Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's GeorgicsJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... skies with long afcending flames are bright , And all the fea reflects a quivering light . Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills heav'n with ashes , and the earth with smoke , Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high ...
... skies with long afcending flames are bright , And all the fea reflects a quivering light . Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills heav'n with ashes , and the earth with smoke , Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high ...
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... skies To find out breeding ftorms , and tell what tem- posts rise . By turns they ease the loaden fwarms or drive The drone , a lazy infect , from their hive . The work is warmly ply'd through all the cells ; And ftrong with thyme the ...
... skies To find out breeding ftorms , and tell what tem- posts rise . By turns they ease the loaden fwarms or drive The drone , a lazy infect , from their hive . The work is warmly ply'd through all the cells ; And ftrong with thyme the ...
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... skies : And once when haft'ning from the watry fign They quit their ftation , and forbear to shine . The bees are prone to rage , and often found To perish for revenge , and die upon the wound . Their venom'd fting produces aching pains ...
... skies : And once when haft'ning from the watry fign They quit their ftation , and forbear to shine . The bees are prone to rage , and often found To perish for revenge , and die upon the wound . Their venom'd fting produces aching pains ...
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... skies : And here the proud triumphal arches rise , Where the old Romans deathless acts display'd , Their base degenerate progeny upbraid : Whole.rivers here forfake the fields below , And wond'ring at their height through airy chan ...
... skies : And here the proud triumphal arches rise , Where the old Romans deathless acts display'd , Their base degenerate progeny upbraid : Whole.rivers here forfake the fields below , And wond'ring at their height through airy chan ...
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... skies , And all the thunder of the battle rife . [ prov❜d , ' Twas then great MARLBRO's mighty foul was That , in the shock of charging hosts unmov'd , Amidst confufion , horror , and defpair , Examin'd all the dreadful fcenes of war ...
... skies , And all the thunder of the battle rife . [ prov❜d , ' Twas then great MARLBRO's mighty foul was That , in the shock of charging hosts unmov'd , Amidst confufion , horror , and defpair , Examin'd all the dreadful fcenes of war ...
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Æneid Aëre æther amidſt arms atque BAROMETRI bleft bluſhes breaſt bright Cadmus caft courfe courſe Cycnus defcription diftant eaſe ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fecret feven fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide fight fince fire firft firſt fkies flain fome fong foul fpring ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fuci Gaul Georgic goddeſs Gods Gulfton heav'n herſelf himſelf itſelf Jove laft laſt loft maid mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt neighb'ring Nimbis numbers Nunc nymph o'er omne Ovid Ovid's paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure poem poet purſue Quæ rage raiſe reft rife rifu riſe round ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhow ſkies ſky ſmoke ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſteeds ſtill ſtood ſtory ſtreams thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thunder transform'd turba verfe verſe view'd Virgil Whilft whofe winds woods wou'd youth
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Страница xxx - Proud names, who once the reins of empire held ; In arms who triumph'd, or in arts excell'd ; Chiefs, grac'd with scars, and prodigal of blood; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints who taught, and led, the way to Heaven...
Страница xxxii - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Страница 65 - Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours pray'r.
Страница 87 - While to exalt thy doom, th' aspiring Gaul Shares thy destruction, and adorns thy fall. Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Temp'ring each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete. Long did he strive th...
Страница 87 - That proudly set thee on a fancy'd throne, And made imaginary realms thy own ! Thy troops, that now behind the Danube join, .Shall...
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Страница 67 - I've already troubled you too long, Nor dare attempt a more advent'rous song. My humble verse demands a softer theme, A painted mea,dow, or a purling stream ; Unfit for heroes; whom immortal lays, And lines like Virgil's, or like yours, should praise.
Страница 63 - On foreign mountains may the Sun refine The grape's soft juice, and mellow it to wine, With citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat olive swell with floods of oil : We envy not the warmer clime, that lies...
Страница 55 - I look for streams immortaliz'd in song. That lost in silence and oblivion lie, (Dumb are their fountains and their channels dry), Yet run for ever by the muse's skill, And in the smooth description murmur still.
Страница xl - How thy own laurel firft began to grow ; How wild Lycaon, chang'd by angry Gods, And frighted at himfelf, ran howling thro