The Pleasures of Imagination: A Poem in Three BooksR. Dodsley, 1744 - 125 страница |
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... Whose blended light , as with a milky zone , Invests the orient . Now amaz'd fhe views Th ' ( e ) empyreal waste , where happy spirits hold Beyond this concave heav'n , their calm abode ; And fields of radiance , ( f ) whose unfading ...
... Whose blended light , as with a milky zone , Invests the orient . Now amaz'd fhe views Th ' ( e ) empyreal waste , where happy spirits hold Beyond this concave heav'n , their calm abode ; And fields of radiance , ( f ) whose unfading ...
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... whose most peculiar ends Are lame and fruitlefs ? Or did nature mean This awful stamp the herald of a lie ; To hide the fhame of discord and disease , And catch with fair hypocrify the heart Of idle faith ? O no ! with better cares Th ...
... whose most peculiar ends Are lame and fruitlefs ? Or did nature mean This awful stamp the herald of a lie ; To hide the fhame of discord and disease , And catch with fair hypocrify the heart Of idle faith ? O no ! with better cares Th ...
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... Whose bofom fmiles with verdure , the clear tract 375 Offtreams delicious to the thirsty soul , The bloom of nectar'd fruitage ripe to fenfe , And every charm of animated things , Are only pledges of a ftate fincere , Th ' integrity and ...
... Whose bofom fmiles with verdure , the clear tract 375 Offtreams delicious to the thirsty soul , The bloom of nectar'd fruitage ripe to fenfe , And every charm of animated things , Are only pledges of a ftate fincere , Th ' integrity and ...
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... whose pow'r , Thro ' all th ' unbounded fymmetry of things , 455 460 465 470 475 Like rays effulging from the parent fun , This endless mixture of her charms diffus'd , MIND , MIND alone , bear witness earth and heav'n ! 480 C The ' The ...
... whose pow'r , Thro ' all th ' unbounded fymmetry of things , 455 460 465 470 475 Like rays effulging from the parent fun , This endless mixture of her charms diffus'd , MIND , MIND alone , bear witness earth and heav'n ! 480 C The ' The ...
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... whose favour'd steps The lamp of science thro ' the jealous maze 120 121 Of nature guides , when haply you reveal Her fecret honours : whether in the fky , The The beauteous laws of light , the cen'tral pow'rs 130 42 The PLEASURES.
... whose favour'd steps The lamp of science thro ' the jealous maze 120 121 Of nature guides , when haply you reveal Her fecret honours : whether in the fky , The The beauteous laws of light , the cen'tral pow'rs 130 42 The PLEASURES.
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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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