Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's GeorgicsJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... stands , And executes his injur'd King's commands ; Around thy coaft his bursting bombs he pours On flaming citadels , and falling tow'rs ; With hiffing ftreams of fire the air they streak , And hurl deftruction round ' em where they ...
... stands , And executes his injur'd King's commands ; Around thy coaft his bursting bombs he pours On flaming citadels , and falling tow'rs ; With hiffing ftreams of fire the air they streak , And hurl deftruction round ' em where they ...
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... move , And manage all the man with fecret art . When Orpheus strikes the trembling lyre , The streams stand still , the ftones admire ; The The lift'ning favages advance , The wolf and lamb around 42 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS ,
... move , And manage all the man with fecret art . When Orpheus strikes the trembling lyre , The streams stand still , the ftones admire ; The The lift'ning favages advance , The wolf and lamb around 42 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS ,
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... stands , Loth to obey his leader's juft commands ; The leader grieves , by generous pity sway'd , To fee his just commands fo well obey'd . But now the trumpet terrible from far In fhriller clangors animates the war , Confed'rate drums ...
... stands , Loth to obey his leader's juft commands ; The leader grieves , by generous pity sway'd , To fee his just commands fo well obey'd . But now the trumpet terrible from far In fhriller clangors animates the war , Confed'rate drums ...
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... stands , That all the wide extended plain commands ; Twice , fince the war was kindled , has it try'd The victor's rage , and twice has chang'd its fide ; As oft whole armies , with a prize o'erjoy'd , Have the long fummer on its walls ...
... stands , That all the wide extended plain commands ; Twice , fince the war was kindled , has it try'd The victor's rage , and twice has chang'd its fide ; As oft whole armies , with a prize o'erjoy'd , Have the long fummer on its walls ...
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... stand : For who would hope new fame to raife , Or risk his well - establish'd praise , That , his high genius to approve , Had drawn a GEORGE , or carv'd a Jove ? PRO- PROLOGUE то PHÆDRA and HIPPOLITUS * , L Spoken by 154 POEMS on ...
... stand : For who would hope new fame to raife , Or risk his well - establish'd praise , That , his high genius to approve , Had drawn a GEORGE , or carv'd a Jove ? PRO- PROLOGUE то PHÆDRA and HIPPOLITUS * , L Spoken by 154 POEMS on ...
Често срещани думи и фрази
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 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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