The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 39-40Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... rolling thunder grumbles in the skies ? Say , can thy voice , when fultry Sirius reigns , And funs intensely glowing cleave the plains , Th ' exhausted urns of thirsty springs fupply , And mitigate the fever of the sky ? Or , when the ...
... rolling thunder grumbles in the skies ? Say , can thy voice , when fultry Sirius reigns , And funs intensely glowing cleave the plains , Th ' exhausted urns of thirsty springs fupply , And mitigate the fever of the sky ? Or , when the ...
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... roll , And shoot malignant gleams from pole to pole ; ' Tween worlds and worlds they move , and from their hair Shake the blue plague , the peftilence , and war . But who is he , who stern bestrides the plain , Who drives triumphant o ...
... roll , And shoot malignant gleams from pole to pole ; ' Tween worlds and worlds they move , and from their hair Shake the blue plague , the peftilence , and war . But who is he , who stern bestrides the plain , Who drives triumphant o ...
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... roll'd , his head A fplendid carpet bere : the flumbering king The Pylian gently with thefe words awakes : Rife , fon of Tydeus ! ill , a whole night's reft Suits with the bravel and fleep'ft thou , while proud Troy Hangs Hangs o'er our ...
... roll'd , his head A fplendid carpet bere : the flumbering king The Pylian gently with thefe words awakes : Rife , fon of Tydeus ! ill , a whole night's reft Suits with the bravel and fleep'ft thou , while proud Troy Hangs Hangs o'er our ...
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... roll the hours of night , the morn " Already haftens to difplay her beams , And in the vault of heaven the stars decay . Swift at the word they fheath their manly limbs Horrid in arms , a two - edg'd sword and fhield Neftor's bold fon ...
... roll the hours of night , the morn " Already haftens to difplay her beams , And in the vault of heaven the stars decay . Swift at the word they fheath their manly limbs Horrid in arms , a two - edg'd sword and fhield Neftor's bold fon ...
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... rolls his beamy orb on high , Pride of the world and glory of the sky , Illuftrious in his course , in bright array Marches along the heavens , and scatters day O'er earth , and ... roll'd before , And On the Birth - DAY OF A GENTLEMAN . 95.
... rolls his beamy orb on high , Pride of the world and glory of the sky , Illuftrious in his course , in bright array Marches along the heavens , and scatters day O'er earth , and ... roll'd before , And On the Birth - DAY OF A GENTLEMAN . 95.
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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.