The Works of the Most Celebrated Minor Poets: Containing the Works of George Stepney, William Walsh, Thomas Tickell, Never Before Collected and Publish'd Together. Volume the second, Том 2F. Cogan, 1749 - 262 страници |
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... strain Will the high worth , it fhou'd commend , prophane ; } Since I defpair my humble verse fhou'd prove Great as your lofs , or tender as your love ; Y My My heart with fighings , and with tears mine eye G. STEPNEY , Esq ; 15.
... strain Will the high worth , it fhou'd commend , prophane ; } Since I defpair my humble verse fhou'd prove Great as your lofs , or tender as your love ; Y My My heart with fighings , and with tears mine eye G. STEPNEY , Esq ; 15.
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... verses on the destruction of Troy , call'd Troica ; and ' tis reported he burnt Rome , to be more lively and natural in his description : tho ' tis more probable he destroy'd the old fashion'd buildings , out of dislike to the ...
... verses on the destruction of Troy , call'd Troica ; and ' tis reported he burnt Rome , to be more lively and natural in his description : tho ' tis more probable he destroy'd the old fashion'd buildings , out of dislike to the ...
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... verse does flow ; Still Sappho's ftrings do seem to move , Inftructing all her sex to love . II . Golden rings of flowing hair More than Hellen did enfnare ; Others a prince's grandeur did admire , And wond'ring , melted to defire . Not ...
... verse does flow ; Still Sappho's ftrings do seem to move , Inftructing all her sex to love . II . Golden rings of flowing hair More than Hellen did enfnare ; Others a prince's grandeur did admire , And wond'ring , melted to defire . Not ...
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... perhaps who have fucceed . ed better in love - verses than the English ; and it is indeed just that the fairest ladies should inspire the heft poets . Never was there a more copious fancy or greater reach Never 60 PREFACE . 3 ...
... perhaps who have fucceed . ed better in love - verses than the English ; and it is indeed just that the fairest ladies should inspire the heft poets . Never was there a more copious fancy or greater reach Never 60 PREFACE . 3 ...
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... verse . I do not mean , that they should confer their favours upon none but men of wit : that would be too great a confinement indeed : but that they would admit them upon the fame foot with other people ; and , if they pleafe now and ...
... verse . I do not mean , that they should confer their favours upon none but men of wit : that would be too great a confinement indeed : but that they would admit them upon the fame foot with other people ; and , if they pleafe now and ...
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Æneid againſt Albion ancient arms Atreus beauty becauſe bleft boaſt breaſt call'd Catiline cauſe charms cou'd Eclogue ev'ry eyes facred faid fair fame fate fear fecret felf fhade fhall fhepherds fhine fhou'd fighs fight fince fing firft firſt flain flave flow'rs fmiles foes foft fome fongs foon foul ftand ftate ftill ftrain fubject fuch fure fweet fword Gaul gen'rous GEORGE STEPNEY gods grace heart heav'n himſelf hoft honour Jove juft king laft laſt lefs lov'd lover madam maid moft monarch moſt mufe muft muſt ne'er numbers nymph o'er paffion Paftorals pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride purſue rage raiſe reafon reft Retiarius rife Rome ſcene Servius Tullius ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies ſmile ſtand ſtate ſtill tears thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe THOMAS TICKELL thoſe thou thought thouſand thro verfe verſe Virgil whofe whoſe wou'd youth
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Страница 237 - Addison unpaid, Blame not her silence, Warwick, but bemoan, And judge, Oh judge, my bosom by your own. What mourner ever felt poetic fires ! Slow comes the verse that real woe inspires : Grief unaffected suits but ill with art, Or flowing numbers with a bleeding heart.
Страница 260 - At length awak'd (for what can long reftrain Unbody'd fpirits !) but awak'd in pain : And as he faw the defolated wood, And the dark den where once his empire flood...
Страница 250 - As through the regal dome fhe fought for prey; Obferv'd the infant Albion where he lay In mantles broider'd o'er with gorgeous pride, And ftole him from the fleeping mother's fide.
Страница 183 - Forfter's troops of raggamuffins ? In vain thy lads around thee bandy, Inflam'd with bagpipe and with brandy, Doth not bold Sutherland the trufty, With heart fo true, and voice fo rufty, (A loyal foul) thy troops affright, While hoarfely he demands the fight ? Do'ft thou not gen'rous Hay dread.. The braveft hand, the wifeft head ? Undaunted do'ft thou hear th...
Страница 35 - d fend the rogue in fetters bound To work in Bridewell, or to plough your ground : But, nobles, you who trace your birth from Troy, Think, you the great prerogative enjoy Of doing ill, by virtue of that race ; As if what we efteem in coblers bafe, Would the high family of Brutus grace. Shameful are thcfe examples, yet we...
Страница 259 - O'er foaming mountains, and through burfting tides, Now high, now low, the bounding chariot rides, 'Till through the Thames in a loud whirlwind's roar It moots, and lands him on the deftin'd fhore.
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Страница 240 - COLIN AND LUCY. A BALLAD. OF Leinster, fam'd for maidens fair, Bright Lucy was the grace ; Nor e'er did Liffy's limpid stream Reflect so sweet a face : Till luckless love, and pining care, Impair'd her rosy hue, Her coral lips, and damask cheeks, And eyes of glossy blue. Oh ! have you seen a lily pale, When beating rains descend ? So droop'd the slow-consuming maid, Her life now near its end. By Lucy warn'd, of flattering...