 Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but blasted with excess of light. Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed,...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Seite 371von James Boswell - 1922Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 196 Seiten
...tremble while they gaze, He saw; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of etherial race, PnS pace. With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long-resoundVer. 95. Nor second He, that... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 Seiten
...He saw; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Drj den's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ctherial race, f'nS pace. With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long-resoundVer. 95. Nor second He, that... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 472 Seiten
...faint to go ;" , 1 It is remarkable that Mr. Gray has employed somewhat the same image to characterise Dryden. He indeed, furnishes his car with but two...coursers of ethereal race, " With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long resounding pace." Ode on the Progress of Poesy. ^ and the concluding ten lines,... | |
 | 1863 - 1200 Seiten
...simplicity, or force. The following character of Dryden, in the " Progress of Poesy," is very fine : — " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er...Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace. Hark ! his hands the lyre explore ; Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 582 Seiten
...saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. § Behold where Drydcn's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race,fl [ing pace.^ With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resoundIII. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 416 Seiten
...lightning" of the mind : and Gray characterizes the poetry of Dryden in a manner equally poetical. Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...necks in thunder cloth'd, and long resounding pace. Gray. It is impossible for a man of an elegant mind, living in Britain, not to be proud of the poetry... | |
 | 1823 - 874 Seiten
...tremble while they gaze, He saw : but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thundercloth'd,and long-resounding pace. III. 3Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-ey'd fancy,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 Seiten
...a still higher strain of poetry, but perhaps not with greater dignity and effect, by Gray : But see where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the...necks in thunder cloth'd and long resounding pace. * Ruffhead, p. 23.— The friend here alluded to was probably Sir Charles Wogan. See a letter from... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 696 Seiten
...a still higher strain of poetry, but perhaps not with greater dignity and effect, by Gray : But see where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the...necks in thunder cloth'd and long resounding pace. * Ruffhead, p. 23. — The friend here alluded to was probably Sir Charles Wogan. See a letter from... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 Seiten
...tremble, while they gaze, He saw; but blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er...Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering... | |
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