The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 11Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... Shall ev'n my mean and worthless verse commend , For wonders always did his name attend . 10 Though now ( alas ! ) in the fad grave he lies , Yet fhall his praise for ever live , and laurels from it rise . Great were the toils attending ...
... Shall ev'n my mean and worthless verse commend , For wonders always did his name attend . 10 Though now ( alas ! ) in the fad grave he lies , Yet fhall his praise for ever live , and laurels from it rise . Great were the toils attending ...
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... shall eldership obtain , To be firft grac'd with mighty James's reign . Let the dread monarch on his throne appear , Place too the charming partner of it there . O'er his their wings let Fame and Triumph spread , And foft - ey'd Cupids ...
... shall eldership obtain , To be firft grac'd with mighty James's reign . Let the dread monarch on his throne appear , Place too the charming partner of it there . O'er his their wings let Fame and Triumph spread , And foft - ey'd Cupids ...
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... shall crush this ferpent's head ? ' Tis faid we may in ancient legends read Of a huge dragon , sent by fate To lay a finful kingdom waste : So through it all he rang'd , devouring as he past , And each day with a virgin broke his fast ...
... shall crush this ferpent's head ? ' Tis faid we may in ancient legends read Of a huge dragon , sent by fate To lay a finful kingdom waste : So through it all he rang'd , devouring as he past , And each day with a virgin broke his fast ...
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... shall it now be stain'd ? Oh , in thy love I shall no hazard run ; ' Tis not a fin , but when ' tis coarsely done . And now fhould Juno leave her Jove to me , I'd quit that Jove , Hippolytus , for thee : Believe me too , with strange ...
... shall it now be stain'd ? Oh , in thy love I shall no hazard run ; ' Tis not a fin , but when ' tis coarsely done . And now fhould Juno leave her Jove to me , I'd quit that Jove , Hippolytus , for thee : Believe me too , with strange ...
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... shall health enjoy , Yet much I wish to thee , my lovely boy : Read this , and reading how my soul is seiz'd , Rather than not , be with my ruin pleas'd : Thus fecrets fafe to fartheft fhores may move ; By letters foes converfe , and ...
... shall health enjoy , Yet much I wish to thee , my lovely boy : Read this , and reading how my soul is seiz'd , Rather than not , be with my ruin pleas'd : Thus fecrets fafe to fartheft fhores may move ; By letters foes converfe , and ...
Edisi yang lain - Lihat semua
Istilah dan frasa umum
Acontius arms beſt bleffings bleft boaſt breaſt Cæfar caft charms Cyclops Cydippe dæmon Daphnis defire delight dreadful e'er eaſe ev'n eyes facred fad grave fafe faid fair falfe fame fate fatire fear feem'd fent fhall fhew fhining fhould fighs fince firft firſt flain flave fmiles foft fome fong fools forrow foul ftill ftreams fuch fure fwain good-natur'd grace grave he lies head heart heaven herſelf himſelf Hippolytus honour juft king laft laſt laurels lefs lord lov'd Lucretius mighty mind moft MOPSUS moſt mournful Mufe Muſe muſt myſelf noble nymphs o'er peace pleaſe pleaſure Poet praiſe pride rage rais'd raiſe reft reſt rife riſe royal ſee ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill ſuch Tartuffe tell thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand triumph Twas twill verfe virtue Whilft whofe wonder Worfe
Bagian yang populer
Halaman 151 - prove kind, And fill our empty brain ; Yet if rough Neptune rouze the wind, To wave the azure main, Our paper, pen, and ink, and we, Roll up and down our fhips at fea, With a fa, &c.
Halaman 152 - The Dutch would fcorn fo weak a foe, And quit their fort at Goree : For what refiftance can they find From men who've left their hearts behind ! With a fa, .&c. * VI. Let wind and weather do its
Halaman 151 - How hard it is to write ; The Mufes now, and Neptune too, We muft implore to write to you, With a fa, la, la, la, la. II.
Halaman 153 - When any mournful tune you hear, That dies in every note ; As if it figh'd with each man's care, For being fo remote ; Think how often love we've
Halaman 22 - By titles, which but few can boaft, A moft juft mafter, and a faithful friend ? One who never yet did wrong To high or low, to old or young ? Of him what orphan can complain ? Of him what widow make her moan? But fuch as wifh him here again, And mifs his goodnefs now
Halaman 23 - With fpoils of viftory and glory fraught. To him then every heart was open, down From the great man to the clown : In him rejoic'd, to him inclin'd ; And as his health round the glad board did pafs, Each honeft fellow cry'd, Fill full my glafs; And fhew'd the fullnefs of his mind. No
Halaman 44 - vain have prov'd the labours of the ftage, -*.-*- In ftriving to reclaim a vicious age ! Poets may write, the mifchief to impeach ; You care as little what the poets teach, As you regard at church what parfons preach. But where fuch follies and fuch vices reign, What honeft pen
Halaman 46 - weary marches, fleeplefs nights, For this feeds hard, and lodges cold ; Which can't be bought with hills of gold. Since wealth and power too weak we find, To quell the tumults of the mind ; Or from the monarch's roofs of
Halaman 21 - Ballads, and all the fpurious excefs Of ills that malice could devife, Or ever fwarm'd from a licentious prefs, Hung round about him like a fpell : And in his own hand too was writ, That worthy piece of modern wit, The country's late appeal. But from fuch ills when will our wretched
Halaman 48 - of eager love, She coldly calls me friend. Ah, Sylvia ! thus in vain you ftrive To aft a healer's part, 'Twill keep but lingering pain alive, Alas ! and break my heart. When, on my lonely, penfive bed I lay me down to reft, In hope to calm my raging head, And cool my burning breaft. Her cruelty all