The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Том 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... laws shall reign in every mind , And every Phocyas his Eudocia find . O ! yet be this the lowest of thy fame , To form the hero , and instruct the dame ; I see the Christian , friend , relation , son , Burn for the glorious course that ...
... laws shall reign in every mind , And every Phocyas his Eudocia find . O ! yet be this the lowest of thy fame , To form the hero , and instruct the dame ; I see the Christian , friend , relation , son , Burn for the glorious course that ...
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... laws of motion first endu'd the whole , And bade the Heavens in destin'd circles roll , The polish'd Spheres commenc'd their harmony ; All nature in a chorus did agree , And the World's birth - day was a jubilee . THE COURT OF NEPTUNE ...
... laws of motion first endu'd the whole , And bade the Heavens in destin'd circles roll , The polish'd Spheres commenc'd their harmony ; All nature in a chorus did agree , And the World's birth - day was a jubilee . THE COURT OF NEPTUNE ...
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... laws arraign , Nor spurn at common ills in vain , Which Folly cannot shun , nor wise Reflection cure . But oh ! -- more anxious for the year to come , I would foreknow my future doom . Then tell me , Janus , canst thou spy Events that ...
... laws arraign , Nor spurn at common ills in vain , Which Folly cannot shun , nor wise Reflection cure . But oh ! -- more anxious for the year to come , I would foreknow my future doom . Then tell me , Janus , canst thou spy Events that ...
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... laws , " instead Of " pudding - pies , and gingerbread : " And some , for " brooms , old boots , and shoes , " Roar out , " God bless our commons ' house ! " Some bawl " the votes " about the town , And wish they'd " vote dissenters ...
... laws , " instead Of " pudding - pies , and gingerbread : " And some , for " brooms , old boots , and shoes , " Roar out , " God bless our commons ' house ! " Some bawl " the votes " about the town , And wish they'd " vote dissenters ...
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... laws among th ' Elysian throng ; Though Lucan's verse , exalted by his name , O'er gods themselves has rais'd the hero's fame ; The Roman stage did ne'er his image see , Drawn at full length ; a task reserv'd for thee . By thee we view ...
... laws among th ' Elysian throng ; Though Lucan's verse , exalted by his name , O'er gods themselves has rais'd the hero's fame ; The Roman stage did ne'er his image see , Drawn at full length ; a task reserv'd for thee . By thee we view ...
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Apollo arms beauteous beauty Behold Belgia bless blest breast bright Cæsar charms Columbo confest crown'd Cupid darts dear death delight e'er Earth Epicurus ev'n eyes fair fame fate fear fire flame flow Ganymede goddess gods grace grief grove hand happy hast hear heart Heaven hero honour Jove kind king labour light live lord lov'd Lucretius lyre maid MATTHEW PRIOR mighty mind mourn Muse Namur Nature's ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er Ovid pain passion peace Peneus Phoebus Pindar plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet Pothinus praise pride queen rage rais'd reign rise sacred shade shine sighs sing skies smile soft song soul swain sweet tears tell thee things thou thought toil twas Venus verse vex'd Virg virtue weep Whilst winds wise wretched wyll youth
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Страница 42 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain!
Страница 509 - From nature too I take my rule, To shun contempt and ridicule. I never, with important air, In conversation overbear. Can grave and formal pass for wise, When men the solemn owl despise? My tongue within my lips I rein; For who talks much, must talk in vain.
Страница 430 - Dr. Swift had been observing once to Mr. Gay, what an odd pretty sort of a thing a Newgate Pastoral might make. Gay was inclined to try at such a thing for some time; but afterwards thought it would be better to write a comedy on the same plan. This was what gave rise to the Beggar's Opera.
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Страница 262 - Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Страница 430 - Its reception is thus recorded in the notes to the "Dunciad":— "This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixty-three days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time; at Bath and Bristol fifty, etc.
Страница 43 - Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise; See the snakes that they rear. How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
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