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. Select epigrams - Página 4por Select epigrams - 1797Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Henry Thompson - 1838 - 444 páginas
...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 go ; To make a third, she join'd the other two." Yet, seek where'er you will, you'll never find A richer intellect — a... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 páginas
...England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd, The next in majesty ; in both the last. y , ehe join'd the other two. To my Honoured Amman, Jo/i» Dryden, Esq. of Cha* terton, in tlie County... | |
| 1855 - 630 páginas
...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 go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two." What height and depth of conception ! What vigour of expression ! How sound... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 páginas
...did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed ; The next, in majesty ; in both, the lust. The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third, »he join'd the former two. Under a portrait of Milton — Dryden. The poetry of earth is never dead! — When all the birds are... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...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. Dryden. III. HOPE. THE wretch, condemned with life to part, Still, still... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 páginas
...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 join'd the former two. Under a portrait of Milton — Dryden. The poetry of earth is never dead!... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 páginas
...did adorn. The first in loftineaa of thought surpassed ; The next, in majesty ; in both, the last. The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joln'd the former two. Under a portrait of Milton — Drydcn, The poetry of earth is never dead!—... | |
| 1876 - 818 páginas
...England did adorn ; The lint in loftiness of thought surpast ; The next in majesty ; in both the last. The force of nature could no further go, To make a third she j oin'd the other two : ' ' a rather fanciful epitaph ; after the fashion, however, of those days.... | |
| 1846 - 844 páginas
...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 go : To make a third she joined the other two. The " Paradise Lost " therefore is a great epic, — and an epic poem is... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd, The next in majesty ; in IxHh the ¡.MI . the deeds and triumphs of just and pious nations, doing va she join'd the other two. To my Honoured Kinmum, John Drydcn, Eeq. of Cketterton, in the County of... | |
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