 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.  Brookiana - Página 1371804Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Joseph Ivimey - 1833 - 430 páginas
...and juster description of MILTON, considered as a poet, than in the well-known words of Dryden :— " Three Poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England, did adorn: The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty; in both the lastThe force of nature could no further go : To make a... | |
 | Mary Martha Rodwell - 1834
...employed one of his daughters as his amanuensis : his character is thus portrayed by Dryden : — " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two." BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Boundaries. — Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire... | |
 | John Milton - 1835
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 | 1871 - 268 páginas
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 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835
...subject there is as much of truth as there is of enthusiasm, in the following epigram of Dryden. ' Three poets, in three distant ages born, 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 farther go ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835
...and but two rivals; yet of whose rivalry Dryden, in that first of epigrams, happily observes — " The force of Nature could no further go — To make a third shejoin'd the former two." No apology therefore is needed for now proposing a new and splendidly-embellished... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836
...paternos Eja age in aniplexus, cara Maria, redi. Page 183. " Dryden's illustrious epitaph on Milton." Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...majesty, in both the last. The force of Nature could no farther go, To make a third she join'd the other two. Page 252. Vincent Bourne. " I think him a better... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836
...illustrious epitaph on Milton." Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and Kngland did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd...majesty, in both the last. The force of Nature could no farther go, I i• ! Jn.• To make a third she join'd the other two. • , i ... „ .. Page 252.... | |
 | 1836
...thy theme, sublime, In number, weight, and measure, needs not rhyme. EPIGRAM ON MILTON. BY DRYDEN. THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England, did adorn: Tin ih>I in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next, in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1836 - 248 páginas
...can no longer scold — she cries. On Milton. BY MR. DRVDEN. Three poets, in three distant ages horn, 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 make... | |
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