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" Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two. "
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time of Dean Swift - Page 140
by Robert Shiells - 1753
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Select Proverbs, Italian, Spanish, French, English, Scotish, British, &c ...

John Mapletoft - Proverbs - 1707 - 308 pages
...diftant Ages born, Greece, Italt, and England did adorn ; The firft in Loftinefs of Thought furpaft ; The next in Majefty, in both the laft. The Force of Nature cou'd no farther go ; To make a third, fhe join'd the other t\\o, J. DRYDIK. CCXXXI. THAT Ignorance...
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The virgin muse. Being a collection of poems from our most celebrated ...

Virgin muse - 1722 - 250 pages
...three diftant ^(g •• i Greece, zltaly? and ?£«rgto^a Thejirjl ia loftinels of Thought furpaft'd, The next in Majefty, in both the laft. The force of Nature could no farther go, To.make a Third fhe joyn'd the former Two'. \.Homtr, s+yirgil, 3. Milton. Creation of the...
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A Collection of Epigrams: To which is Prefixed, a Critical Dissertation on ...

Epigrams, English - 1735 - 286 pages
...diftant ages born, Gnece, Itafy, and England did adorn : The firft, in loftinefs of thought furpaft ; The next, in majefty ; in both the laft. The force of nature could no farther go ; To make a third, fhejoin'dthe former two. LXXII. To S i L vi A, reading St. BKRNAR v's...
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Original Poems and Translations, Volume 2

John Dryden - English poetry - 1743 - 352 pages
...His pious Widow confecrates this Tomb. \ \ Under Mr. MILTON'* Piffure, before' bis Paradife Loft. , THree Poets, in three diftant Ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The/^ in Loftinefs of Thought furpafs'd; The next in Majefty ; in both the lafl. The force of Nature cou'd...
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Versuch einer kritischen Dichtkunst: Durchgehends mit den Exempeln unserer ...

Johann Christoph Gottsched - Poetry - 1751 - 906 pages
...Ï)ry6en, ein anbrer епд^фег ^)oeí, jíe^e i^n bem Bornee unb \?irgil in einer ©inn^rift »or: The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third, fhe join'd the former two. <£rf)at ПФ aber апф nidjt a(fer$e^(er in biefem ©filcfeentfatten í ônnen , fo gro§e $a^ig!eit...
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Select and Remarkable Epitaphs on Illustrious and Other Persons ..., Volume 1

John Hackett - Epitaphs - 1757 - 306 pages
...approved, that the Caufe of their Omiffion could not be attributed to the Ignorance of the Founder : Three Poets in three diftant Ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn : The Fir/1 in Loftinefs of Thought furpaft ; The next in MajeJIy ; in bath, the Loft. The Force of Nature...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq;: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - 1760 - 528 pages
...UNDER Mr. MILTO N's Picture, Before his PARADISE LOST. ^H REE Poets, in three diftant ages born, A Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The firft, in...in majefty ; in both the laft. The force of nature cou'd no further go ; To make a third, me join'd the former two. ON THE MONUMENT OFA FAIR MAIDEN LADY,...
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The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales ..., Volume 2

John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 488 pages
...bright, •) ;ir height ; I ildiers fight. J UNDER Mr. MILTO N's Pidurc, Before his PARADISE LOST. THREE Poets, in three diftant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England did adorn. The firft, in loftinefs of thought furpafs'dj The next, in majefty ; in both the laft. The force of nature cou'd no further go ; To make...
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The Life of John Milton: Containing, Besides the History of His Works ...

John Toland - Christian literature, Early - 1761 - 278 pages
...out, .and' the ancients . t 1 The The firft in loftinefs of thought furpaft ; The next in * majejly ; in both the laft. The force of nature could no further go : To make a third, ftie join'd the former two. The firft edition of Paradife Loft was publifh'd in the year 1666 f, in...
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The British Plutarch, Or Biographical Entertainer: Being a Select Collection ...

British - 1762 - 414 pages
...Three poets, in three d Wantages born, Greece, Italy, and England, did adoni. The firft, in loftinels of thought furpafs'd ; The next- in majefty ; in both...force of Nature could no further go, To make a third, She join'd the former two. This great man died at his houfe at Bunhill on the fifteenth of November,...
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