Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected and Arranged ...J. Roach, 1793 - 240 страница |
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... lefs fharpened the wits than the hearts of men again ft each other , and have diminished the practice more than advanced the theory of morality . If I could flatter my self that this Effay has any merit , it is in fleering betwixt the ...
... lefs fharpened the wits than the hearts of men again ft each other , and have diminished the practice more than advanced the theory of morality . If I could flatter my self that this Effay has any merit , it is in fleering betwixt the ...
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... lefs dry I am here and more fufceptible of poetical ornament . only opening the fountains , and clearing the paffage to deduce the rivers , to follow them in their courfe . and to obferve their effects , would be a task more agreeable ...
... lefs dry I am here and more fufceptible of poetical ornament . only opening the fountains , and clearing the paffage to deduce the rivers , to follow them in their courfe . and to obferve their effects , would be a task more agreeable ...
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... lefs than Jove ? Of fyftems pollible , if ' tis confeft That wifdom infinite must form the best , Where all muß full or not coherent be , And all that rifes , rife in due degree ; Then Then , in the fcale of teas'ning life , ' [ 6 ]
... lefs than Jove ? Of fyftems pollible , if ' tis confeft That wifdom infinite must form the best , Where all muß full or not coherent be , And all that rifes , rife in due degree ; Then Then , in the fcale of teas'ning life , ' [ 6 ]
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... lefs ! As much that end a conftant courfe requires Of fhow'rs and funfhine , as of man's defires : As much eternal fprings and cloudless skies , As men for ever temp'rate , calm , and wife . If plagues or earthquakes break not heav'ns ...
... lefs ! As much that end a conftant courfe requires Of fhow'rs and funfhine , as of man's defires : As much eternal fprings and cloudless skies , As men for ever temp'rate , calm , and wife . If plagues or earthquakes break not heav'ns ...
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... lefs inflame , As ftrong or weak the organs of the frame ; And hence one MASTER PASSION in the breaft , Like Aaron's ferpent , fwallows up the rest . As man , perhaps , the moment of his breath , Receives the lurking principle of death ...
... lefs inflame , As ftrong or weak the organs of the frame ; And hence one MASTER PASSION in the breaft , Like Aaron's ferpent , fwallows up the rest . As man , perhaps , the moment of his breath , Receives the lurking principle of death ...
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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
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Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 39 - Where grows ? — where grows it not ? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 26 - Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...