, and parse the, words printed in italics. To what three poets does it refer ? Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did...first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty, in both the last ,The force of nature could no further go, To mahe a third she joined the... | |
 | Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1851 - 324 páginas
...holding an apple. Itis peculiarly suggestive of Dryden's graceful panegyric : — " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did...first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty, in both the last — The force of nature could no farther go ; To make the third she joined... | |
 | 1851 - 492 páginas
...the church, a tablet with the following inscription has been placed ; — •' 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, To make... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 páginas
...and the ancients too." Subsequently he recorded his praise in verse. " Three poets in three different ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn :...first in loftiness of thought surpassed ; The next in Majesty ; in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go ; To make a third she joined the... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1852 - 348 páginas
...thilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.' " Answer 9th.— " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy and England did adorn, The first in loftiness of thought surpnst, The next in majesty, in both the last; The force of nature could no further go, To make a... | |
 | 1853 - 748 páginas
...Sc. 1.] Quotation wanted. — Who is the author of the following lines ? — " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did...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... | |
 | Edwin Owen Jones - 1853 - 258 páginas
...of having combined the beauties of his most illustrious predecessors : — " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did...first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next, in majesty ; in both, the last. The force of nature could no farther go ; To make a third, she joined... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1854 - 630 páginas
...popularity. The time immediately following produced Dryden's well known epigram :— " Three poets, iu three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did...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... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 páginas
...than to conclude what we would say with the following stanza : — ON MILTON. " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England, did...adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed j The next in majesty ; in both the last ; The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third,... | |
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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. 
