The Works of the English Poets: DrydenH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... earth reftor'd to the long labouring ark , The relicks of mankind , fecure of rest , Ope'd every window to receive the guest , And the fair bearer of the meffage bless'd ; So , when you came , with loud repeated cries , The nation took ...
... earth reftor'd to the long labouring ark , The relicks of mankind , fecure of rest , Ope'd every window to receive the guest , And the fair bearer of the meffage bless'd ; So , when you came , with loud repeated cries , The nation took ...
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... earth unbidden fhall produce her ftore ; The land shall laugh , the circling ocean fmile , And heaven's indulgence blefs the holy ifle . Heaven from all ages has referv'd for you That happy clime , which venom never knew ; Or if it had ...
... earth unbidden fhall produce her ftore ; The land shall laugh , the circling ocean fmile , And heaven's indulgence blefs the holy ifle . Heaven from all ages has referv'd for you That happy clime , which venom never knew ; Or if it had ...
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... earth : Whate'er betides , by deftiny ' tis done ; And better bear like men , than vainly seek to fhun . Nor of my bonds , faid Palamon again , Nor of unhappy planets I complain ; But when my mortal anguish caus'd my cry , That moment I ...
... earth : Whate'er betides , by deftiny ' tis done ; And better bear like men , than vainly seek to fhun . Nor of my bonds , faid Palamon again , Nor of unhappy planets I complain ; But when my mortal anguish caus'd my cry , That moment I ...
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... earth , and force of fates That governs all , and heaven that all creates , Nor art , nor nature's hand can eafe my grief ; Nothing but death , the wretch's laft relief : Then farewel youth , and all the joys that dwell , With youth and ...
... earth , and force of fates That governs all , and heaven that all creates , Nor art , nor nature's hand can eafe my grief ; Nothing but death , the wretch's laft relief : Then farewel youth , and all the joys that dwell , With youth and ...
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... earth what heaven forefees , Call'd providence , or chance , or fatal sway , Comes with refiftlefs force , and finds or makes her way . Nor kings , nor nations , nor united power , One moment can retard th ' appointed hour . And fome ...
... earth what heaven forefees , Call'd providence , or chance , or fatal sway , Comes with refiftlefs force , and finds or makes her way . Nor kings , nor nations , nor united power , One moment can retard th ' appointed hour . And fome ...
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Страница 32 - Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers and great grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days: their general characters are still remaining in mankind, and even in England, though they are called by other names than those of Monks, and Friars, and Canons, and Lady Abbesses, and Nuns; 'for mankind is ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered.
Страница 27 - ... for boys and women, but little of solid meat for men. All this proceeded, not from any want of knowledge, but of judgment. Neither did he want that in discerning the beauties and faults of other poets, but only...
Страница 252 - Twas time enough at last on Death to call, The precipice in sight : a shrub was all, That kindly stood betwixt to break the fatal fall. One maid she had...
Страница 95 - Twas all it had, for windows there were none. The gate was adamant; eternal frame! Which, hew'd by Mars himself, from Indian quarries came, The labour of a god; and all along Tough iron plates were clench 'd to make it strong.
Страница 43 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Страница 230 - The diff'rence that distinguished man from man. He claim'd no title from descent of blood, But that which made him noble, made him good. Warm'd with more particles of heavenly flame, He wing'd his upward flight, and soar'd to fame ; The rest remain'd below, a tribe without a name.
Страница 26 - He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences, and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients excepting Virgil and Horace. One of our late great poets...
Страница 31 - The matter and manner of their tales, and of their telling, are so suited to their different educations, humours and callings, that each of them would be improper in any other mouth.
Страница 26 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil...
Страница 69 - Of fortune, fate, or Providence complain? God gives us what he knows our wants require, And better things than those which we desire...