The Works of the English Poets: WallerH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... should not be much above twenty years diftance : and yet the one's lan- guage , like the money of that time , is as current now as ever ; whilft the other's words are like old coins , one muft go to an antiquary to understand their true ...
... should not be much above twenty years diftance : and yet the one's lan- guage , like the money of that time , is as current now as ever ; whilft the other's words are like old coins , one muft go to an antiquary to understand their true ...
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... should out - live . But ftorms increase ! and now no hope of grace Among them fhines , fave in the Prince's face ; The rest resign their courage , skill , and sight , To danger , horror , and unwelcome night . The gentle veffel ( wont ...
... should out - live . But ftorms increase ! and now no hope of grace Among them fhines , fave in the Prince's face ; The rest resign their courage , skill , and sight , To danger , horror , and unwelcome night . The gentle veffel ( wont ...
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... should perish where that image dwelt . Ah , Love forbid ! the noblest of thy train Should not furvive to let her know his pain Who nor his peril minding , nor his flame , Is entertain'd with fome lefs ferious game , Among the bright ...
... should perish where that image dwelt . Ah , Love forbid ! the noblest of thy train Should not furvive to let her know his pain Who nor his peril minding , nor his flame , Is entertain'd with fome lefs ferious game , Among the bright ...
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... Should Nature's felf invade the world again , And o'er the centre fpread the liquid Main , Thy power were fafe ; and her deftructive hand Would but enlarge the bounds of thy command : Thy dreadful Fleet would style thee Lord of all ...
... Should Nature's felf invade the world again , And o'er the centre fpread the liquid Main , Thy power were fafe ; and her deftructive hand Would but enlarge the bounds of thy command : Thy dreadful Fleet would style thee Lord of all ...
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... should amend : But beauty , with a bloodless conqueft , finds A welcome fovereignty in rudest minds . Not aught which Sheba's wondering Queen beheld Amongst the works of Solomon , excell'd His fhips and building ; emblems of a heart ...
... should amend : But beauty , with a bloodless conqueft , finds A welcome fovereignty in rudest minds . Not aught which Sheba's wondering Queen beheld Amongst the works of Solomon , excell'd His fhips and building ; emblems of a heart ...
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againſt Amoret beauty beſt bleft blood bold bounty brave breaſt Britiſh CANTO Chloris command courage dark oracles Engliſh eyes facred fafe fair falutes fame fate fear feem fhall fhew fhining fhips fight fince fing firft firſt flame foes fome fong foul ftill fuch give glory grace Heaven himſelf increaſe inftruct inſpire iſland itſelf Jove juſt King Lady laft laſt lefs light live loft Lucretius marble live mind mortal Mufe muft Muſe muſt noble nobler Numbers Nymph o'er paffion peace Phaëton Phoebus plac'd pleaſe pleaſure Poems praiſe prefent Prince rage raiſe reſt rife riſe royal ſea ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſome ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtore ſuch ſweet tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand uſe Verfe verſe vex'd virtue WALLER whofe whoſe wind youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 232 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Seite 135 - Whether this portion of the world were rent By the rude ocean from the continent, Or thus created, it was sure design'd To be the sacred refuge of mankind.
Seite 137 - A race unconquer'd, by their clime made bold, The Caledonians, arm'd with want and cold, Have, by a fate indulgent to your fame, Been from all ages kept for you to tame. Whom the old Roman wall...
Seite 231 - The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er : So calm are we when passions are no more ! For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost.
Seite 151 - For future shade, young trees upon the banks Of the new stream appear in even ranks : The voice of Orpheus, or Amphion's hand, In better order could not make them stand...
Seite 136 - Of her own growth hath all that nature craves, And all that's rare, as tribute from the waves. As ./Egypt does not on the clouds rely, But to...
Seite 99 - Then die! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee; How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
Seite 87 - ON A GIRDLE. That which her slender waist confined, Shall now my joyful temples bind ; No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer, My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass, and yet there Dwelt all that's good and all that's fair; Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
Seite 9 - There was no distinction of parts, no regular stops, nothing for the ear to rest upon ; but as soon as the copy began, down it went like a larum, incessantly ; and the reader was sure to be out of breath before he got to the end of it : so that really verse, in those days, was but downright prose tagged with rhymes.
Seite 136 - Gold, though the heaviest metal, hither swims. Ours is the harvest where the Indians mow, We plough the deep, and reap what others sow.