The Works of the English Poets: Buckingham and LansdowneSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... d by Fury and Despair , Within the facred temple made this prayer : Great Deity ! who in thy hands dost bear That iron fceptre which poor mortals fear ; Who , 1 Who , wanting eyes thy felf , refpecteft none 1.2 POEMS . BUCKINGHAM'S.
... d by Fury and Despair , Within the facred temple made this prayer : Great Deity ! who in thy hands dost bear That iron fceptre which poor mortals fear ; Who , 1 Who , wanting eyes thy felf , refpecteft none 1.2 POEMS . BUCKINGHAM'S.
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... hand ! O thou , who every eye that fees the light Closeft for ever in the fhades of night ! Goddefs , attend , and hearken to my grief , To which thy power alone can give relief . Alas ! I afk not to defer my fate , But with my hapless ...
... hand ! O thou , who every eye that fees the light Closeft for ever in the fhades of night ! Goddefs , attend , and hearken to my grief , To which thy power alone can give relief . Alas ! I afk not to defer my fate , But with my hapless ...
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... hands fuftain'd me in my chains ; Ev'n tears of pity waited on my moan , And tender looks were caft on me alone . My hopes and dangers were lefs mine than hers , Thofe fill'd her foul with joys , and thefe with fears ; Our hearts ...
... hands fuftain'd me in my chains ; Ev'n tears of pity waited on my moan , And tender looks were caft on me alone . My hopes and dangers were lefs mine than hers , Thofe fill'd her foul with joys , and thefe with fears ; Our hearts ...
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... hand will bring alike to duft Mankind , and temples too in which they trust . Her wafted spirits now begin to faint , Yet patience ties her tongue from all complaint , And in her heart as in a fort remains ; But yields at laft to her ...
... hand will bring alike to duft Mankind , and temples too in which they trust . Her wafted spirits now begin to faint , Yet patience ties her tongue from all complaint , And in her heart as in a fort remains ; But yields at laft to her ...
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... hand , And with these words I fcarce could understand , Her paffion in a dying voice exprefs'd Half , and her fighs , alas ! made out the rest . ' Tis paft ; this pang Thou must thy mistress lofe , and I my Nature gives o'er the ftrife ...
... hand , And with these words I fcarce could understand , Her paffion in a dying voice exprefs'd Half , and her fighs , alas ! made out the rest . ' Tis paft ; this pang Thou must thy mistress lofe , and I my Nature gives o'er the ftrife ...
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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.