The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Том 43Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... theme refponds thy various lay , Here pours a torrent , there mæanders play ; Sonorous as the ftorm thy numbers rife , Tofs the wild waves , and thunder in the skies ; Or fofter than a yielding virgin's figh , The gentle breezes breathe ...
... theme refponds thy various lay , Here pours a torrent , there mæanders play ; Sonorous as the ftorm thy numbers rife , Tofs the wild waves , and thunder in the skies ; Or fofter than a yielding virgin's figh , The gentle breezes breathe ...
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... themes thy Mufe triumphant foars , Mounts through the tracts of air , and heaven explores . Say , has fome feraph tun'd thy facred lyre ? Or deign'd to touch thy hallow'd lips with fire ? For fure such founds exalt th ' immortal string ...
... themes thy Mufe triumphant foars , Mounts through the tracts of air , and heaven explores . Say , has fome feraph tun'd thy facred lyre ? Or deign'd to touch thy hallow'd lips with fire ? For fure such founds exalt th ' immortal string ...
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... theme . How , nobly rising in their country's caufè , The stedfast arbiters of right Exalt the juft and good , to guard her laws , And call forth merit into light . I 3 A lond A loud applaufe around the echoing coaft " Of all ML ...
... theme . How , nobly rising in their country's caufè , The stedfast arbiters of right Exalt the juft and good , to guard her laws , And call forth merit into light . I 3 A lond A loud applaufe around the echoing coaft " Of all ML ...
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... themes to tune the firing , To fuch as heaven might hear , and angels fing : Unlike those bards , who , uninform'd to play , Grate on their jarring pipes a flashy lay : Each line display'd united strength and case , Form'd like his ...
... themes to tune the firing , To fuch as heaven might hear , and angels fing : Unlike those bards , who , uninform'd to play , Grate on their jarring pipes a flashy lay : Each line display'd united strength and case , Form'd like his ...
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... theme as your character , the world would . judge the attempt to be altogether unneceffary , because it had long before been thoroughly acquainted with your virtues ; befides , I am fenfible , that you as earnestly decline all praise ...
... theme as your character , the world would . judge the attempt to be altogether unneceffary , because it had long before been thoroughly acquainted with your virtues ; befides , I am fenfible , that you as earnestly decline all praise ...
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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 244 - Led by his arm, undaunted I appear In the firft ranks of death, and front of war. He taught me firft the pointed fpear to wield, And mow the glorious harveft of the field. By him infpir'd, from ftrength to ftrength I part, Plung'd through the troops, and laid the battle wafte.
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.
Страница 272 - You praife low-living, but you live at large. Perhaps you fcarce believe the rules you teach, Or find it hard to praftife what you preach.