Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's GeorgicsJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... rage misguides me , or when fear alarms , When pain diftreffes , or when pleasure charms , In filent whifp'rings purer thoughts impart , And turn from ill a frail and feeble heart ; Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before , ' Till ...
... rage misguides me , or when fear alarms , When pain diftreffes , or when pleasure charms , In filent whifp'rings purer thoughts impart , And turn from ill a frail and feeble heart ; Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before , ' Till ...
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... rage ? Not fo thy Ovid in his exile wrote , [ thought Grief chill'd his breaft , and check'd his rifing Penfive and fad , his drooping Mufe betrays The Roman genius in its laft decays . Prevailing warmth has ftill thy mind poffeft , And ...
... rage ? Not fo thy Ovid in his exile wrote , [ thought Grief chill'd his breaft , and check'd his rifing Penfive and fad , his drooping Mufe betrays The Roman genius in its laft decays . Prevailing warmth has ftill thy mind poffeft , And ...
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... rage most , and loudeft engines play . Namure's late terrors and deftruction show , What WILLIAM , warm'd with juft revenge , can do : Where Where once a thoufand turrets rais'd on high Their gilded 12 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
... rage most , and loudeft engines play . Namure's late terrors and deftruction show , What WILLIAM , warm'd with juft revenge , can do : Where Where once a thoufand turrets rais'd on high Their gilded 12 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
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... rage Which lately made their trembling host retire , Stunn'd with the noise , and wrapt in smoke and fire ; The waves with wide unnumber'd wrecks were ftrow'd , [ flow'd . And planks , and arms , and men , promiscuous Spain's numerous ...
... rage Which lately made their trembling host retire , Stunn'd with the noise , and wrapt in smoke and fire ; The waves with wide unnumber'd wrecks were ftrow'd , [ flow'd . And planks , and arms , and men , promiscuous Spain's numerous ...
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... rage , Then countries ftol'n , and captives unreftor'd Give ftrength to ev'ry blow , and edge his fword . Behold with what refiftlefs force he falls On towns befieg'd , and thunders at thy walls ! Afk Afk Villeroy , for Villeroy beheld ...
... rage , Then countries ftol'n , and captives unreftor'd Give ftrength to ev'ry blow , and edge his fword . Behold with what refiftlefs force he falls On towns befieg'd , and thunders at thy walls ! Afk Afk Villeroy , for Villeroy beheld ...
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 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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