| Edmund Waller - English poetry - 1744 - 496 pages
...plants acknowledge this, and her admire, No lefs than thofe of old did ORPHE u s' lyre : If fhe fit down, with tops all tow'rds her bow'd, They round about her into arbors crowd : Or if fhe walk, in even ranks they ftand, Like fome well-marmal'd and obfequious band.... | |
| Edmund Waller - English poetry - 1768 - 366 pages
...The plants acknowledge this, and her admire, No lefs than thofeof old did ORPHEUS' lyre : If {lie fit down, with tops all tow'rds her bowd, They round about her into arbors crowd : Or if fhe walk, in even ranks they ftand, Like fome well mar/hall'd and obfequious band.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 358 pages
...his images unnatural : The plants admire, No lefs than tkofe of old did Orpheus' lyre ; If fhe fit down, with tops all tow'rds her bow'd ; They round about her into arbours crowd : Or if fhe walks, in even ranks they ftand, Like fome well-marfhal'd and obfe•quious band. 94 WALLER. In... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 498 pages
...images unnatural : • The plants admire, No lefs than thofe of old did Orpheus' lyre ; If Ihe fit down, with tops all tow'rds her bow'd ; They round about her into arbours crowd : Or if fhe walks, in even ranks they ftand, Like fome well-marfhal'd and obfequious band. In another, place... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...jtnd hisimages unnatural : The plants admire, No lefs than thofe of old did Orpheus' lyre; If Ihe fit down, with tops all tow'rds her bow'd ; They round about her into arbours crowd : Or if fhe walks, in even ranks they ftand, Like fome well-marfhard and obfequioras band.In another place... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...hi-s images unnatural : 'The plants admire, No lefs than thofe of old did Orpheus' lyre; If fhe fit down, with tops all tow'rds her bow'd ; They round about her into arbours crowd i Or if fhe walks, in even ranks tlrey ftand,' Like fome well-marfhal'd and obfcquious band. Jfa another... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 344 pages
...images unnatural: • The plants admire, No lefs than thofe of old did Orpheus' lyre ; If flie fit down, with tops all tow'rds her bow'd ; They round about her into arbours crowd : Or if fhe walks, in even ranks they ftand, Like feme walKmarfhal'd and obfequious band. In another place... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...his images unnatural: — The plants admire, No lefs than thofe of old did Orpheus' lyre ; If fhe fit down, with tops all tow'rds her bow'd; They round about her into arbours crowd: Or if fhe walks, in even ranks they fland, Like fome wall-marmal'd and obfequious band. In another place;... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1795 - 610 pages
...his images unnatural : The plants admire, No lefs than thofe of old did Orpheus' lyre ; , If fhe fit down, with tops all tow'rds her bow'd ; They round about her into arbours crowd : Or if me walks, in even ranks they ftand, Like fome well-marfhal'd and obfequious band. In another place... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...treacle, which can only be understood by those who happen to know the composition of the Theriaca. His thoughts are sometimes hyperbolical, and his images...with tops all tow'rds her bow'd ; They round about htr into arbours crowd : Or if she walks, in even ranks they stand, Like some wall marshal'd and obsequious... | |
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