The Works of the English Poets: Buckingham and LansdowneSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... fight The goddess is , who fways this realm of night ; Her power extends o'er all things that have breath , A cruel tyrant , and her name is Death . The fairest object of our wondering eyes Was newly offer'd up her facrifice ; Th ...
... fight The goddess is , who fways this realm of night ; Her power extends o'er all things that have breath , A cruel tyrant , and her name is Death . The fairest object of our wondering eyes Was newly offer'd up her facrifice ; Th ...
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... fight of day I could remove , And might have nothing left me but my love . Thou only comforter of minds opprest , The port where wearied fpirits are at reft ; Conductor to Elyfium , take my life , My breast I offer to thy facred knife ...
... fight of day I could remove , And might have nothing left me but my love . Thou only comforter of minds opprest , The port where wearied fpirits are at reft ; Conductor to Elyfium , take my life , My breast I offer to thy facred knife ...
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... fight , Refolv'd to conquer , or to fall , Before his general's fight ; Advanc'd the happy hero lives ; Or if ill Fate denies , The noble rashness heaven forgives , And gloriously he dies . INCON INCONSTANCY EXCUSED . S O N G. I Muft ...
... fight , Refolv'd to conquer , or to fall , Before his general's fight ; Advanc'd the happy hero lives ; Or if ill Fate denies , The noble rashness heaven forgives , And gloriously he dies . INCON INCONSTANCY EXCUSED . S O N G. I Muft ...
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... fight of shore . Farewell , too fcrupulous fair - one ; oh ! farewell ; What torments I endure , no tongue can tell : Thank heaven , my fate transports me now where I , Your martyr , may with ease and fafety die . } With that I kneel'd ...
... fight of shore . Farewell , too fcrupulous fair - one ; oh ! farewell ; What torments I endure , no tongue can tell : Thank heaven , my fate transports me now where I , Your martyr , may with ease and fafety die . } With that I kneel'd ...
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... fight . Bid Hector fally from the walls of Troy ; A fweeter quarrel fhould your arms employ . Yet fears like these should not my mind perplex , Were I as wife as many of my fex : But time and you may bolder thoughts infpire ; And I ...
... fight . Bid Hector fally from the walls of Troy ; A fweeter quarrel fhould your arms employ . Yet fears like these should not my mind perplex , Were I as wife as many of my fex : But time and you may bolder thoughts infpire ; And I ...
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Amadis ARCABON ARCALAUS arms beauty behold beſt bleffing bleft breaſt bright Brutus caufe cauſe charms CONSTANTIUS death deferve defire delight deſpair deſtroy difdain Effay ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatires fcorn fear fecret feem fenfe fhall fhining fhould fighs fight fince fing firft firſt flame flave foft fome fong foul fpirits ftill ftrong fuch fure fweet goddeſs gods grace grief happy heart heaven HENRY PURCELL himſelf honour immortal inſpires itſelf Jove joys juft juſt kings laft languiſhing laſt lefs loft lov'd Love's lover Marcus Brutus mind moft moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt Myra nymph Oriana paffion pain paſt Peleus pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet praiſe prefent rage raiſe reafon reft ſcene ſhall ſhe ſhine ſtars ſtate ſtill ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand trembling Vex'd whofe whoſe wife worfe wretched
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Страница 4 - Your essay of poetry, which was published without a name, and of which I was not honoured with the confidence, I read over and over with much delight, and as much instruction : and, without flattering you, or making myself more moral than I am, not without some envy. I was loth to be informed how an epic poem should be written, or how a tragedy should be contrived and managed, in better verse, and with more judgment, than I could teach others.