Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Броеве 77–79Johnson, 1810 - 220 страници |
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... gave impulse to his natur- al propensity of composing poetry . When at school such was his deficiency in memory that his teachers could not bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar , and were obliged to allow him to make up this ...
... gave impulse to his natur- al propensity of composing poetry . When at school such was his deficiency in memory that his teachers could not bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar , and were obliged to allow him to make up this ...
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... gave bail in 10007. Soon af- ter this period he published his poems , and took out a degree in physic at Oxford , tho ' he never practised medicine as a profession . After Cromwell's death , he returned to France , and at the ...
... gave bail in 10007. Soon af- ter this period he published his poems , and took out a degree in physic at Oxford , tho ' he never practised medicine as a profession . After Cromwell's death , he returned to France , and at the ...
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Abraham Cowley. gave him an estate , and the last 8 years of his life were spent in that secluded retirement for which he had long sighed . The plan to which he had been most partial was that of emigrating to America , but now he was ...
Abraham Cowley. gave him an estate , and the last 8 years of his life were spent in that secluded retirement for which he had long sighed . The plan to which he had been most partial was that of emigrating to America , but now he was ...
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... gave place ( though loth and angry she to part with the possession of my heart ) to Eliza's conquering face . Eliza till this hour might reign , had she not evil counsels ta'en : Fundamental laws she broke , and still new favourites she ...
... gave place ( though loth and angry she to part with the possession of my heart ) to Eliza's conquering face . Eliza till this hour might reign , had she not evil counsels ta'en : Fundamental laws she broke , and still new favourites she ...
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... gave to them their due : For the rich help of books he always took , tho ' his own searching mind before was so with notions written o'er , as if wise nature had made that her book . So many virtues join'd in him , as we can scarce pick ...
... gave to them their due : For the rich help of books he always took , tho ' his own searching mind before was so with notions written o'er , as if wise nature had made that her book . So many virtues join'd in him , as we can scarce pick ...
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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.