The Pleasures of Imagination: A Poem in Three BooksR. Dodsley, 1744 - 125 страница |
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... foul At length discloses every tuneful spring , To that harmonious movement from without , Responsive . Then the inexpreffive strain Diffufes its enchantment : fancy dreams · Of facred fountains and elyfian grovės , IIO 120 125 And And ...
... foul At length discloses every tuneful spring , To that harmonious movement from without , Responsive . Then the inexpreffive strain Diffufes its enchantment : fancy dreams · Of facred fountains and elyfian grovės , IIO 120 125 And And ...
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... turn his gaze To mark the windings of a scanty rill That murmurs at his feet ? the high born foul Difdains to rest her heav'n aspiring wing Beneath 185 Beneath its native quarry . Tir'd of earth . BOOK I. of IMAGINATION . 15.
... turn his gaze To mark the windings of a scanty rill That murmurs at his feet ? the high born foul Difdains to rest her heav'n aspiring wing Beneath 185 Beneath its native quarry . Tir'd of earth . BOOK I. of IMAGINATION . 15.
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... foul fhould find enjoyment : but from these " Turning difdainful to an equal good , " Thro ' all th ' afcent of things inlarge her view , Till ev'ry bound at length fhould difapear , And infinite perfection close the scene . " 220 Call ...
... foul fhould find enjoyment : but from these " Turning difdainful to an equal good , " Thro ' all th ' afcent of things inlarge her view , Till ev'ry bound at length fhould difapear , And infinite perfection close the scene . " 220 Call ...
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... foul 425 430 That conquers chance and fate ; or whether ftruck For founds of triumph , to proclaim her toils Upon the lofty fummit round her brow To twine the wreath of incorruptive praise ; To trace her hallow'd light thro ' future ...
... foul 425 430 That conquers chance and fate ; or whether ftruck For founds of triumph , to proclaim her toils Upon the lofty fummit round her brow To twine the wreath of incorruptive praise ; To trace her hallow'd light thro ' future ...
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... foul So moves the bird of Juno ; fo the steed With rival ardour beats the dufty plain , And faithful dogs with eager airs of joy Salute their fellows . Then doth beauty dwell There moft confpicuous , ev'n in outward shape , Where dawns ...
... foul So moves the bird of Juno ; fo the steed With rival ardour beats the dufty plain , And faithful dogs with eager airs of joy Salute their fellows . Then doth beauty dwell There moft confpicuous , ev'n in outward shape , Where dawns ...
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Academus afcent affociate alfo Amid apprehenfion Aristophanes Arrian arts awful band beauty becauſe behold blooming bluſhing bofom breaſt breath charms chear circumftances cœleftial confequence dæmon defign delight divine earth eternal facred fair falfe fame fancy fatire fays fcene fearch fecret fenfe fhade fhall fhould final caufe fince firft flow'rs fmiles folemn fome fong foon fordid foul fources fpecies fpirit fprings frame ftrain ftreams fubject fublime fuch hand harmonious heart heav'n himſelf honours illuftrated imagination impulfe inchanted inftance Italian poetry Line Lucretius lyre majeſtic meaſure mind moft moral moſt mufe mufic nature nature's o'er objects paffions philofophy Plato pleafing pleaſure pomp pow'rs praiſe prefence profpect purſue radiant reafon ridiculous rife rofy ſcene ſcience ſhade ſhall ſhapes ſmiles Socrates ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtore taſte thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil truth univerfal uſe Whate'er whofe whoſe wiſdom youth
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