The Works of the English Poets: MiltonH. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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... against melan- choly , four against four , falt to remove falt humors . Hence philofophers and other graveft writers , as Cicero , Plutarch , and others , frequently cite out of tragic poets , both to adorn and illustrate their ...
... against melan- choly , four against four , falt to remove falt humors . Hence philofophers and other graveft writers , as Cicero , Plutarch , and others , frequently cite out of tragic poets , both to adorn and illustrate their ...
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... against their conquerors , Acknowledg'd not , or not at all confider'd Deliverance offer'd : I on th ' other fide Us'd no ambition to commend my deeds , 245 [ doer ; The deeds themselves , though mute , fpoke loud the But they perfifted ...
... against their conquerors , Acknowledg'd not , or not at all confider'd Deliverance offer'd : I on th ' other fide Us'd no ambition to commend my deeds , 245 [ doer ; The deeds themselves , though mute , fpoke loud the But they perfifted ...
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... Against his vow of strictest purity , To seek in marriage that fallacious bride , Unclean , unchaste . Down reason then , at least vain reasonings down , VOL . III . C 320 Though Though reafon here aver That moral verdict quits her of ...
... Against his vow of strictest purity , To seek in marriage that fallacious bride , Unclean , unchaste . Down reason then , at least vain reasonings down , VOL . III . C 320 Though Though reafon here aver That moral verdict quits her of ...
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... against a coward arm'd At one spear's length . O ever - failing trust In mortal ftrength ! and oh what not in man Deceivable and vain ? Nay what thing good Pray'd for , but often proves our woe , our bane ? I pray'd for children , and ...
... against a coward arm'd At one spear's length . O ever - failing trust In mortal ftrength ! and oh what not in man Deceivable and vain ? Nay what thing good Pray'd for , but often proves our woe , our bane ? I pray'd for children , and ...
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... against me ? Thrice she assay'd with flattering prayers and fighs , And amorous reproaches , to win from me My capital fecret , in what part my strength 385 390 400 Lay ftor'd , in what part fumm'd , that she might know ; Thrice I ...
... against me ? Thrice she assay'd with flattering prayers and fighs , And amorous reproaches , to win from me My capital fecret , in what part my strength 385 390 400 Lay ftor'd , in what part fumm'd , that she might know ; Thrice I ...
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Page 82 - Whispering new joys to the mild ocean, Who now hath quite forgot to rave, While birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed wave. The stars, with deep amaze, Stand fix'd in steadfast gaze, Bending one way their precious influence : And will not take their flight, For all the morning light, Or Lucifer that often warn'd them thence ; But in their glimmering orbs did glow, Until their Lord himself bespake, and bid them go.
Page 65 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame, nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 183 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 180 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 109 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek.
Page 160 - For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn...
Page 105 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Page 108 - But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song...
Page 11 - Let us not break in upon him. O change beyond report, thought, or belief!
Page 104 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...