The Works of the English Poets: Buckingham and LansdowneSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... 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 ' adjoining places where the altar ftood , Yet ...
... 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 ' adjoining places where the altar ftood , Yet ...
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... 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 life a shorter date ; And that the earth would in its bowels hide A wretch , whom ...
... 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 life a shorter date ; And that the earth would in its bowels hide A wretch , whom ...
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... ; Make all my happy nights appear but dreams : Let not fuch blifs before my eyes be brought , O hide thofe fcenes from my tormenting thought ; I And And in their place difdainful beauty show ; If thou THE TEMPLE OF 15 DEATH .
... ; Make all my happy nights appear but dreams : Let not fuch blifs before my eyes be brought , O hide thofe fcenes from my tormenting thought ; I And And in their place difdainful beauty show ; If thou THE TEMPLE OF 15 DEATH .
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... night , and sighs out all the day ; Grieving yet more , when he reflects that you Muft not be happy , or must not be true . But fince to me it seems a blacker fate To be inconftant , than unfortunate ; Remember all thofe vows between us ...
... night , and sighs out all the day ; Grieving yet more , when he reflects that you Muft not be happy , or must not be true . But fince to me it seems a blacker fate To be inconftant , than unfortunate ; Remember all thofe vows between us ...
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... night . But Celia never breaks their reft ; Such fervants fhe difdains ; And fo the fops are dully blest , While I endure her chains . R THE DRE A M. EADY to throw me at the feet Of that fair nymph whom I adore , Impatient thofe ...
... night . But Celia never breaks their reft ; Such fervants fhe difdains ; And fo the fops are dully blest , While I endure her chains . R THE DRE A M. EADY to throw me at the feet Of that fair nymph whom I adore , Impatient thofe ...
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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.