The Art of English Poetry: Containing. Rules for making verses. A collection of the most natural, agreeable, and sublime thoughts ... that are to be found in the best English poets. A dictionary of rhymes. I.. II.. III.Hitch and Hawes, 1762 |
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... thee the Land in fragrant Flowers is dreft ; For thee the Ocean fmiles , and smooths her wavy Breaft , And Heav'n itself with more ferene and purer Light is - bleft . Ďryd . But if they follow one of 10 Syllables , the Inequality of the ...
... thee the Land in fragrant Flowers is dreft ; For thee the Ocean fmiles , and smooths her wavy Breaft , And Heav'n itself with more ferene and purer Light is - bleft . Ďryd . But if they follow one of 10 Syllables , the Inequality of the ...
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... thee , their long - known King , they a King defire . Cowl . After By ; as , When we by a foolish Figure fay . And perhaps after fome others . Cowl . There are alfo other Words whofe Syllables are sometimes contracted , fometimes not ...
... thee , their long - known King , they a King defire . Cowl . After By ; as , When we by a foolish Figure fay . And perhaps after fome others . Cowl . There are alfo other Words whofe Syllables are sometimes contracted , fometimes not ...
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... thee , and make thy Stream My great Example , as it is my Theme ; Tho ' dark yet clear ; tho ' gentle , yet not dull ; Strong without Rage ; without o'erflowing full . Or of 8 ; as , • O faireft Piece of well - form'd Earth , Why urge ...
... thee , and make thy Stream My great Example , as it is my Theme ; Tho ' dark yet clear ; tho ' gentle , yet not dull ; Strong without Rage ; without o'erflowing full . Or of 8 ; as , • O faireft Piece of well - form'd Earth , Why urge ...
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... thee , Dick ; this whining Love defpife ; Pledge me , my Friend , and drink till thou best wife . It fpar les brighter far than she ; Tis pure and right without Deceit ; And fuch no Woman e'er can be ; No ; they are all fophiflicate ...
... thee , Dick ; this whining Love defpife ; Pledge me , my Friend , and drink till thou best wife . It fpar les brighter far than she ; Tis pure and right without Deceit ; And fuch no Woman e'er can be ; No ; they are all fophiflicate ...
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... thee elfe no God to be , GU But Poets rather Gods , who firf created thee . Cowl Another , when the two firft and two laft Verfes confift ef 10 Syllables each , and rhyme.to one another , the 4 other but of 8 in Alternate Rhyme . Tho ...
... thee elfe no God to be , GU But Poets rather Gods , who firf created thee . Cowl Another , when the two firft and two laft Verfes confift ef 10 Syllables each , and rhyme.to one another , the 4 other but of 8 in Alternate Rhyme . Tho ...
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Accent Æneid Arms Beauty Blac Blood Breaft caft Clouds compos'd confift Confonant Cowl Curfe Dart Death defcends Defire Diphthong dreadful Dryd Dryd.Virg Earth Elifion ev'n ev'ry Eyes facred fafe faid fame Fate Fear feem feem'd fhall fhining fhould filent Fire firft firſt flain Flames flies Flow'rs foft fome fometimes Fools fpread ftand ftill fuch fure fwell Gerund Ground Guife Heart Heav'n Heroick himſelf Honour juft laft fave laſt lefs Light lofe loft Love Meaſure Milt moft muft muſt Night Number of Syllables o'er obferve Oedip Orph Ovid Paffion Paufe Pauſe Pleaſure Poems Poets Pope Hom Pow'r Rage reft Rhyme rifing rofe Senfe Shak ſhakes ſhall ſhe Skies Soul Stanzas ſtill Tempeft thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro us'd vaft Verfes Verſes Virg Vowel Wall whofe Winds Wings Word Wound
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Seite 139 - know not where, To lie in cold Obftruftion, and to rot; This fenfible warm Motion to become A kneaded Clod ; and the delighted Spirit To bathe in fiery Floods, or to refide In thrilling Regions of thick-ribbed Ice : To be imprifon'd in the viewlefs Winds, Or blown with reftlefs Violence about The pendant World; or to be
Seite 251 - Summer in a Sea of Glory, But far beyond my Depth. My high-blown Pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with Service, to the Mercy Of a rude Stream that muft for ever hide me.
Seite 124 - In the Sun's Orb, made porous to receive, And drink the liquid Light; firm to retain Her gather'd Beams : Great Palace now of Light; Hither, as to their Fountain, other Stars Repairing, in their Golden Urns draw Light; And hence the Morning Planet gilds her Horns.
Seite 188 - What Tributaries follow him to Rome, To grace in captive Bands his Chariot-Wheels ! Have you climb'd up to Walls and Battlements, To Towers and Windows, yea to Chimney-Tops, Your Infants in your Arms, and there have fate The live-long Day with patient
Seite 165 - and when h'as done^ The Moon and Stars drink up the Sun: They drink and dance by their own Light, They drink and revel all the Night. Nothing in Nature's fober found, But an eternal Health goes round. Fill up the Bowl then, fill it high : Fill all the Glafles there; for why Should ev'ry
Seite 129 - 1 had rather be a Toad, And live upon the Vapour of a Dungeon, Than keep a Corner in the Thing I love For others Ufes, Yet 'tis the Plague of Great Ones : Prerogativ'd are they lefs than the Bafe ; . 'Tis Deftiny
Seite 247 - this has done. My Joy, my Grief, my Hope, my Love, Did all within this Circle move. A narrow Compafs! And yet there Dwelt all that's Good, and all that's Fair. Give me but what this Ribband bound;
Seite 295 - deep the Groans : Defpair Tended the Sick, bufy from Couch to Couch ; And over them triumphant Death his Dart Shook, but delay'd to ftrike, tho' oft invok'd With Vows, as their chief Good and final Hope. Milt. Immediately a Place
Seite 41 - tell, ye Sons of Light, Angels ! for you behold him, and with Songs, And Choral Symphonies, Day without Night, Circle his Throne rejoicing, you in Heaven. On Earth, join all ye Creatures, to extol
Seite 265 - and in the Jaws of Hell, Revengeful Cares, and fullen Sorrows dwell; And pale Difeafes, and repining Age, Want, Fear, and Famine's unrefifted Rage : Here Toils, and Death, and Death's Half-brother Sleep, Forms terrible to view, their Gentry keep ; With anxious Pleafures of a guilty Mind, Deep Frauds before, and open Force behind