The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Том 40 |
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220 In youth they conquer with so wild a rage , As leaves them scarce a subject
in their age ; For foreign glory , foreign joy , they roam ; No thought of peace or
happiness at home . But Wisdom ' s triumph is well - tim ' d retreat , 225 As hard a
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220 In youth they conquer with so wild a rage , As leaves them scarce a subject
in their age ; For foreign glory , foreign joy , they roam ; No thought of peace or
happiness at home . But Wisdom ' s triumph is well - tim ' d retreat , 225 As hard a
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And now the king , his royal feast to grace , Acestis calls , the guardian of his race
, Who first their youth in arts of virtue train ' d , And their ripe years in modest
grace maintain ' d ; 620 Then softly whisperd in her faithful ear , And bade his ...
And now the king , his royal feast to grace , Acestis calls , the guardian of his race
, Who first their youth in arts of virtue train ' d , And their ripe years in modest
grace maintain ' d ; 620 Then softly whisperd in her faithful ear , And bade his ...
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... his Alma , 60 Abelard ! Ill fated youth , • Thy tale will justify this truth : • But well I
weet the cruel wrong Adorns a nobler poet ' s song : • Dan Pope , for thy
misfortune griev ' d , With kind concern and skill has weav ' d • A silken web , and
ne ' er ...
... his Alma , 60 Abelard ! Ill fated youth , • Thy tale will justify this truth : • But well I
weet the cruel wrong Adorns a nobler poet ' s song : • Dan Pope , for thy
misfortune griev ' d , With kind concern and skill has weav ' d • A silken web , and
ne ' er ...
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Mark first that youth who takes the foremost place , And thrusts his person full into
your face . 140 With all thy father ' s virtues bless ' d , be born ! And a new Cibber
shall the stage adorn . A second sce , by mccker manners known , And modest ...
Mark first that youth who takes the foremost place , And thrusts his person full into
your face . 140 With all thy father ' s virtues bless ' d , be born ! And a new Cibber
shall the stage adorn . A second sce , by mccker manners known , And modest ...
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Then thron ' d in glass , and nam ' d it Caroline : Each maid cry ' d , Charming !
and each youth Divine ! Did Nature ' s pencil ever blend such rays , 411 Such
vary ' d light in one promiscuous blaze ? Now prostrate ! dead ! behold that
Caroline ...
Then thron ' d in glass , and nam ' d it Caroline : Each maid cry ' d , Charming !
and each youth Divine ! Did Nature ' s pencil ever blend such rays , 411 Such
vary ' d light in one promiscuous blaze ? Now prostrate ! dead ! behold that
Caroline ...
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Страница 133 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Страница 138 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Страница 128 - Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What Drop or Nostrum can this plague remove?
Страница 38 - Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor; This year a reservoir, to keep and spare : The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him till they burst.
Страница 127 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Страница 131 - And, when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own?
Страница 172 - Conspicuous scene ! another yet is nigh, (More silent far) where kings and poets lie ; Where MURRAY (long enough, his country's pride) Shall be no more than TULLY, or than HYDE ! Rack'd with sciatics,.