The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 39-40Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... shall be more esteemed than the finest gold of a less acceptable author : for this reafon many perfons have chofen to publish their works without a name , and by this me- thod , like Apelles , who ftood unfeen behind his own Venus ...
... shall be more esteemed than the finest gold of a less acceptable author : for this reafon many perfons have chofen to publish their works without a name , and by this me- thod , like Apelles , who ftood unfeen behind his own Venus ...
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... indulgently you deign To rank me with the Lyric train , Aloft the towering Muse shall rife Qn bolder wings , and gain the skies . Te Doctarum Hederæ , & c . An Epiftle to my Friend Mr. ELIJAH FENTON ,. Author D 4 An FIRST ODE OF HORACE .
... indulgently you deign To rank me with the Lyric train , Aloft the towering Muse shall rife Qn bolder wings , and gain the skies . Te Doctarum Hederæ , & c . An Epiftle to my Friend Mr. ELIJAH FENTON ,. Author D 4 An FIRST ODE OF HORACE .
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... shall my lyre to loftier founds be ftrung , Inspir'd by * Homer , or what thou haft fung : My Mufe from thine shall catch a warmer ray ; As clouds are brighten'd by the God of day . So trees unapt to bear , by art refin'd , With shoots ...
... shall my lyre to loftier founds be ftrung , Inspir'd by * Homer , or what thou haft fung : My Mufe from thine shall catch a warmer ray ; As clouds are brighten'd by the God of day . So trees unapt to bear , by art refin'd , With shoots ...
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... shall in return bestow Her fpreading laurels to adorn thy brow . ADDITION . * Firm to thy king , and to thy country brave ; Loyal , yet free ; a subject , not a flave ; Say , & c . Thus Thus , guarded by the tree of Jove , a 56 BROOME'S ...
... shall in return bestow Her fpreading laurels to adorn thy brow . ADDITION . * Firm to thy king , and to thy country brave ; Loyal , yet free ; a subject , not a flave ; Say , & c . Thus Thus , guarded by the tree of Jove , a 56 BROOME'S ...
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... shall I stay , or , measuring back the shores , To thee return ? -No more return , replies The king of hofts , left treading different ways We meet no more : for through the camp the ways Lie intricate and various , but aloud Wake every ...
... shall I stay , or , measuring back the shores , To thee return ? -No more return , replies The king of hofts , left treading different ways We meet no more : for through the camp the ways Lie intricate and various , but aloud Wake every ...
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Æneid æther arms Bard beauty beneath blefs bofom breaſt breathe bright charms cloſe clouds death defcends divine dreadful earth eaſe Ev'n eyes facred fafe fair fame fate feems fhades fhall fhines fhores fhould fighs fight filent fing fire fkies flain flame fleep flies FLORUS flowers fmiles foft fome fong fons foul fpring ftand ftill ftreams fuch fweet fwell glorious glory grace ground grove heart heaven honours Iliad Jove king labour laſt lefs Lord LYCIDAS lyre Meaſures Mufe Muſe muſt night numbers nymph o'er paffion plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe purſue rage rais'd raiſe reft rife riſe rofe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtrain ſweet tears thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thunder trembling Twas verfe whofe winds wings youth
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Page 32 - To find if books, or swains, report it right (For yet by swains alone the world he knew...
Page 32 - And hail, my son," the reverend sire replied ; Words follow'd words, from question answer flow'd, And talk of various kind deceiv'd the road ; Till each with other pleas'd, and loth to part, While in their age they differ, join in heart : Thus stands an aged elm in ivy bound, Thus youthful ivy clasps an elm around. Now...
Page 37 - Thy prayer, thy praise, thy life to vice unknown, In sweet memorial rise before the throne: These charms success in our bright region...
Page 38 - Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below.
Page 35 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Page 37 - ... Detested wretch !" — but scarce his speech began, When the strange partner seem'd no longer man His youthful face grew more serenely sweet ; His robe turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours...
Page 28 - Whither, O whither art thou fled, To lay thy meek contented head ? What happy region dost thou please To make the seat of calms and ease ? " Ambition searches all its sphere Of pomp and state to meet thee there.
Page 13 - ... his bosom heaves, And darts with active rage along the waves. Confus'd the monarch sees his hissing foe, And dives, to shun the sable fates, below. Forgetful frog ! The friend thy shoulders bore, Unskill'd in swimming, floats remote from shore.