The Works of the English Poets: AkensideH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... some reflections on the general conduct of the powers of imagination , and on their natural and moral ufefulness in life . Concerning the manner or turn of composition which prevails in this piece , little can be said with propriety by ...
... some reflections on the general conduct of the powers of imagination , and on their natural and moral ufefulness in life . Concerning the manner or turn of composition which prevails in this piece , little can be said with propriety by ...
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... some sentiments which may perhaps be looked upon as not quite direct to the subject ; but , fince they bear an obvious relation to it , the authority of Virgil , the faultless model of didactic poetry , will beft fupport him in this ...
... some sentiments which may perhaps be looked upon as not quite direct to the subject ; but , fince they bear an obvious relation to it , the authority of Virgil , the faultless model of didactic poetry , will beft fupport him in this ...
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... she taught the fabric of the sphere , The changeful moon , the circuit of the stars , The golden zones of heaven : to some she gave 85 Το To weigh the moment of eternal things , Of time PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION , Book I. 15.
... she taught the fabric of the sphere , The changeful moon , the circuit of the stars , The golden zones of heaven : to some she gave 85 Το To weigh the moment of eternal things , Of time PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION , Book I. 15.
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... Some helpless bark ; while facred pity melts The general eye , or terror's icy hand Smites their diftorted limbs and horrent hair ; While every mother clofer to her breaft Catches her child , and pointing where the waves Foam through ...
... Some helpless bark ; while facred pity melts The general eye , or terror's icy hand Smites their diftorted limbs and horrent hair ; While every mother clofer to her breaft Catches her child , and pointing where the waves Foam through ...
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... lordly brow . In numbers boundless as the blooms of spring , Behold their glaring idols , empty fhades By Fancy gilded o'er , and then fet up 85 90 95 For 100 IIO For adoration . Some in learning's garb , 64 AKENSIDE'S POEMS .
... lordly brow . In numbers boundless as the blooms of spring , Behold their glaring idols , empty fhades By Fancy gilded o'er , and then fet up 85 90 95 For 100 IIO For adoration . Some in learning's garb , 64 AKENSIDE'S POEMS .
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Amalthea ancient arms arts awful bards beauty behold bloom bofom breaſt breath caufe cauſe charms country's dæmon delight divine dread dwell earth eaſe eternal facred fage fair faithful fame fancy fate fcenes fcorn feat fecret fenfe fhade fhall filent fire firft firſt flame fmiles focial folemn fome fong fons foon fordid foul fpirit freedom ftill ftrain fublime fuch fway genius glory Greece grove hand haply hath heart heaven himſelf honour hour Imaüs infpire laws lyre meaſures mind mortal moſt Mufe Muſe Naiads nature nature's nobler Nymphs o'er paffions patriot Pentheus Pindar pleafing pleaſing pleaſure pomp praife praiſe raiſe reafon rife ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhame ſhe ſhore ſhould ſky ſpeak ſprings ſtands ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtreams ſway Tethys thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou throne toil tongue treaſure truth virtue Virtue's voice whofe whoſe Wiſdom Xerxes youth
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Страница 82 - Eternal Maker has ordain'd The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being ; to be great like him, Beneficent and active.
Страница 80 - Hence when lightning fires The arch of Heaven, and thunders rock the ground. When furious whirlwinds rend the howling air, And Ocean, groaning from his lowest bed, Heaves his tempestuous billows to the sky ; Amid the mighty uproar, while below The nations tremble, SHAKSPEARE looks abroad From some high cliff, superior, and enjoys The elemental war.
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Страница 68 - Thee too, facetious Momion, wandering here, Thee, dreaded censor, oft have I beheld Bewilder'd unawares : alas ! too long Flush'd with thy comic triumphs and the spoils Of sly Derision ! till on every side Hurling thy random bolts, offended Truth Assign'd thee here thy station with the slaves Of Folly.
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