Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's GeorgicsJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... fuch dangers bore On ftormy feas , and a difaftrous shore , Before he fettled in the promis'd earth , And gave the empire of the world its birth , Troy Troy long had found the Grecians bold and fierce , ΤΟ POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
... fuch dangers bore On ftormy feas , and a difaftrous shore , Before he fettled in the promis'd earth , And gave the empire of the world its birth , Troy Troy long had found the Grecians bold and fierce , ΤΟ POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
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... 'd , The guiltless bullet on thy fhoulder glanc'd . The race of NASSAUS was by heav'n defign'è To curb the proud oppreffors of mankind , To bind the tyrants of the earth with laws , I To POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . II.
... 'd , The guiltless bullet on thy fhoulder glanc'd . The race of NASSAUS was by heav'n defign'è To curb the proud oppreffors of mankind , To bind the tyrants of the earth with laws , I To POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . II.
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Joseph Addison. To bind the tyrants of the earth with laws , And fight in ev'ry injur'd nation's cause , The world's great patriots ; they for juftice call , And as they favour , kingdoms rife or fail . Our British youth , unus'd to ...
Joseph Addison. To bind the tyrants of the earth with laws , And fight in ev'ry injur'd nation's cause , The world's great patriots ; they for juftice call , And as they favour , kingdoms rife or fail . Our British youth , unus'd to ...
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... earth belov ; As thick as hail ftones from the floor rebound , Or fhaken acorns rattle on the ground , No fenfe of danger can their king's control , Their little bodies lodge a mighty foul ; Each Each obftinate in arms pursues his blow ...
... earth belov ; As thick as hail ftones from the floor rebound , Or fhaken acorns rattle on the ground , No fenfe of danger can their king's control , Their little bodies lodge a mighty foul ; Each Each obftinate in arms pursues his blow ...
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... earth's flow womb Unrumple their fwoln buds , and fhow their yellow bloom . For once I faw in the Tarentine vale , Where flow Galefus drencht the washy foil , An old Corician yeoman , who had got A few neglected acres to his lot , Where ...
... earth's flow womb Unrumple their fwoln buds , and fhow their yellow bloom . For once I faw in the Tarentine vale , Where flow Galefus drencht the washy foil , An old Corician yeoman , who had got A few neglected acres to his lot , Where ...
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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...
Страница 304 - ... to a bee than to an inanimate plant. He who reads over the...
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