The Works of the English Poets: Denham and SprattH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... force , Nor speed , nor art avail , he shapes his courfe ; Thinks not their rage fo defperate to essay An element more merciless than they . But fearless they pursue , nor can the flood Quench their dire thirst ; alas , they thirst for ...
... force , Nor speed , nor art avail , he shapes his courfe ; Thinks not their rage fo defperate to essay An element more merciless than they . But fearless they pursue , nor can the flood Quench their dire thirst ; alas , they thirst for ...
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... force , and wounds returns for wounds . And as a hero , whom his bafer foes In troops furround , now these affails , now thofe , Though prodigal of life , difdains to die By common hands ; but if he can defcry Some nobler foe approach ...
... force , and wounds returns for wounds . And as a hero , whom his bafer foes In troops furround , now these affails , now thofe , Though prodigal of life , difdains to die By common hands ; but if he can defcry Some nobler foe approach ...
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... force His channel to a new , or narrow course ; No longer then within his banks he dwells , First to a torrent , then a deluge fwells : Stronger and fiercer by restraint he roars , And knows no bound , but makes his power his shores . C ...
... force His channel to a new , or narrow course ; No longer then within his banks he dwells , First to a torrent , then a deluge fwells : Stronger and fiercer by restraint he roars , And knows no bound , but makes his power his shores . C ...
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... force ; yet know ye not Ulyffes ' shifts ? Their fwords lefs danger carry than their gifts . ( This faid ) against the horse's fide his fpear He throws , which trembles with inclofed fear , Whilft from the hollows of his womb proceed ...
... force ; yet know ye not Ulyffes ' shifts ? Their fwords lefs danger carry than their gifts . ( This faid ) against the horse's fide his fpear He throws , which trembles with inclofed fear , Whilft from the hollows of his womb proceed ...
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... if the horse Your walls afcend , affifted by your force , A league ' gainft Greece all Afia shall contract : Our fons then fuffering what their fires would act . Thus Thus by his fraud and our own faith o'ercome , 26 POEMS . DENHAM'S.
... if the horse Your walls afcend , affifted by your force , A league ' gainft Greece all Afia shall contract : Our fons then fuffering what their fires would act . Thus Thus by his fraud and our own faith o'ercome , 26 POEMS . DENHAM'S.
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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.
Страница 14 - Can knowledge have no bound, but must advance So far, to make us wish for ignorance, And rather in the dark to grope our way Than, led by a...
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.