The Works of the English Poets: MiltonH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... it was anciently compos'd , hath been ever held the graveft , moraleft , and most pro- fitable of all other poems : therefore said by Ariftotle to be of power , by raising pity and fear , or terror , to purge the mind of those and such ...
... it was anciently compos'd , hath been ever held the graveft , moraleft , and most pro- fitable of all other poems : therefore said by Ariftotle to be of power , by raising pity and fear , or terror , to purge the mind of those and such ...
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... It fuffices if the whole drama be found not produc'd beyond the fifth act . Of the ftile and uniformity , and that commonly call'd the plot , whether intricate or ex- plicit , which is nothing indeed but fuch economy , or difpofition of ...
... It fuffices if the whole drama be found not produc'd beyond the fifth act . Of the ftile and uniformity , and that commonly call'd the plot , whether intricate or ex- plicit , which is nothing indeed but fuch economy , or difpofition of ...
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... filence could not keep , But weakly to a woman muft reveal it , O'ercome with importunity and tears . O impotence of mind , in body ftrong ! 4.0 45 50 , But But what is ftrength without a double fhare Of wisdom 8 POEMS . MILTON'S.
... filence could not keep , But weakly to a woman muft reveal it , O'ercome with importunity and tears . O impotence of mind , in body ftrong ! 4.0 45 50 , But But what is ftrength without a double fhare Of wisdom 8 POEMS . MILTON'S.
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... it in my hair . But peace , I must not quarrel with the will Of higheft difpenfation , which herein Haply had ends above my reach to know : Suffices that to me itrength is my bane , And proves the fource of all my mifèries ; So many ...
... it in my hair . But peace , I must not quarrel with the will Of higheft difpenfation , which herein Haply had ends above my reach to know : Suffices that to me itrength is my bane , And proves the fource of all my mifèries ; So many ...
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... it be true That light is in the foul , She all in every part ; why was the fight To fuch a tender ball as th ' eye confin'd , So obvious and so easy to be quench'd ? And not , as feeling , through all parts diffus'd , That she might ...
... it be true That light is in the foul , She all in every part ; why was the fight To fuch a tender ball as th ' eye confin'd , So obvious and so easy to be quench'd ? And not , as feeling , through all parts diffus'd , That she might ...
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Страница 97 - And frefh-blown rofes wafh'd in dew, Fill'd her with thee a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Hafte thee, Nymph, and bring with thee 25 Jeft and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple fleek;
Страница 153 - corrupted clergy, then in their highth. YET once more, O ye Laurels, and once more Ye Myrtles brown, with Ivy never fere, I come to pluck your berries harfh and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon
Страница 155 - hair ? Fame is the fpur that the clear fpi'rit doth raife 70 (That laft infirmity of noble mind) To fcorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burft out into fudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th
Страница 154 - lov'd to hear our fong. But O the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never muft return ! Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods, and defert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, 40 And all their echoes mourn. The willows, and the hazel copfes green, Shall now no more be feen,
Страница 101 - With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear 125 In faffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feaft, and revelry, With
Страница 100 - Or if the earlier feafon lead To the tann'd haycock in the mead. 90 Sometimes with fecure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocond rebecs found To many a youth, and many a maid, 95 Dancing in the chequer'd fhade; And young and old come forth to play On a
Страница 154 - 25 Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her fultry horn, Battening our flocks with the frefh dews of night Oft till the ftar that rofe, at evening, bright, 30 Tow'ard Heav'n's defcent had flop'd his
Страница 177 - or moon, or ftar, throughout the year, 5 Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not .Againft Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but ftill bear up and fteer Right onward. What fupports me, doft thou afk ? The
Страница 101 - Lap me in foft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verfe, Such as the meeting foul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked fweetnefs long drawn out, 140 With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwifting all the chains that ty The hidden foul of harmony ; That Orpheus
Страница 104 - In her fweeteft, faddeft plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon .yoke, Gently o'er th' accuftom'd oak; 60 Sweet bird that fhunn'ft the noife of folly, Moft mufical, moft melancholy ! Thee, chauntrefs, oft, the woods among, I woo to hear thy