The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 39-40Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... eyes , New blushes glow , new lightnings rife ; Pehold a thousand charms fucceed , For which a thousand hearts must bleed ! Brighter from her disease she shines , As fire the precious gold refines . Thus when the filent grave becomes ...
... eyes , New blushes glow , new lightnings rife ; Pehold a thousand charms fucceed , For which a thousand hearts must bleed ! Brighter from her disease she shines , As fire the precious gold refines . Thus when the filent grave becomes ...
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... eyes . Part of the XXXVIII and XXXIX Chapters of N ° JO B. A PARAPHRASE . WOW from the fplendors of his bright abode On wings of all the winds th ' Almighty rode , And the loud voice of thunder spoke the God . Cherubs , and feraphs from ...
... eyes . Part of the XXXVIII and XXXIX Chapters of N ° JO B. A PARAPHRASE . WOW from the fplendors of his bright abode On wings of all the winds th ' Almighty rode , And the loud voice of thunder spoke the God . Cherubs , and feraphs from ...
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... eyes , Seems ever near , yet ever diftant flies : As perfpectives prefent the object nigh , Though far remov'd from the mistaking eye ; Against our reason fondly we believe , Affift the fraud , and teach it to deceive ; As the faint ...
... eyes , Seems ever near , yet ever diftant flies : As perfpectives prefent the object nigh , Though far remov'd from the mistaking eye ; Against our reason fondly we believe , Affift the fraud , and teach it to deceive ; As the faint ...
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... eyes , and round beholds A thousand fires blaze dreadful ; through his ears Paffes the direful symphony of war , Of fife , or pipe , and the loud hum of hosts Strikes him difmay'd : Now o'er the Grecian tents His eyes he rolls ; now ...
... eyes , and round beholds A thousand fires blaze dreadful ; through his ears Paffes the direful symphony of war , Of fife , or pipe , and the loud hum of hosts Strikes him difmay'd : Now o'er the Grecian tents His eyes he rolls ; now ...
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... eyes proclaim thee not her son ; Thence all the lightning of thy mother's flies , A Cupid , grac'd with Cytherea's eyes ! Yet ah ! how short a date the powers decree To that bright frame of beauties and to thee ! Pafs Pass a few days ...
... eyes proclaim thee not her son ; Thence all the lightning of thy mother's flies , A Cupid , grac'd with Cytherea's eyes ! Yet ah ! how short a date the powers decree To that bright frame of beauties and to thee ! Pafs Pass a few days ...
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Æneid æther arms Bard beauty beneath blefs bofom breaſt breathe bright charms cloſe clouds death defcends divine dreadful earth eaſe Ev'n eyes facred fafe fair fame fate feems fhades fhall fhines fhores fhould fighs fight filent fing fire fkies flain flame fleep flies FLORUS flowers fmiles foft fome fong fons foul fpring ftand ftill ftreams fuch fweet fwell glorious glory grace ground grove heart heaven honours Iliad Jove king labour laſt lefs Lord LYCIDAS lyre Meaſures Mufe Muſe muſt night numbers nymph o'er paffion plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe purſue rage rais'd raiſe reft rife riſe rofe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtrain ſweet tears thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thunder trembling Twas verfe whofe winds wings youth
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Page 32 - To find if books, or swains, report it right (For yet by swains alone the world he knew...
Page 32 - And hail, my son," the reverend sire replied ; Words follow'd words, from question answer flow'd, And talk of various kind deceiv'd the road ; Till each with other pleas'd, and loth to part, While in their age they differ, join in heart : Thus stands an aged elm in ivy bound, Thus youthful ivy clasps an elm around. Now...
Page 37 - Thy prayer, thy praise, thy life to vice unknown, In sweet memorial rise before the throne: These charms success in our bright region...
Page 38 - Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below.
Page 35 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Page 37 - ... Detested wretch !" — but scarce his speech began, When the strange partner seem'd no longer man His youthful face grew more serenely sweet ; His robe turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours...
Page 28 - Whither, O whither art thou fled, To lay thy meek contented head ? What happy region dost thou please To make the seat of calms and ease ? " Ambition searches all its sphere Of pomp and state to meet thee there.
Page 13 - ... his bosom heaves, And darts with active rage along the waves. Confus'd the monarch sees his hissing foe, And dives, to shun the sable fates, below. Forgetful frog ! The friend thy shoulders bore, Unskill'd in swimming, floats remote from shore.