The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Том 43Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... leave to publish the following poems under your patronage : A prefent , I confefs , unworthy of it , and of little value , excepting what gratitude gives it : But , I fear , it may be esteemed a boast rather than an acknowledgement , or ...
... leave to publish the following poems under your patronage : A prefent , I confefs , unworthy of it , and of little value , excepting what gratitude gives it : But , I fear , it may be esteemed a boast rather than an acknowledgement , or ...
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... kind , I will beg leave to fpeak fomething not as a poet , but a critic ; that if any credit fhould fail as a poet , I may have recourfe to my remarks B 4 remarks upon Homer , and be pardoned for my industry [ 1 ] THE Preface Page.
... kind , I will beg leave to fpeak fomething not as a poet , but a critic ; that if any credit fhould fail as a poet , I may have recourfe to my remarks B 4 remarks upon Homer , and be pardoned for my industry [ 1 ] THE Preface Page.
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... leave your oatmeal and your chalk ! ' Tis true , you ' re meagre , pale , and wan , The reafon is , you ' re fick for man.- While yet it fpoke , Ophelia frown'd , And dafh'd th ' offender to the ground ; With fury from her arm it fled ...
... leave your oatmeal and your chalk ! ' Tis true , you ' re meagre , pale , and wan , The reafon is , you ' re fick for man.- While yet it fpoke , Ophelia frown'd , And dafh'd th ' offender to the ground ; With fury from her arm it fled ...
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... leaves difclofe ! The winter's paft , the tempefts fly , Soft gales breathe gently through the sky ; The lark fweet warbling on the wing Salutes the gay return of spring : The filver dews , the vernal thowers , Call forth a bloomy waste ...
... leaves difclofe ! The winter's paft , the tempefts fly , Soft gales breathe gently through the sky ; The lark fweet warbling on the wing Salutes the gay return of spring : The filver dews , the vernal thowers , Call forth a bloomy waste ...
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... leave me captive , till you fafe return , And witness to the truth my tongue unfolds . To whom ftern - frowning Diomed replies , Though every fyllable be ftamp'd with truth , Dolon , thou dy'ft : would'st thou once more return Darkling ...
... leave me captive , till you fafe return , And witness to the truth my tongue unfolds . To whom ftern - frowning Diomed replies , Though every fyllable be ftamp'd with truth , Dolon , thou dy'ft : would'st thou once more return Darkling ...
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Æneid arms Atrides Bard beauty beneath bleft blooming bofom brave breaft breathe bright charms death Diomed diſplay dreadful earth Ev'n eyes facred fair fame fate feas fhades fhall fhining fhores fhould fierce fighs fight filent fing fire fkies flain flames fleep flies floods FLORUS flowers fmiles foft fome fong fons forrows foul fpring ftands ftill ftorms ftreams fuch fweet fwell fword glorious Gods grace Greece ground groves heaven hero hoft honours Iliad Jove king labours laſt Latian loft Lord LYCIDAS lyre mighty Mufe Muſe muſt numbers nymph o'er plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praiſe proud purſue rage Rainham raiſe rife riſe roar rofe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtate ſtill ſtrains tears thee thefe theſe thofe thou thouſand Thracian thunder toils trembling Troy vaft verſe waves whofe WILLIAM BROOME youth
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Страница 164 - When pain afflicts, or sickness grieves, Its juice the drooping heart relieves; And, after death, its odours shed A pleasing fragrance o'er the dead; And when its withering charms decay, And sinking, fading, die away; Triumphant o'er the rage of time, It keeps the fragrance of its prime.
Страница 396 - Let the grave judges too the glafs forbear, Who never fing and dance but once a year. This truth once known, our poets take the hint, Get drunk or mad, and then get into print: To raife their flames indulge the mellow fit, And lofe their fenfes in the fearch of wit: * Late r.illn.n of London. And when with claret fir'd they take the pen, Swear they can write, becaufe they drink, like Ben.
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