 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.  Joe Miller's Jests: With Copious Additions - Página 220por Joe Miller - 1836 - 248 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 páginas
...show, The way which thou so well hast learnt below. ON MILTON. Three poets, in three distant ages bora, 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 go ; To make... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 páginas
...and casts it outward To the world's open view. ON MILTON. 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 páginas
...His pious widow conseerates this tomh. UNDER MR. MILTON'S PICTURE BEFORE HIS PARADISE LOST. TIIRFE poets in three distant ages horn, Greece, Italy, and...England did adorn. The first, in loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next, in majesty ; in hoth the last. WHO DIED AT BATH, ARD If THKKi: » TEREED.* BELOW... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 páginas
...live to Thee. Doddridge. II. LINES UNDER MILTON'S PORTRAIT. 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... | |
 | Richmal Mangnall - 1859 - 602 páginas
...verses, written under Milton's picture, which we subjoin: — Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'ci, The next in majesty, in both the last; The force of Nature could no farther go, — To... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 434 páginas
...hundred can expect a poet in a hundred generations." He then repeated Dryden's celebrated lines, " Three poets in three distant ages horn, Greece, Italy,...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... | |
 | Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1860 - 336 páginas
...peculiarly suggestive of Dryden's graceful panegyric : — " 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 134 páginas
...Paradise Lost, which was published by subscription in 1680 : — "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... | |
 | Joel Edson Rockwell - 1860 - 356 páginas
...The graceful eulogy of Dryden is added beneath this notice: " 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 farther go, To make... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 páginas
...amongst barbarians, who not only refuse to do justice, but " Three poets in three distant ages born, hich he gave to Mr. Zachariah Williams, father of the blind lady whom he surpass'd ; The next, in majesty ; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make... | |
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