The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Τόμος 631790 |
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Σελίδα 17
... delighted , trace The friends of liberty , and human race ! Oh , born to glad and animate our Isle ! For thee , our heavens look pleas'd , our feafons fmile : For thee , late object of our tender fears , When thy life droop'd , and ...
... delighted , trace The friends of liberty , and human race ! Oh , born to glad and animate our Isle ! For thee , our heavens look pleas'd , our feafons fmile : For thee , late object of our tender fears , When thy life droop'd , and ...
Σελίδα 26
... delights ; Nerina's devil - face affrights : How whimsical her Strephon's fate , Condemn'd at once to like and hate ! But be the cruel , be fhe kind , Love ! ftrike her dumb , or make him blind . A SIMILE IN PRIOR , APPLIED TO THE SAME ...
... delights ; Nerina's devil - face affrights : How whimsical her Strephon's fate , Condemn'd at once to like and hate ! But be the cruel , be fhe kind , Love ! ftrike her dumb , or make him blind . A SIMILE IN PRIOR , APPLIED TO THE SAME ...
Σελίδα 43
... delights , Simple of heart ; and , hand in hand with her , Where blameless Virtue walks . Now parting Spring , Parent of beauty and of fong , has left His mantle , flower - embroider'd on the ground . While Summer laughing comes , and ...
... delights , Simple of heart ; and , hand in hand with her , Where blameless Virtue walks . Now parting Spring , Parent of beauty and of fong , has left His mantle , flower - embroider'd on the ground . While Summer laughing comes , and ...
Σελίδα 46
... Delighted range , ferene the foul , and lift , Borne on devotion's wing , beyond the pole , To highest heaven her thought ; to Nature's God , First fource of all things lovely , all things good , Eternal , infinite ! before whose throne ...
... Delighted range , ferene the foul , and lift , Borne on devotion's wing , beyond the pole , To highest heaven her thought ; to Nature's God , First fource of all things lovely , all things good , Eternal , infinite ! before whose throne ...
Σελίδα 68
... delight ! a mighty ring , On each fide rifing from th ' horizon's verge , Self - pois'd in air , with its bright circle round Encompaffeth his orb . As night comes on , Saturn's broad fhade , caft on its eastern arch , Climbs flowly to ...
... delight ! a mighty ring , On each fide rifing from th ' horizon's verge , Self - pois'd in air , with its bright circle round Encompaffeth his orb . As night comes on , Saturn's broad fhade , caft on its eastern arch , Climbs flowly to ...
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
afcending amid Amyntor arts aſk beauty behold bleft bloom bluſhing bofom boundleſs breaſt charms cloud courſe croud delight diftant divine earth eternal facred fafe fair fame fancy fate fcenes fecret fenfe fhade fhall fhore fighs filence firft firſt fix'd flame fmiles foft fome fong fons forrow foul ftill ftorm ftream fublime fuch funk fupreme grace hand heart heaven himſelf honour hour human juft laft laſt lefs light LXIII lyre meaſure Megacles mind moft mortal moſt Mufe muſt nature nature's night o'er paffion pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pomp praife praiſe rais'd reafon ridiculous rife round ſcene ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhould ſky ſmile ſpace ſpeak ſphere ſpread ſpring ſtate ſteps ſtill taſk tears thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand toil truth univerfal uſe virtue voice weft whofe whoſe wiſdom youth
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Σελίδα 229 - When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ? For lo ! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, And Rome again is free...
Σελίδα 282 - The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active.
Σελίδα 327 - ... wherefore, with a rash impetuous aim, Seek ye those flowery joys with which the hand Of lavish Fancy paints each flattering scene Where Beauty seems to dwell, nor once inquire Where is the sanction of eternal truth, Or where the seal of undeceitful good, To save your search from folly ! Wanting these, Lo ! Beauty withers in your void embrace, And with the glittering of an idiot's toy Did Fancy mock your vows.
Σελίδα 221 - Suspends the infant audience with her tales, Breathing astonishment! of witching rhymes, And evil spirits; of the death-bed call Of him who robb'd the widow, and devour'd...
Σελίδα 218 - Alpine heights, his labouring eye Shoots round the wide horizon, to survey Nilus or Ganges rolling his bright wave Through mountains, plains, through empires black with shade, And continents of sand, will turn his gaze To mark the windings of a scanty rill That murmurs at his feet?
Σελίδα 225 - Illumes the headstrong impulse of desire, And sanctifies his choice. The generous glebe Whose bosom smiles with verdure, the clear tract...
Σελίδα 215 - The active powers of man ! with wise intent The hand of Nature on peculiar minds Imprints a different bias, and to each Decrees its province in the common toil.
Σελίδα 216 - Enamour'd ; they partake the eternal joy. For as old Memnon's image long renown'd By fabling Nilus, to the quivering touch Of Titan's ray, with each repulsive string Consenting, sounded through the warbling air. Unbidden strains ; even so did nature's hand...
Σελίδα 30 - But tofles thro' the midnight made, Of death, of life, alike afraid ; For ever fled to fhady cell, Where Temperance, where the Mufes dwell ; Thou oft art feen, at early dawn, Slow-pacing o'er the breezy lawn : Or on the brow...
Σελίδα 29 - The ftorm of fate, the cloud of years, Till Nature with thy parting light, Repofes late in Death's calm night : Fled from the trophy'd roofs of ftate, Abodes of fplendid pain, and hate ; Fled from the couch, where, in fweet fleep, Hot Riot would his anguifh fteep. But tofles thro...