The Works of the English Poets: CowleyH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... some things in it which I am not ashamed of , taking the excufe of my age and fmall experience in human converfation when I made it . But , as it is , it is only the hasty first - sitting of a picture , and therefore like to refemble me ...
... some things in it which I am not ashamed of , taking the excufe of my age and fmall experience in human converfation when I made it . But , as it is , it is only the hasty first - sitting of a picture , and therefore like to refemble me ...
Halaman 10
... some the unneceffary young fuckers , and from others the old withered branches ; for a great wit is no more tied to live in a vast volume , than in a gigantic body ; on the contrary , it is commonly more vigorous , the less space it ...
... some the unneceffary young fuckers , and from others the old withered branches ; for a great wit is no more tied to live in a vast volume , than in a gigantic body ; on the contrary , it is commonly more vigorous , the less space it ...
Halaman 15
... some other pieces , which I have thought fit to reject in this publication : as , first , all those which I wrote at school , from the age of ten years , till after fifteen ; for even so far backward there remain yet fome traces of me ...
... some other pieces , which I have thought fit to reject in this publication : as , first , all those which I wrote at school , from the age of ten years , till after fifteen ; for even so far backward there remain yet fome traces of me ...
Halaman 16
... some of them made when I was very young , which it is per- haps fuperfluous to tell the reader : I know not by what chance I have kept copies of them ; for they are but a very few in comparison of those which I have loft ; and I think ...
... some of them made when I was very young , which it is per- haps fuperfluous to tell the reader : I know not by what chance I have kept copies of them ; for they are but a very few in comparison of those which I have loft ; and I think ...
Halaman 17
... some expreffions ( if fuch there be ) which may happen to offend the severity of fupercilious readers : for much excefs is to be allowed in love , and even more in poetry ; fo we avoid the two unpardonable vi- ces in both , which are ...
... some expreffions ( if fuch there be ) which may happen to offend the severity of fupercilious readers : for much excefs is to be allowed in love , and even more in poetry ; fo we avoid the two unpardonable vi- ces in both , which are ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY againſt Anacreon beauteous beauty becauſe beſt beſtow bleffing bleft blood breaſt buſineſs cauſe curfe death defire doft doth e'er earth ev'n eyes facred faid fair fame fate fear feen fhall fhew fighs fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain flame fome foon forrow foul ftill ftrait ftrong fuch fure greateſt grief happineſs hath heart heaven himſelf honour itſelf juft laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs live lov'd Love's mighty miſtreſs moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt myſelf ne'er nought numbers o'er paffion paſt Philetus pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure poets praiſe ſaid ſay ſea ſee ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch tears thee thefe themſelves theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou doft thouſand twas twill uſe verfe verſe Whilft whofe whoſe wife
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Halaman 72 - Sabine field. Thus would I double my life's fading fpace ; For he that runs it well, twice runs his race. And in this true delight, Thefe unbought fports, and happy ftate, I would not fear, nor wifli, my fate; But boldly fay, each night, To-morrow let my fun his beams difplay, Or in clouds hide them ; I have liv'd to-day
Halaman 136 - and fair; The fea itfelf (which one would think Should have but little need of drink) Drinks ten thoufand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup. The bufy fun (and one would guefs By 's drunken fiery face no lefs) Drinks up the
Halaman 136 - They drink and dance by their own light; They drink and revel all the night. Nothing in nature 's fober found, But an eternal health goes round. Fill up the bowl then, fill it high, Fill all the glaffes there ; for
Halaman 136 - there ; for why Should every creature drink but I; Why, man of morals, tell me why ? III. BEAUTY. LIBERAL Nature did difpenfe To all things arms for their defence ; And fome flie arms with finewy force, And fome with fwiftnefs in the
Halaman 139 - Poor Anacreon ! thou grow'ft old: Look how thy hairs are falling all; Poor Anacreon, how they fall ! Whether I grow old or no, By th' effefts I do. not know ; This I know, without being told, ..." . 'Tis time to live, if I grow old ; . ,. Tis time fliort pleafures now to
Halaman 116 - So high, that all the Virtues there did come, As to their chiefeft feat Confpicuous and great; So low, that for me too it made a room. He fcorn'd this bufy world below, and all That we, miftaken mortals ! pleafure call ; Was fill'd with innocent gallantry and truth, Triumphant o'er the
Halaman 136 - II. DRINKING. TH E thirfty earth foaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again. The plants fuck-in the earth, and are With conftant drinking frefli and fair; The fea itfelf (which one would think Should have but little need of drink) Drinks ten thoufand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup. The bufy fun (and one would guefs
Halaman 171 - Lock'd-up together, hand in hand ; Every one leads as he is led ; The fame bare path they tread, And dance, like fairies, a fantaftic round, But neither change their motion nor their ground : Had Harvey to this road confin'd his wit, His noble circle of the blood had been untrodden yet.
Halaman 95 - odd fimilitude. What is it then, which, like the Power Divine> We only can by negatives define ? In a true piece of Wit all things muft be, Yet all things there agree ; As in the ark, join'd without force or ftrife, All creatures dwelt; all creatures that had life
Halaman 213 - The barren wildernefs he paft ; Did on the very border ftand Of the bleft promis'd land ; And, from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himfelf, and fliew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to difcover worlds and conquer too ; Nor can fo