Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Том 3John Aikin Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1821 - 807 страници |
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... with the sound , the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; [ the slain . And thrice he routed all his foes ; and thrice he slew The master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks B 2 ALEXANDER'S FEAST .
... with the sound , the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; [ the slain . And thrice he routed all his foes ; and thrice he slew The master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks B 2 ALEXANDER'S FEAST .
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... slain , And unbury'd remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew . Behold how they toss their torches on high , How they point to the Persian abodes , And glittering temples of their hostile gods . The ...
... slain , And unbury'd remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew . Behold how they toss their torches on high , How they point to the Persian abodes , And glittering temples of their hostile gods . The ...
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... slain : And with what ancient rites they were interr'd ; All these to fitter times shall be deferr'd : I spare the widows ' tears , their woeful cries , And howling at their husbands ' obsequies ; How Theseus at these funerals did ...
... slain : And with what ancient rites they were interr'd ; All these to fitter times shall be deferr'd : I spare the widows ' tears , their woeful cries , And howling at their husbands ' obsequies ; How Theseus at these funerals did ...
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... slain ; Some pray from prison to be freed ; and come , When guilty of their vows , to fall at home ; Murder'd by those they trusted with their life , A favour'd servant , or a bosom wife . Such dear - bought blessings happen every day ...
... slain ; Some pray from prison to be freed ; and come , When guilty of their vows , to fall at home ; Murder'd by those they trusted with their life , A favour'd servant , or a bosom wife . Such dear - bought blessings happen every day ...
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... slain . Cold , hunger , prisons , ills without a cure , All these he must , and , guiltless , oft endure ; Or does your justice , power , or prescience fail , When the good suffer , and the bad prevail ? What worse to wretched Virtue ...
... slain . Cold , hunger , prisons , ills without a cure , All these he must , and , guiltless , oft endure ; Or does your justice , power , or prescience fail , When the good suffer , and the bad prevail ? What worse to wretched Virtue ...
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Ah willow Arcite arm'd arms beauteous behold blood bore breast breath call'd Chanticleer charms coursers Creon crown'd cry'd Cymon dame death dream dy'd Earth Emily ev'n eyes fair fame fate fear fight fire flames forc'd Fortune Gaul grace green ground grove hand happy heart Heaven Hesiod honour horrour join'd JOSEPH ADDISON Jove kind king knight labour ladies laurel light liv'd look'd lord lov'd Lysimachus maid mind mortal Muse Nature's never numbers nymphs o'er pain Palamon pass'd Philostratus Pirithous plac'd plain pleas'd pointed lance prepar'd prescience prey pride prince proud queen race rais'd ravish'd renown'd resolv'd rest Reynard Rhodian rich rise secret seem'd shade shine sigh'd sight sing slain song soul sound Splendid Shilling steed stood sung sweet sword Thebes thee Theseus thine THOMAS PARNELL thou thought troop turn'd Twas virtue vows wind wine wood youth
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Страница 2 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Страница 3 - Flush'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face; Now give the hautboys breath: he comes! he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus...
Страница 104 - Though harsh the precept, yet the preacher charm'd. For letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky; And oft, with holy hymns, he charm'd their ears: (A music more melodious than the spheres.) For David left him, when he went to rest, His lyre; and after him he sung the best.
Страница 213 - My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts, By time subdued (what will not time subdue !) An horrid chasm...
Страница 6 - The princes applaud with a furious joy: And the King seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen fired another Troy...
Страница 323 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia...
Страница 276 - Murmuring he lifts his eyes, and thinks it hard That generous actions meet a base reward. While thus they pass, the sun his glory shrouds, The changing skies hang out their sable clouds ; A sound in air presag'd approaching rain, And beasts to covert scud across the plain. Warn'd by the signs, the wandering pair retreat To seek for shelter at a neighboring seat.
Страница 209 - Happy the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling: he nor hears with pain New oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful ale; But with his friends, when nightly mists arise, To Juniper's Magpie or...
Страница 169 - And listen'd for the queen of all the quire ; Fain would I hear her heavenly voice to sing, And wanted yet an omen to the spring. " Attending long in vain, I took the way, Which through a path, but scarcely printed, lay ; In narrow mazes oft it seem'd to meet, . And look'd as lightly ^press'd by fairy feet.
Страница 274 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.