Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Броеве 77–79Johnson, 1810 - 220 страници |
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... fires . When , Goddess ! thou lift'st up thy waken'd head out of the morning's purple bed , thy choir of birds about thee play , and all the joyful world salutes the rising day . : The ghosts , and monster sp'rits , that did presume a ...
... fires . When , Goddess ! thou lift'st up thy waken'd head out of the morning's purple bed , thy choir of birds about thee play , and all the joyful world salutes the rising day . : The ghosts , and monster sp'rits , that did presume a ...
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... a wreath of bays about my brow , I should contemn that flourishing honour now , condemn it to the fire , and joy to hear it rage and crackle there . Instead of bays , crown with sad cypress me ; 2 * ON THE DEATH OF W. HERVEY . 15.
... a wreath of bays about my brow , I should contemn that flourishing honour now , condemn it to the fire , and joy to hear it rage and crackle there . Instead of bays , crown with sad cypress me ; 2 * ON THE DEATH OF W. HERVEY . 15.
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... fire none . Knowledge he only sought , and so soon caught , as if for him knowledge had rather sought : nor did more learning ever crowded lie in such a short mortality . Whene'er the skilful youth discours'd or writ , still did the ...
... fire none . Knowledge he only sought , and so soon caught , as if for him knowledge had rather sought : nor did more learning ever crowded lie in such a short mortality . Whene'er the skilful youth discours'd or writ , still did the ...
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... fire ! leading them still insensibly ' on by the strange witchcraft of Anon ! by thee the one does changing Nature through her endless labyrinths pursue and th'other chases woman , whilst she goes more ways and turns than hunted Nature ...
... fire ! leading them still insensibly ' on by the strange witchcraft of Anon ! by thee the one does changing Nature through her endless labyrinths pursue and th'other chases woman , whilst she goes more ways and turns than hunted Nature ...
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... fire is join'd , a powerful brand prescrib'd the date of thine , like Meleager's fate . Th ' antiperistasis of age more enflam'd thy amorous rage ; thy silver hairs yielded me more , than even golden curls , before . Had I the power of ...
... fire is join'd , a powerful brand prescrib'd the date of thine , like Meleager's fate . Th ' antiperistasis of age more enflam'd thy amorous rage ; thy silver hairs yielded me more , than even golden curls , before . Had I the power of ...
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Addison Anacreon arms beauty behold blest blood bold breast bright brother Cæsar Cato Cato's Cecilia's charms DANIEL PURCELL death Decius delight dost dreadful Dryden e'er ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate father fear flame fools friends give gods grace griefs hand happy hast hear heart heaven honour hope Hudibras I've sounded immortal Juba king live Lord Lord Halifax lov'd Lucia Lucius maid majestic band mankind Marc Marcia Marcus mighty mind Muse nature ne'er never numbers Numidian nymph o'er once passion peace Pharsalia pleasure poet Portius pow'r praise prince rage ravish'd rise Roman Roman senate Rome scenes Sempronius senate shade shew shine sight smile song sorrows soul sound stream sung sweet swells sword Syph Syphax tears thee thine thoughts toil tongue tremble Utica verse virtue whilst winds would'st thou young youth
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Страница 24 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble...
Страница 20 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Страница 82 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Страница 22 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Страница 19 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Страница 21 - And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — the style is excellent; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found...
Страница 21 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Страница 19 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Страница 7 - A watchtower once ; but now, so fate ordains. Of all the pile an empty name remains. From its...
Страница 4 - CREATOR spirit, by whose aid The world's foundations first were laid, Come visit every pious mind ; Come pour thy joys on human kind ; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make thy temples worthy thee.