| Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 414 pągines
...subject there is as much of truth as there is of enthusiasm, in the following epigram of Dryden. ' Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England, did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed ; The next in majesty ; — in both, the last. The force of nature could no farther go ;... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pągines
...and but two rivals; yet of whose rivalry Dryden, in that first of epigrams, happily observes — " The force of Nature could no further go — To make a third shejoin'd the former two." No apology therefore is needed for now proposing a new and splendidly-embellished... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 384 pągines
...paternos Eja age in aniplexus, cara Maria, redi. Page 183. " Dryden's illustrious epitaph on Milton." Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...majesty, in both the last. The force of Nature could no farther go, To make a third she join'd the other two. Page 252. Vincent Bourne. " I think him a better... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 388 pągines
...illustrious epitaph on Milton." Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and Kngland did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd...majesty, in both the last. The force of Nature could no farther go, I i• ! Jn.• To make a third she join'd the other two. • , i ... „ .. Page 252.... | |
| 1836 - 558 pągines
...thy theme, sublime, In number, weight, and measure, needs not rhyme. EPIGRAM ON MILTON. BY DRYDEN. THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England, did adorn: Tin ih>I in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next, in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature... | |
| Joe Miller - 1836 - 266 pągines
...can no longer scold — she cries. On Milton. BY MR. DRVDEN. Three poets, in three distant ages horn, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpast ; The next in majesty ; in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go — To make... | |
| John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pągines
...10 come His pious widow consecrates this tomb. UNDER MR. MILTON'S PICTURE BEFORE HIS PARADISE LOST. THREE poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...surpass'd ; The next, in majesty ; in both the last. MONUMENT OF A FAIR MAIDEN LADY, WHO DIED AT BATH, AKD IS THESE IW TEHRED.* BELOW this marble monument... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1837 - 462 pągines
...full as just as the original, but have not the tautology of loftiness and majesty : Three orators in distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did...first in loftiness of thought surpass'd, The next in language, but in both the last: The pow'r of nature could no farther go; To make a third, she join'd... | |
| John Dryden - 1837 - 478 pągines
...tomh. UNDER MR. MILTON'S PICTURE BEFORE HIS PARADISE LOST. THREE poets in three distant ages horn, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first, in...loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next, in majesty ; in hoth the hut. The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two.... | |
| Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 462 pągines
...full as just as the original, but have not the tautology of loftiness and majesty : Three orators in distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in language, but in both the last: The pow'r of nature could no farther go ; To... | |
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