The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Том 43Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... bard ? what Poet yet unborn ? Hail and all hail again ; in equal fhares Give wealth and virtue , and indulge our prayers . Hear us , great king , unless they meet combin'd , Each is but half a blessing to mankind . Then grant us both ...
... bard ? what Poet yet unborn ? Hail and all hail again ; in equal fhares Give wealth and virtue , and indulge our prayers . Hear us , great king , unless they meet combin'd , Each is but half a blessing to mankind . Then grant us both ...
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... Our footsteps by fome fecret power are croft , And in the painter all the bard is loft . Thus in a magic ring we ftand confin'd While fubtle spells the fatal circle bind ; In vain we strive and labour to depart , Fix'd In [ 205 ]
... Our footsteps by fome fecret power are croft , And in the painter all the bard is loft . Thus in a magic ring we ftand confin'd While fubtle spells the fatal circle bind ; In vain we strive and labour to depart , Fix'd In [ 205 ]
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... bard had hung on high ; And on the new - born star bestow'd The honours of the sky . The radiant fpheres had ceas'd their tunes , And danc'd in filence on , Pleas'd the new harmony to hear , More heavenly than their own . Of old to ...
... bard had hung on high ; And on the new - born star bestow'd The honours of the sky . The radiant fpheres had ceas'd their tunes , And danc'd in filence on , Pleas'd the new harmony to hear , More heavenly than their own . Of old to ...
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... bard to fing ; Can animate the golden lyre , And wake the living string : Thou , by whose mighty power , may fing , In unaccustom'd strains , The filent fishes in the floods , As on their banks the fwans . To thee I owe my spreading ...
... bard to fing ; Can animate the golden lyre , And wake the living string : Thou , by whose mighty power , may fing , In unaccustom'd strains , The filent fishes in the floods , As on their banks the fwans . To thee I owe my spreading ...
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... Bard ; Bade him our English rights and freedom claim , His voice , his habit , and his air the fame . Now in the mighty ftranger we rejoice , And Britain thanks thee with a public voice . See ! too the Poet , a majestic shade , Lifts up ...
... Bard ; Bade him our English rights and freedom claim , His voice , his habit , and his air the fame . Now in the mighty ftranger we rejoice , And Britain thanks thee with a public voice . See ! too the Poet , a majestic shade , Lifts up ...
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Æneid arms Atrides Bard beauty beneath bleft blooming bofom brave breaft breathe bright charms death Diomed diſplay dreadful earth Ev'n eyes facred fair fame fate feas fhades fhall fhining fhores fhould fierce fighs fight filent fing fire fkies flain flames fleep flies floods FLORUS flowers fmiles foft fome fong fons forrows foul fpring ftands ftill ftorms ftreams fuch fweet fwell fword glorious Gods grace Greece ground groves heaven hero hoft honours Iliad Jove king labours laſt Latian loft Lord LYCIDAS lyre mighty Mufe Muſe muſt numbers nymph o'er plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praiſe proud purſue rage Rainham raiſe rife riſe roar rofe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtate ſtill ſtrains tears thee thefe theſe thofe thou thouſand Thracian thunder toils trembling Troy vaft verſe waves whofe WILLIAM BROOME youth
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Страница 164 - When pain afflicts, or sickness grieves, Its juice the drooping heart relieves; And, after death, its odours shed A pleasing fragrance o'er the dead; And when its withering charms decay, And sinking, fading, die away; Triumphant o'er the rage of time, It keeps the fragrance of its prime.
Страница 396 - Let the grave judges too the glafs forbear, Who never fing and dance but once a year. This truth once known, our poets take the hint, Get drunk or mad, and then get into print: To raife their flames indulge the mellow fit, And lofe their fenfes in the fearch of wit: * Late r.illn.n of London. And when with claret fir'd they take the pen, Swear they can write, becaufe they drink, like Ben.
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