The poetical works of Joseph Addison: Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase. With memoirs and critical dissertations by G. Gilfillan. The text ed. by C.C. Clarke1875 |
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Abraham Stanyan Addison ÆNEID amidst arms beauty behold beneath blood blushes bosom breast breath bright Britannia's Cadmus charms chase cries crowd Cycnus Danube dare death delight divine Dr Johnson dreadful earth eyes FABLE fame fate fear fields fire flame fury Gaul glory glows goddess godlike gods grace hand heart heaven hero hive honour hound immortal JOSEPH ADDISON Jove kings Kit-Cat Club labours light limbs looks lord lyre maid majestic band mighty mind Muse night numbers nymph o'er Ovid Pentheus Phaëton plain pleasure poem poet pow'r praise pride Princess of Wales proud race rage rise round says scene shade shining shore sight skies smiles song soul sound steeds stood storms streams Tatler tears thee thou thought throne thunder Tiresias toils tongue train trembling turns verse voice waves Whig Whilst winds woods wretch youth
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Page 145 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 145 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Page 64 - The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active.
Page 140 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 50 - Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war: In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page 142 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 63 - ... and from the silken gem Its lucid leaves unfolds; for him the hand Of autumn tinges every fertile branch With blooming gold, and blushes like the morn. Each passing hour sheds tribute from her wings; And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him. Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure, unreproved; nor thence...
Page xxi - I fared like a distressed Prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Page 191 - Tis necessary Wolves should eat. If, mindful of the bleating weal, Thy bosom burn with real zeal, Hence, and thy tyrant lord beseech ; To him repeat the moving speech: A Wolf eats sheep but now and then, Ten thousands are devour'd by men. An open foe may prove a curse, But a pretended friend is worse.
Page 311 - William, who high upon the yard Rock'd with the billow to and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below; The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark...