Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's GeorgicsJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... head unfung , Renown'd in verse each fhady thicket grows , And ev'ry stream in heav'nly numbers flows . How am I pleas'd to fearch the hills and woods For rifing springs and celebrated floods ! To view the Nar , tumultuous in his course ...
... head unfung , Renown'd in verse each fhady thicket grows , And ev'ry stream in heav'nly numbers flows . How am I pleas'd to fearch the hills and woods For rifing springs and celebrated floods ! To view the Nar , tumultuous in his course ...
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... heads the frozen Pleiads fhine : ' Tis liberty that crowns Britannia's isle , And makes her barren rocks and her bleak ... head , And fain her godlike fons wou'd disunite By foreign gold , or by domeftic fpite : F 3 But Ma acquiftare , o ...
... heads the frozen Pleiads fhine : ' Tis liberty that crowns Britannia's isle , And makes her barren rocks and her bleak ... head , And fain her godlike fons wou'd disunite By foreign gold , or by domeftic fpite : F 3 But Ma acquiftare , o ...
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... heads Hung imminent , that with impervious gloom Oppos'd itself to Cynthia's filver ray , And shaded all beneath . But now the fun With orient beams had chas'd the dewy night From earth and heav'n ; all nature ftood difclos'd : When ...
... heads Hung imminent , that with impervious gloom Oppos'd itself to Cynthia's filver ray , And shaded all beneath . But now the fun With orient beams had chas'd the dewy night From earth and heav'n ; all nature ftood difclos'd : When ...
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... head , and funk her to the duft , Since falfe Laomedon's tyrannic fway , That durft defraud th ' immortals of their pay , Her guardian gods renounc'd their patronage , Nor wou'd the fierce invading foe repel ; Το my refentment , and ...
... head , and funk her to the duft , Since falfe Laomedon's tyrannic fway , That durft defraud th ' immortals of their pay , Her guardian gods renounc'd their patronage , Nor wou'd the fierce invading foe repel ; Το my refentment , and ...
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... Nile's yet undiscover'd head . Riches the hardy foldiers fhall defpife , And look on gold with un - defiring eyes , [ Spread , Nor Nor the difbowell'd earth explore In fearch of the forbidden 166 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
... Nile's yet undiscover'd head . Riches the hardy foldiers fhall defpife , And look on gold with un - defiring eyes , [ Spread , Nor Nor the difbowell'd earth explore In fearch of the forbidden 166 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
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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...
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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.
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