The Works of the English Poets: Denham and SprattH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... Some to undo , and fome to be undone ; While luxury , and wealth , like war and peace , Are each the other's ruin , and increase ; As rivers loft in feas , some secret vein Thence reconveys , there to be loft again . Oh happiness of ...
... Some to undo , and fome to be undone ; While luxury , and wealth , like war and peace , Are each the other's ruin , and increase ; As rivers loft in feas , some secret vein Thence reconveys , there to be loft again . Oh happiness of ...
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... Some nobler foe approach , to him he calls , And begs his fate , and then contented falls . So when the king a mortal fhaft lets fly , From his unerring hand , then glad , to die , Proud of the wound , to it refigns his blood , And ...
... Some nobler foe approach , to him he calls , And begs his fate , and then contented falls . So when the king a mortal fhaft lets fly , From his unerring hand , then glad , to die , Proud of the wound , to it refigns his blood , And ...
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... some efteem and port We then did bear , till by Ulyffes ' craft ( Things known I fpeak ) he was of life bereft : Since in dark forrow I my days did spend , Till now difdaining his unworthy end , I could not filence my complaints , but ...
... some efteem and port We then did bear , till by Ulyffes ' craft ( Things known I fpeak ) he was of life bereft : Since in dark forrow I my days did spend , Till now difdaining his unworthy end , I could not filence my complaints , but ...
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... Some draw with cords , and fome the monster drive With rolls and levers : thus our works it climbs , Big with our fate , the youth with fongs and rhimes , Some dance , fome hale the rope ; at last let down It enters with a thundering ...
... Some draw with cords , and fome the monster drive With rolls and levers : thus our works it climbs , Big with our fate , the youth with fongs and rhimes , Some dance , fome hale the rope ; at last let down It enters with a thundering ...
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... Some re - afcend the horse , and he whose fides Let forth the valiant , now the coward hides . Some to their fafer guard , their ships , retire ; But vain ' s that hope , ' gainst which the gods confpire ; Behold the royal virgin , the ...
... Some re - afcend the horse , and he whose fides Let forth the valiant , now the coward hides . Some to their fafer guard , their ships , retire ; But vain ' s that hope , ' gainst which the gods confpire ; Behold the royal virgin , the ...
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Страница 57 - Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate! And when he would like them appear, •/ Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear...
Страница 21 - First to a Torrent, then a Deluge swells: Stronger, and fiercer by restraint he roars, And knows no bound, but makes his power his shores.
Страница 15 - Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours : Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants ; So that to us no thing, no place is strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange.
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Страница 18 - All instruments, all arts of ruin met; He calls to mind his strength, and then his speed, His winged heels, and then his armed head; With these t' avoid, with that his fate to meet; But fear prevails and bids him trust his feet.
Страница 293 - Like transitory dreams given o'er, Whose images are kept in store By memory alone. The time that is to come is not; How can it then be mine? The present moment's all my lot; And that, as fast as it is got, Phillis, is only thine. Then talk not of inconstancy, False hearts, and broken vows; If I by miracle can be This live-long minute true to thee, 'Tis all that Heaven allows.
Страница 314 - Likes me abundantly ; but you take care Upon this point, not to be too severe. Perhaps my muse were fitter for this part, For I profess I can be very smart On wit, which I abhor with all my heart.
Страница 335 - If those gross faults his choice pen doth commit Proceed from want of judgment, or of wit ? Or if his lumpish fancy does refuse Spirit and grace to his loose slattern Muse ? Five hundred verses every morning writ, Prove him no more a poet than a wit...
Страница 53 - How unconcern'd in things to come ! if here uneasy, finds at Rome, at Paris, or Madrid, his home. Secure from low and private ends, his life, his zeal, his wealth attends his prince, his country, and his friends.
Страница 58 - Horace's wit and Virgil's state He did not steal, but emulate, And when he would like them appear, Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear} He not from Rome alone, but Greece, Like Jason brought the golden fleece ; To him that language, though to none Of th' others, as his own was known.