Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Броеве 77–79Johnson, 1810 - 220 страници |
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... learning extensive ; but his taste is generally barbarous , and seems to have been formed upon such models as Donne , Martial , and the worst parts of Ovid : nor is it possible to read his longer poems with pleasure , while we retain ...
... learning extensive ; but his taste is generally barbarous , and seems to have been formed upon such models as Donne , Martial , and the worst parts of Ovid : nor is it possible to read his longer poems with pleasure , while we retain ...
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... learning ever crowded lie in such a short mortality . Whene'er the skilful youth discours'd or writ , still did the notions throng about his el'quent tongue , nor could his ink flow faster than his wit . So strong a wit did nature to ...
... learning ever crowded lie in such a short mortality . Whene'er the skilful youth discours'd or writ , still did the notions throng about his el'quent tongue , nor could his ink flow faster than his wit . So strong a wit did nature to ...
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... learning , Eliza- beth , Countess of Kent , where he became acquainted with the great Seldon , to whom he acted occasionally as emanuensis . He next lived with Sir Samuel Luke , a general under Cromwell . It was here that he began to ...
... learning , Eliza- beth , Countess of Kent , where he became acquainted with the great Seldon , to whom he acted occasionally as emanuensis . He next lived with Sir Samuel Luke , a general under Cromwell . It was here that he began to ...
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... learning . It is intended to ridi- cule that party which subverted the monarchy and church of England in the reign of Charles 1. The fable of this burlesque heroic is copied from Don Quixote ; the knight's name and something of his ...
... learning . It is intended to ridi- cule that party which subverted the monarchy and church of England in the reign of Charles 1. The fable of this burlesque heroic is copied from Don Quixote ; the knight's name and something of his ...
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... learning , found this way the best to save their empire from decay , why should not these that borrow all the worth they have from them not take this lesson forth , ' Get children , friends , and honour too , 18 Butler . SATIRE UPON ...
... learning , found this way the best to save their empire from decay , why should not these that borrow all the worth they have from them not take this lesson forth , ' Get children , friends , and honour too , 18 Butler . SATIRE UPON ...
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Страница 24 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble...
Страница 20 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Страница 82 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Страница 22 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Страница 19 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Страница 21 - And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — the style is excellent; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found...
Страница 21 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Страница 19 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Страница 7 - A watchtower once ; but now, so fate ordains. Of all the pile an empty name remains. From its...
Страница 4 - CREATOR spirit, by whose aid The world's foundations first were laid, Come visit every pious mind ; Come pour thy joys on human kind ; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make thy temples worthy thee.