Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1784 |
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Pàgina 57
... cloud - compelling Jove ; While to his harp divine rion fings The loves and conquefts of our vibion kings . Of the Fourth Edward was his noble fong , Fierce , goodly , valiant , beautiful , and young : He rent the crown from vanquifh'd ...
... cloud - compelling Jove ; While to his harp divine rion fings The loves and conquefts of our vibion kings . Of the Fourth Edward was his noble fong , Fierce , goodly , valiant , beautiful , and young : He rent the crown from vanquifh'd ...
Pàgina 72
... clouds feem all at her command , Or place her in Olympus ' top , a gucft Among th ' immortals , who with nectar ... cloud in fo ferene a manfion find , To I 72 MISCELLANIES .
... clouds feem all at her command , Or place her in Olympus ' top , a gucft Among th ' immortals , who with nectar ... cloud in fo ferene a manfion find , To I 72 MISCELLANIES .
Pàgina 73
The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ... No cloud in fo ferene a manfion find , To overcast her ... clouds . But what fo hard which numbers cannot force ; Softoops the moon , and rivers change their course.30 The ...
The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ... No cloud in fo ferene a manfion find , To overcast her ... clouds . But what fo hard which numbers cannot force ; Softoops the moon , and rivers change their course.30 The ...
Pàgina 74
... clouds no part of fky is clear , But just so much as lets the fun appear , Heav'n then would feem thy image , and refle Thofe fable vestments and that bright afpect . 20 22 A fpark of virtue by the deepest shade Of fad 74 MISCELLANIES.
... clouds no part of fky is clear , But just so much as lets the fun appear , Heav'n then would feem thy image , and refle Thofe fable vestments and that bright afpect . 20 22 A fpark of virtue by the deepest shade Of fad 74 MISCELLANIES.
Pàgina 81
... clouds , the pow'r to close her eyes ; Eyes which fo far all other lights control , They warm our mortal parts , but thefe our foul ! Let her free fpirit , whose unconquer'd breast 15 Holds fuch deep quiet and untroubled reft , Know ...
... clouds , the pow'r to close her eyes ; Eyes which fo far all other lights control , They warm our mortal parts , but thefe our foul ! Let her free fpirit , whose unconquer'd breast 15 Holds fuch deep quiet and untroubled reft , Know ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
againſt beauty beſt blood boaſt bold brave breaſt bright cauſe cife court defign defire Earl EDMUND WALLER Engliſh ev'ry Exeter Exchange eyes facred fair falutes fame fate fays feems feen fenfe fhall fhining fhips fide fight fince fing firſt flain flame fleep foes fome foon foul ftill fuch fweet grace Heav'n herſelf himſelf Houſes iſland itſelf Jove King Lady laft laſt lefs leſs Lord Lucretius Maid's Tragedy meaſure mind moſt Mufe Muſe muſt noble numbers nymph o'er occafion paffion peace perfon Phoebus plac'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poet pow'r praiſe prefent Prince Queen rage raiſe reaſon reft rife royal ſea ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſpoil ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet taſte tempeft thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro uſe verfe verſes vex'd Waller whofe whoſe wind youth
Passatges populars
Pàgina 99 - A narrow compafs! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair ; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the reft the fun goes round. XXX. THE FALL.
Pàgina 35 - virtues which in parents fhine 15 Make not like progrefs thro' the line. *Tis not from whom, but where we live: The place does oft' thofe graces give. Great Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock perhaps, or herd had led.
Pàgina xliii - old coins, one muft go to an antiquary to underftand their true meaning and value. Such advances may a great genius make when it undertakes any thing in earneft. Some painters will hit the chief lines and mafterftrokes of a face fo truly, that thro' all the differences of age the
Pàgina xliii - out. Were we to judge barely by the wording, we could not know what was wrote at twenty, and what at fourfcore. He complains, indeed, of a tide of words that comes in upon the Englifh poet, and overflows whatever
Pàgina 41 - And, without planting, drink of ev'ry vine. To dig for wealth we weary not our limbs; Gold, tho' the heavieft metal, hither fwims. Ours is the harveft where the Indians mow ; We plough the deep, and reap what others
Pàgina 45 - Brutus thought to break their yoke, But cut the bond of union with that ftroke. That fun once fet, a thoufand meaner ftars Gave a dim light to violence and wars; To fuch a tempeft as now threatens all,
Pàgina 133 - there as much as ever diftempered with the fame fatal affection for play, which engaged him in one adventure that well deferves to be related. As he returned to his lodgings from a gaming-table he was attacked in the dark by three ruffians, who were employed to
Pàgina xxxiii - and in jeft, and therefore very grateful to all kind " of company, where he was not the lefs efteemed *' for being very rich. He had been even nurfed in *' parliaments, where he fat when he was very young,
Pàgina 85 - Ah, cruel Nymph! from whom her humble fwain Flies for relief unto the raging main, And from the winds and tempefts does expect A milder fate than from her cold neglect! Yet there he '11 pray that the unkind may prove