Bell's Edition, Томове 63–64J. Bell, 1782 |
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angels Behold beneath beſt bleſs bleſs'd bleſſing bliſs breaſt breath bright charms command croſs dear death defire delight deſign divine dreſs dwell earth eaſe eternal ev'ry eyes facred faint fair falute fame faſt fight filence fing firſt flame fleſh fome fong forrows foul friendſhip glory grace groans happy heart heav'n heav'nly honours immortal ISAAC WATTS Jeſus joys juſt King laſt light Lord mind mortal moſt mourn Muſe muſt numbers o'er paffions pain paſſions pleaſing pleaſure pow'rs praiſe purſue raiſe reaſon reign reſt rife riſe roll round rove ſay ſcenes ſeas ſenſe ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhining ſhore ſhould ſkies ſky ſmiles ſome ſound Sov'reign ſpeak ſpheres ſpirits ſpread ſprings ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtorm ſtrain ſtream ſuch ſweet ſwell taſte tears terrour thee theſe thine things thoſe thou thought thro throne thunder tongue uſe vaſt verſe whoſe wings
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Страница 128 - And shed a sweet perfume. Here I put off the chains of death My soul too long has worn : Friends, I forbid one groaning breath, Or tear to wet my urn ; Raphael, behold me all...
Страница 109 - Now let me mount and join their song, And be an angel too ; My heart, my hand, my ear, my tongue — Here's joyful work for you.
Страница xxxi - The best of them sinks below the idea which I form of a divine or moral ode. He that deals in the mysteries of Heaven, or of the Muses, should be a genius of no vulgar mould...
Страница 96 - And thine, my Mitio, (the fair saint replies.) Life, death, the world below, and worlds on high, And place, and time, are ours; and things to come, And past, and present, for our interest stands Firm in our mystic head, the title sure.
Страница xxvii - Poland, would need no excuse, did they but rise to the beauty of the original. I have often taken the freedom to add ten or twenty lines, or to leave out as many, that I might suit my song more to my own design, or because I saw it impossible to present the force, the fineness, and the fire of his expression in our language.
Страница 106 - Thoughts like old vultures, prey upon their heart-strings, And the smart twinges, when the eye beholds the Lofty Judge frowning, and a flood of vengeance Rolling afore Him.
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