The Works of the English Poets: AddisonH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... d . Then will thy Ovid , thus transform'd , reveal A nobler change than he himself can tell . Magd . College , Oxon . June 2 , 1693 . The Author's age 22 . A POEM A POE M то HIS M A JEST PRESENTED TO ADDISON'S POEMS .
... d . Then will thy Ovid , thus transform'd , reveal A nobler change than he himself can tell . Magd . College , Oxon . June 2 , 1693 . The Author's age 22 . A POEM A POE M то HIS M A JEST PRESENTED TO ADDISON'S POEMS .
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... tell what tempefts rife . By turns they eafe the loaden fwarms , or drive The drone , a lazy infect , from their hive . The work is warmly ply'd through all the cells , And strong with thyme the new - made honey fmells . So in their ...
... tell what tempefts rife . By turns they eafe the loaden fwarms , or drive The drone , a lazy infect , from their hive . The work is warmly ply'd through all the cells , And strong with thyme the new - made honey fmells . So in their ...
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... and verfe To them that practise them with more fuccefs . Of greater truths I'll now prepare to tell , And fo at once , dear friend and Mufe , farewel . A LETTER D4 A LETTER FROM ITALY . ΤΟ ΤΗΕ RIGHT HON . ON THE ENGLISH POETS . 39.
... and verfe To them that practise them with more fuccefs . Of greater truths I'll now prepare to tell , And fo at once , dear friend and Mufe , farewel . A LETTER D4 A LETTER FROM ITALY . ΤΟ ΤΗΕ RIGHT HON . ON THE ENGLISH POETS . 39.
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... taste the fweets of English liberty : But who can tell the joys of those that lie Beneath the constant influence of her eye ! ; Whilft in diffufive fhowers her bounties fall Like heaven's indulgence Whilft 66 ADDISON'S POEM S.
... taste the fweets of English liberty : But who can tell the joys of those that lie Beneath the constant influence of her eye ! ; Whilft in diffufive fhowers her bounties fall Like heaven's indulgence Whilft 66 ADDISON'S POEM S.
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... tell pofterity the wondrous tale . When actions , unadorn'd , are faint and weak , Cities and countries must be taught to speak ; Gods may defcend in factions from the fkies , And rivers from their oozy beds arife ; Fiction may deck the ...
... tell pofterity the wondrous tale . When actions , unadorn'd , are faint and weak , Cities and countries must be taught to speak ; Gods may defcend in factions from the fkies , And rivers from their oozy beds arife ; Fiction may deck the ...
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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.