 | Samuel Say - English language - 1745 - 210 pages
...Order of the Words ; and the clofing the Couplet with the Emphatical Word Full, compleats the Harmony : Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without Rage ; without o'erflowing Full. ' If there be any other Myftery in * Thefe Lines, I own it is beyond ray... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 354 pages
...tho' not full. IMITATIONS. VER . 169. Fioiv Weljled,flow I &c . ] Parody on Dcnham' Cooper's Hill. O could I flow like thee, and make thy ftream My great...; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage ; without o'erflowing, full. NOTES. VER. 169. Flow, Welfted, £stV .] Of this Author fee the Remark... | |
 | Soame Jenyns - 1752 - 208 pages
...abufe, Yet dares to mew thofe ears, he ought to lofe. From • Parody on thefe lines of Sir J. DenhaBJ. Tho deep, yet clear, tho' gentle yet not dull, Strong without rage, without overflowing full. From hence to WHITE'S our virtuou* CATO flies, There fits with countenance ereft, and wife, And talks... | |
 | Theophilus Cibber - Poets, English - 1753 - 406 pages
...book, in that famous Parody upon Denham's Cooper's Hill, O could I flow like thee, and make thy dream My great example, as it is my theme ; Tho* deep, yet...; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage ; without o'er flowing full. Denham. , Which Mr. Pope has thus parodied •, Flow Welfted, flow ; like... | |
 | John Holmes - Elocution - 1755 - 204 pages
...^"». /;. See Sir John Denbam on the River Thames — O could I flow like thee, and make thy Stream-^ My great Example, as it is my Theme !— Tho' deep,...gentle, yet not dull ;• — Strong without Rage; without o'erflowing, full. — See alfo Ifaiah i. 5, 6. fcJV. — N. This Figure is likewiie cali'cl... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 368 pages
...Welfted, jlow, £sV. ] Parod y on Denfjaia, Cooper's Hill. O could Ifow-ljketbee, and make thy jlream My great example, as it is my theme : Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull; Strong nuithout rage; without a' erjlowing, full ? 140 THEDUNCIA D. Book IIL So fweetly mawkifh, and fo fmoothly... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 388 pages
...the darling ExIMITATIONS. VER. 169. Flow, Wc]fted> flow! tic.] Parody on Denbam, 'Cooper* 'f Hill. " O could I flow like thee, and make thy ftream " My...gentle, yet not dull ; . * •' Strong without rage ; without o'erflowing, full !" So fweetly mawkilh, and fo fmoothly dull ; Heady, not ftrongj o'erflowing,... | |
 | Walter Harte - Agriculture - 1764 - 490 pages
...degrees into trade and commerce. Whatever elfe enriches a ftate, is not a conftant feeding ftream, (Tho* deep, yet clear, tho* gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full;) but but a momentary impetuous torrent, more deftructive than fruitful.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...plants. So that to us no things, no place is ftrange. While his fair bofom is the world's exchange. ,O could I flow like thee, and make thy ftream My...it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet clear, tho' gentle, not yet dull; •Strong, without rage, without o'erflowing, full. Heav'n her Eridanus no more mail... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 294 pages
...ftrange, While his fair bofom is the world's exchange. O could I .flow like thee, and make thy flreara My great example, as it is my theme! Tho' deep, yet clear, tho' gentle, not yet dulli Strong, without rage, without o'erflowing, full. .Heav'n her Eridanus no more mail boaft,... | |
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My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full. 
