The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Том 30Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... Muse might dictate , and the Poet tell : Your art no other art can speak ; and you , To fhew how well you play , must play anew : Your mufick's power your mufick must disclose ; For what light is , ' tis only light that shows . Strange ...
... Muse might dictate , and the Poet tell : Your art no other art can speak ; and you , To fhew how well you play , must play anew : Your mufick's power your mufick must disclose ; For what light is , ' tis only light that shows . Strange ...
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... Muses strive raise With labour'd verse to keep his fame alive : Your mouldering monuments in vain ye On the weak bafis of the tyrant's praise : Your fongs are fold , your numbers are profane , ' Tis incenfe to an idol given , Meat offer ...
... Muses strive raise With labour'd verse to keep his fame alive : Your mouldering monuments in vain ye On the weak bafis of the tyrant's praise : Your fongs are fold , your numbers are profane , ' Tis incenfe to an idol given , Meat offer ...
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... Muse . For this , I willingly decline The mirth of feafts , and joys of wine ; And chufe to fit and talk with thee ( As thy great orders may decree ) Of cocks and bulls , and flutes and fiddles , Of idle tales , and foolish riddles ...
... Muse . For this , I willingly decline The mirth of feafts , and joys of wine ; And chufe to fit and talk with thee ( As thy great orders may decree ) Of cocks and bulls , and flutes and fiddles , Of idle tales , and foolish riddles ...
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... kifs'd her in her fhrowd . X. Such as fhe is , who dy'd to - day : Such I , alas ! may be to - morrow : Go , Damon , bid thy Muse display The juftice of thy Cloe's forrow . The X. Why then I weep , forbear to know : PRIOR'S 125 POEMS .
... kifs'd her in her fhrowd . X. Such as fhe is , who dy'd to - day : Such I , alas ! may be to - morrow : Go , Damon , bid thy Muse display The juftice of thy Cloe's forrow . The X. Why then I weep , forbear to know : PRIOR'S 125 POEMS .
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... Muse The fequel of the Tale pursues , The Ladle fell into the room , And ftuck in old Corifca's bum . Our couple weep two wishes past , And kindly join to form the last ; To ease the woman's aukward pain , And get the Ladle out again ...
... Muse The fequel of the Tale pursues , The Ladle fell into the room , And ftuck in old Corifca's bum . Our couple weep two wishes past , And kindly join to form the last ; To ease the woman's aukward pain , And get the Ladle out again ...
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Страница 167 - And water clere of the ryvere Shall be full swete to me: With which in hele I shall ryght wele Endure, as ye shall see; And, or we go, a bedde or two I can provyde anone : For in my mynde, of all mankynde I love but you alone.
Страница 179 - Upon this tree : and, as the tender mark Grew with the year, and widen'd with the bark, Venus had heard the virgin's soft address, That, as the wound, the passion might increase. As potent Nature shed her kindly...
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Страница 138 - Radcliff ; was so ill, That other doctors gave me over : He felt my pulse, prescribed his pill, And I was likely to recover. " But when the wit began to wheeze, And wine had warmed the politician, Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
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Страница 110 - ... tis his fancy to run, At night he declines on his Thetis's breast. So, when I am wearied with wandering all day, To thee, my delight, in the evening I come : No matter what beauties I saw in my way ; They were but my visits, but thou art my home ! Then finish, dear Chloe, this pastoral war, And let us like Horace and Lydia agree ; For thou art a girl as much brighter than her, As he was a poet sublimer than me.