Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's GeorgicsJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... Whilst others , lab'ring in their cells at home , Temper Narciffus ' clammy tears with gum , For the first ground - work of the golden comb ; On On this they found their waxen works , and raise POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 29.
... Whilst others , lab'ring in their cells at home , Temper Narciffus ' clammy tears with gum , For the first ground - work of the golden comb ; On On this they found their waxen works , and raise POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 29.
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... Whilst others thicken all the flimy dews , And into pureft honey work the juice ; Then fill the hollows of the comb , and swell With luscious nectar ev'ry flowing cell . By turns they watch , by turns with curious eyes Survey the heav ...
... Whilst others thicken all the flimy dews , And into pureft honey work the juice ; Then fill the hollows of the comb , and swell With luscious nectar ev'ry flowing cell . By turns they watch , by turns with curious eyes Survey the heav ...
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... Whilst ev'ry verfe , array'd in majefty , Bold , and fublime , my whole attention draws , And seems above the critics nicer laws . How are you ftruck with terror and delight , ' When Angel with Arch - angel copes in fight ! When great ...
... Whilst ev'ry verfe , array'd in majefty , Bold , and fublime , my whole attention draws , And seems above the critics nicer laws . How are you ftruck with terror and delight , ' When Angel with Arch - angel copes in fight ! When great ...
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... ev'ry breast , and boil in ev'ry vein : Here shatter'd walls , like broken rocks , from far Rife up in hideous views , the guilt of war , G 3 Whilft Whilst here the vine o'er hills of ruin climbs , POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 85.
... ev'ry breast , and boil in ev'ry vein : Here shatter'd walls , like broken rocks , from far Rife up in hideous views , the guilt of war , G 3 Whilft Whilst here the vine o'er hills of ruin climbs , POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 85.
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Joseph Addison. Whilst here the vine o'er hills of ruin climbs , Industrious to conceal great Bourbon's crimes . At length the fame of England's hero drew Eugenio to the glorious interview . Great fouls by instinct to each other turn ...
Joseph Addison. Whilst here the vine o'er hills of ruin climbs , Industrious to conceal great Bourbon's crimes . At length the fame of England's hero drew Eugenio to the glorious interview . Great fouls by instinct to each other turn ...
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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 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