The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 39-40Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... realms and empires in description view , Live o'er past times , and build whole worlds anew , Or from the bursting tombs in fancy raise The fons of fame , who liv'd in ancient days : And lo ! with haughty stalk the warrior treads ...
... realms and empires in description view , Live o'er past times , and build whole worlds anew , Or from the bursting tombs in fancy raise The fons of fame , who liv'd in ancient days : And lo ! with haughty stalk the warrior treads ...
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... realms , a brazen structure stands With brazen portals , fram'd by Neptune's hands ; Through chaos to the ocean's ... realm of woes ,, Or feed the channels where the ocean flows ; Collected horrors throng the dire abodes , Horrid and ...
... realms , a brazen structure stands With brazen portals , fram'd by Neptune's hands ; Through chaos to the ocean's ... realm of woes ,, Or feed the channels where the ocean flows ; Collected horrors throng the dire abodes , Horrid and ...
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... th ' immortal powers deteft her fway . Thus fell the + Titans from the realms above , Beneath the thunders of Almighty Jove ; * Of night . + 820 . Then Then earth impregnate felt maternal woes , And fhook through 146 BROOME'S POEMS .
... th ' immortal powers deteft her fway . Thus fell the + Titans from the realms above , Beneath the thunders of Almighty Jove ; * Of night . + 820 . Then Then earth impregnate felt maternal woes , And fhook through 146 BROOME'S POEMS .
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... realms on high , Plung'd the huge giant to the nether sky . Then from Typhoeus fprung the winds that bear Storms on their wings , and thunder in the air : But from the Gods defeend of milder kind , The Eaft , the Weft , the South and ...
... realms on high , Plung'd the huge giant to the nether sky . Then from Typhoeus fprung the winds that bear Storms on their wings , and thunder in the air : But from the Gods defeend of milder kind , The Eaft , the Weft , the South and ...
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... realm to realm the flying fails ; The rest in storms of founding whirlwinds fly , Tofs the wild waves , and battle in the sky ; Fatal to man ! at once all ocean roars , And scatter'd navies bulge on distant shores . Then thundering o'er ...
... realm to realm the flying fails ; The rest in storms of founding whirlwinds fly , Tofs the wild waves , and battle in the sky ; Fatal to man ! at once all ocean roars , And scatter'd navies bulge on distant shores . Then thundering o'er ...
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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.