Art she had none, yet wanted none, For Nature did that Want supply: So rich in Treasures of her Own, She might our boasted Stores defy: Such Noble Vigour did her Verse adorn, That it seem'd borrow'd, where 'twas only born. Specimens of the British Poets ... - Seite 216von British poets - 1809Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1823 - 872 Seiten
...unsoil'd, Unmix'd with foreign filth, and undtfil'd ; Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child V. Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For nature did that want supply : So rich in treasure of her own, She might our boasted stores defy : Such noble vigour did her verse adorn, That... | |
| John Dryden - 1837 - 482 Seiten
...unsoil'd, Unmix'd with foreign filth and undefil'd ; [child. Her wit was more than man, her innocence a Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For nature did...did her verse adorn, That it seem'd borrow'd, where "t was only bora Her morals too were in her bosom bred, By great examples daily fed, [read. What in... | |
| John Dryden - 1837 - 478 Seiten
...unsoil'd, Umnix' d with foreign filth and undefil'd ; [child. Her wit vna more than man, her innocence a Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For nature did...supply : So rich in treasures of her own, She might our hoasted stores defy : Such nohle vigour did her verse adorn, That it seem'd horrow'd, where Ч was... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1840 - 558 Seiten
...there are some lines in this singular Ode that are worthy even of Dryden himself. He says of her, — Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For nature did...defy ; Such noble vigour did her verse adorn, That it seemed borrowed where 'twas only born. And again, — Unmixed with foreign filth, and undefiled, Her... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 488 Seiten
...and Horace Waipole, but it is Dryden who has immortalized her beauty, her genius, and her worth : — Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For nature did...defy ; Such noble vigour did her verse adorn, That it seemed borrowed where 'twas only born. Anne Killegrew, as we have already mentioned, died in the apartments... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 502 Seiten
...life." But, perhaps, Dryden's eulogy, written after her death, is the most familiar to the reader : — Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For Nature did...defy ; Such noble vigour did her verse adorn, That it seemed borrowed where 'twas only born. And again, — Unmixed with foreign filth, and undefiled, Her... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 Seiten
...ACIIITOPHEL. Ml So rieh in treasnres of her own, She might onr boasted stores defy : Sneh noble vigonr did her verse adorn, That it seem'd borrow'd, where...were in her bosom bred, By great examples daily fed. Ev'n love (for love sometimes her Mnse exprest) Was bnt a lambent flame whieh play'd abont her breast... | |
| John Dryden - 1850 - 330 Seiten
...in treasures of her own, She might our boasted stores defy Such noble vigour did her verse adorn, 75 That it seem'd borrow'd, where 'twas only born. Her morals too were in her bosom bred, Was but a lambent flame which play'd about her breast: Light as the vapours of a morning dream, s5... | |
| 1851 - 492 Seiten
...Killigrew, the poetess and painter, immortalized by Dryden, for her beauty, her genius, aud her worth: — " Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For nature did...defy ; Such noble vigour did her verse adorn, That it seemed borrow'd where 'twas only born." Gawain Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, (d. 1522) a brass in the... | |
| Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 Seiten
...unsoil'd, Unmix'd with foreign filth, and undefiled ; Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. V. Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For nature did...did her verse adorn That it seem'd borrow'd, where 't was only born. Her morals, too, were in her bosom bred, By great examples daily fed, What in the... | |
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