The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Band 8Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... Heaven could not give , That the good boat this tempest should out - live . But ftorms increase ! and now no hope of grace Among them fhines , fave in the Prince's face ; The reft refign their courage , skill , and fight , To danger ...
... Heaven could not give , That the good boat this tempest should out - live . But ftorms increase ! and now no hope of grace Among them fhines , fave in the Prince's face ; The reft refign their courage , skill , and fight , To danger ...
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... Heaven our joy , fupported by a line ! Which for that inftant was Heaven's care above , The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove , On which the fabric of our world depends ; One link diffolv'd , the whole creation ends . Of his ...
... Heaven our joy , fupported by a line ! Which for that inftant was Heaven's care above , The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove , On which the fabric of our world depends ; One link diffolv'd , the whole creation ends . Of his ...
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... Heaven , upon their feed defcends . Such huge extremes inhabit thy great mind , God - like , unmov'd ; and yet , like woman , kind ! Which of the ancient Poets had not brought Our Charles's pedigree from heaven ; and taught How fome ...
... Heaven , upon their feed defcends . Such huge extremes inhabit thy great mind , God - like , unmov'd ; and yet , like woman , kind ! Which of the ancient Poets had not brought Our Charles's pedigree from heaven ; and taught How fome ...
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... heavens this work attend , The showers long wanted they forget to fend : As if they meant to make it understood Of more ... heaven ! Laomedon , that had the Gods in pay , Neptune , with him † that rules the facred day , Could no fuch ...
... heavens this work attend , The showers long wanted they forget to fend : As if they meant to make it understood Of more ... heaven ! Laomedon , that had the Gods in pay , Neptune , with him † that rules the facred day , Could no fuch ...
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... Heaven , that prefer'd a scepter to your hand , Favor'd our freedom more than your command : Beauty had crown'd you , and you must have been The whole world's mistress , other than a Queen . All had been rivals , and you might have spar ...
... Heaven , that prefer'd a scepter to your hand , Favor'd our freedom more than your command : Beauty had crown'd you , and you must have been The whole world's mistress , other than a Queen . All had been rivals , and you might have spar ...
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beauty beſt blood boaſt bold bounty brave breaſt Britiſh CANTO command confin'd crown'd Engliſh eyes facred fafe fair falutes fame fate fear feem fhall fide fight fince fing firft firſt flain flame foes fome fong foul ftill ftorms fuccefs fuch give glorious glory grace Heaven herſelf himſelf increaſe inftructed inſpire Iſle itſelf Jove juſt King Lady Lady Anne Hyde laft laſt lefs leſs light loft Lucretius marble live mind mortals Mufe muft Muſe muſt noble nobler numbers Nymph o'er paffion peace Phaëton Phoebus pleaſe pleaſure praiſe prefent Prince rage raiſe reft reſt rife royal ſea ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhips ſhould ſhow ſome ſpoil ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtore ſuch ſweet ſword themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand uſe verſe vex'd victorious virtue Whofe whoſe wind youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 232 - For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries. 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 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 79 - Hermes' rod, And powerful, too, as either god TO PHYLLIS. PHYLLIS ! why should we delay Pleasures shorter than the day Could we (which we never can Stretch our lives beyond their span, Beauty like a shadow flies, And our youth before us dies. Or would youth and beauty stay, Love hath wings, and will away. Love hath swifter wings than Time ; Change in love to heaven does climb. Gods, that never change their state, Vary oft their love and hate.
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 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 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 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 10 - Among other improvements, we may reckon that of his rhymes, which are always good, and very often the better for being new.
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.
Seite 7 - Our language owes more to him than the French does to Cardinal Richelieu, and the whole Academy. A poet cannot think of him without being in the same rapture Lucretius is in when Epicurus comes in his way.