The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 39-40Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... land . With terror cloath'd , he downward flew , And wither'd half the nations with a view ; Through half the nations of th ' astonish'd earth He scatter'd war , and plagues , and dearth ! And And when he spoke , The everlafting hills ...
... land . With terror cloath'd , he downward flew , And wither'd half the nations with a view ; Through half the nations of th ' astonish'd earth He scatter'd war , and plagues , and dearth ! And And when he spoke , The everlafting hills ...
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... lands ! Void of fountain , void of rain , Oppose their burning coafts in vain ! See the great prophet stand , Waving his wonder - working wand ! He ftrikes the ftubborn rock , and lo ! The stubborn rock feels the Almighty blow ; His ...
... lands ! Void of fountain , void of rain , Oppose their burning coafts in vain ! See the great prophet stand , Waving his wonder - working wand ! He ftrikes the ftubborn rock , and lo ! The stubborn rock feels the Almighty blow ; His ...
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... land and feas . * Sleep sheds o'er all his balm ! to fleep resign'd , Birds , beafts lie hush'd , and busy human - kind . No air of breath disturbs the drowzy woods , No whispers murmur from the filent floods ! The moon sheds down a ...
... land and feas . * Sleep sheds o'er all his balm ! to fleep resign'd , Birds , beafts lie hush'd , and busy human - kind . No air of breath disturbs the drowzy woods , No whispers murmur from the filent floods ! The moon sheds down a ...
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... lands . When merit pleads , you meet it and embrace , And give the favour luftre by the grace ; So Phœbus to his warmth a glory joins , Bleffing the world , and while he bleffes fhines . The Lord Cornwallis , in a moft obliging man- ner ...
... lands . When merit pleads , you meet it and embrace , And give the favour luftre by the grace ; So Phœbus to his warmth a glory joins , Bleffing the world , and while he bleffes fhines . The Lord Cornwallis , in a moft obliging man- ner ...
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... lands , Such as he wander'd o'er his native coaft , Shrunk by the * wand , and all the hero loft ; O'er his smooth skin a bark of wrinkles fpread , Old age disgrac'd the honours of his head ; Nor longer in his heavy eye - ball shin'd ...
... lands , Such as he wander'd o'er his native coaft , Shrunk by the * wand , and all the hero loft ; O'er his smooth skin a bark of wrinkles fpread , Old age disgrac'd the honours of his head ; Nor longer in his heavy eye - ball shin'd ...
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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.