Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected and Arranged ...J. Roach, 1793 - 240 Seiten |
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... nature's walks , fhoot folly as it flies , And catch the manners living as they rife ; Laugh where we muft , be candid where we can ; But vindicate the ways of God to man . I. Say firft . of God above or man below , What can we reason ...
... nature's walks , fhoot folly as it flies , And catch the manners living as they rife ; Laugh where we muft , be candid where we can ; But vindicate the ways of God to man . I. Say firft . of God above or man below , What can we reason ...
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... natures , how they long to join , Yet never pass th ' infuperable line ! Without this juft gradations could they be Subjected , thefe to thofe , or all to thee ? The pow'rs of all fubdu'd by thee alone , Is not thy reafon all these pow ...
... natures , how they long to join , Yet never pass th ' infuperable line ! Without this juft gradations could they be Subjected , thefe to thofe , or all to thee ? The pow'rs of all fubdu'd by thee alone , Is not thy reafon all these pow ...
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... nature's chain whatever link you flrike , Tenth , or ten thousandth , breaks the chain alike , And , if each fyftem in gradation roll Alike effential to th ' amazing whole , The leaft confufion but in one , not all That fyflem only ...
... nature's chain whatever link you flrike , Tenth , or ten thousandth , breaks the chain alike , And , if each fyftem in gradation roll Alike effential to th ' amazing whole , The leaft confufion but in one , not all That fyflem only ...
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... nature's law , Admir'd fuch wisdom in an earthly shape , And fhew'd a NEWTON as we fhew an ape . Could he , whofe rules the rapid Comet bind , Defcribe or fix one movement of his mind ? Who faw its fires here rife , and there defcend ...
... nature's law , Admir'd fuch wisdom in an earthly shape , And fhew'd a NEWTON as we fhew an ape . Could he , whofe rules the rapid Comet bind , Defcribe or fix one movement of his mind ? Who faw its fires here rife , and there defcend ...
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... nature's road , Subject , compound them , follow her and God . Love , hope , and joy , fair pleasure's smiling train , Hate , fear , and grief , the family of pain , Thefe mix'd with art , and to due bounds confin'd , Make and maintain ...
... nature's road , Subject , compound them , follow her and God . Love , hope , and joy , fair pleasure's smiling train , Hate , fear , and grief , the family of pain , Thefe mix'd with art , and to due bounds confin'd , Make and maintain ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ALEXANDER POPE angels behold beneath BIRTHA bleffing bleft blifs bofom breaft caft charms crown'd death defcend diftant dreadful earth EDWARD YOUNG eternal ev'ry facred fair fame fate fcene fear fecond feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhone fide figh filent fill fing firft fix'd fkies flain flame flate fleep flood flow fmile foft fome forrow foul fpreads frike ftill fuch funk fweet fwell glory grace GRONGAR HILL grove happineſs heart heav'n itſelf juft laft lefs loft Lord lyre mind mourn mufe mufic muft muſt nature nature's o'er paffion pain pale pallions Phaon pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife pride rage raiſe reafon reft rife rocks Sappho ſhall tears Theatre Royal thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro throne trembling Twas vaft vale virtue weft whofe youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 54 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Seite 59 - Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fir'd another Troy. Thus, long ago, (Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, — While organs yet were mute) Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
Seite 27 - Look round our world; behold the chain of love Combining all below and all above. See plastic Nature working to this end, The single atoms each to other tend, Attract, attracted to, the next in place Form'd and impell'd its neighbour to embrace.
Seite 39 - Where grows ? — where grows it not ? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Seite 50 - Pursues that chain which links th' immense design, Joins Heaven and Earth, and mortal and divine ; Sees, that no being any bliss can know, But touches some above, and some below ; Learns from this union of the rising whole The first, last purpose of the human soul ; And knows where faith, law, morals, all began, • All end in love of God, and love of man.
Seite 55 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride : — Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
Seite 26 - Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite...
Seite 60 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Seite 57 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure ; Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain.
Seite 56 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus...