The Works of the English Poets: AddisonH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... charm an understanding age no more ; The long - fpun allegories fulfome grow , While the dull moral lies too plain below . We view well - pleas'd at distance all the sights , Of arms and palfries , battles , fields , and fights , And ...
... charm an understanding age no more ; The long - fpun allegories fulfome grow , While the dull moral lies too plain below . We view well - pleas'd at distance all the sights , Of arms and palfries , battles , fields , and fights , And ...
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... charms thou wouldst rehearse , In fimoother numbers and a fofter verfe ; Thy pen had well defcrib'd her graceful air , And Gloriana would have feem'd more fair . Nor muft Rofcommon pass neglected by , That makes ev'n rules a noble ...
... charms thou wouldst rehearse , In fimoother numbers and a fofter verfe ; Thy pen had well defcrib'd her graceful air , And Gloriana would have feem'd more fair . Nor muft Rofcommon pass neglected by , That makes ev'n rules a noble ...
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... charms in all . How might we fear our English poetry , That long has flourish'd , fhould decay with thee ; Did not the Mufes ' other hope appear , Harmonious Congreve , and forbid our fear : Congreve ! whofe fancy's unexhausted store ...
... charms in all . How might we fear our English poetry , That long has flourish'd , fhould decay with thee ; Did not the Mufes ' other hope appear , Harmonious Congreve , and forbid our fear : Congreve ! whofe fancy's unexhausted store ...
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... charms that their proud hearts fubdued . Fain would I Raphael's godlike art rehearse , And fhow th ' immortal labours in my verse , Where from the mingled strength of shade and light A new creation rifes to my fight , Such heavenly ...
... charms that their proud hearts fubdued . Fain would I Raphael's godlike art rehearse , And fhow th ' immortal labours in my verse , Where from the mingled strength of shade and light A new creation rifes to my fight , Such heavenly ...
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... charms of art , While proud oppreffion in her valleys reigns , And tyranny ufurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant beholds in vain The reddening orange and the swelling grain : Joylefs he fees the growing oils and wines , And in ...
... charms of art , While proud oppreffion in her valleys reigns , And tyranny ufurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant beholds in vain The reddening orange and the swelling grain : Joylefs he fees the growing oils and wines , And in ...
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Aëre æther arms aſk atque behold beſt blood bluſhes breaſt bright Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe CYCNUS death DECIUS defcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fenate fhall fhining fight fire firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftory ftrength fubject fuccefs fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf itſelf Jove JUBA laft laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid Marcia Marcus mighty moſt muſt myſelf numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet Portius praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife rifu riſe Roman Rome SEMPRONIUS ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtreams Syphax tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder verfe verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue waſte Whilft youth САТО
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Страница 225 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Страница 329 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Страница 330 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Страница 45 - Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours pray'r.
Страница 153 - Who now appear'd but one continu'd wound. With dropping tears his bitter fate he moans, And fills the mountain with his dying groans. His servants with a piteous look he spies, And turns about his supplicating eyes.
Страница 35 - Through pathless fields, and unfrequented floods, To dens of dragons and enchanted woods. But now the mystic tale, that pleased of yore, Can charm an understanding age no more; The long-spun allegories fulsome grow, While the dull moral lies too plain below.
Страница 100 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Страница 210 - Virgil seems no where so well pleased, as when he is got among his Bees in the Fourth Georgic; and ennobles the actions of so trivial a creature, with metaphors drawn from the most important concerns of mankind. His verses...
Страница 249 - ... storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. While Cato gives his little senate laws...
Страница 278 - Rome will rejoice, and cast its eyes on Cato, As on the second of mankind. CATO. No more! I must not think of life on such conditions. DEC. Caesar is well acquainted with your virtues, And therefore sets this value on your life: Let him but know the price of Cato's friendship, And name your terms.