Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Swift. Hammond. Somerville. Parnell. Savage. BroomeSamuel Johnson A. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... shine to reconcile To harmony and peace , our stubborn Ifie . On brazen Memnon , Phœbus cafts a ray , And the tough metal , fo falutes the day . The British Dame , fam'd for refiftless grace , Contends not now , but for the second place ...
... shine to reconcile To harmony and peace , our stubborn Ifie . On brazen Memnon , Phœbus cafts a ray , And the tough metal , fo falutes the day . The British Dame , fam'd for refiftless grace , Contends not now , but for the second place ...
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... shine with gems , In purple robes , nor sparkling diadems ; Nor in dominion , nor extent of land : He's only great , who can himself command , Whofe guard is peaceful innocence , whofe guide Is faithful reafon ; who is yoid of pride ...
... shine with gems , In purple robes , nor sparkling diadems ; Nor in dominion , nor extent of land : He's only great , who can himself command , Whofe guard is peaceful innocence , whofe guide Is faithful reafon ; who is yoid of pride ...
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... shine , Or frown severe on thy audacious line , Keep thy bright theme within thy fteady fight , The clouds fhall fly before the dazzling light , And everlasting day direct thy lofty flight . A famous actress . Mary Queen of Scots ...
... shine , Or frown severe on thy audacious line , Keep thy bright theme within thy fteady fight , The clouds fhall fly before the dazzling light , And everlasting day direct thy lofty flight . A famous actress . Mary Queen of Scots ...
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... shine , All glorify'd , immortal , and divine . As Britain in rich foil , abounding wide , Furnish'd for ufe , for luxury , and pride , Yet fpreads her wanton fails on every shore For foreign wealth , infatiate ftill of more ; To her ...
... shine , All glorify'd , immortal , and divine . As Britain in rich foil , abounding wide , Furnish'd for ufe , for luxury , and pride , Yet fpreads her wanton fails on every shore For foreign wealth , infatiate ftill of more ; To her ...
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... shine , with native rays of light . IX . When thou doft raife thy venerable head , And art in genuine Night array'd , Thy Negro beauties then delight ; Beauties , like polish'd jet , with their own darkness bright . X. Thou doft thy ...
... shine , with native rays of light . IX . When thou doft raife thy venerable head , And art in genuine Night array'd , Thy Negro beauties then delight ; Beauties , like polish'd jet , with their own darkness bright . X. Thou doft thy ...
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arms beauty blefs bleft breaft bright caufe charms Dæmons Dean death defcend defire delight dreadful Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair falute fame fate fatire fcene fcorn feas fecret feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhore fhould fide fighs fight fince fing fire firft fkies flain flame flave fleep flies fmiles foft fome fong foon foul fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftreams fuch fure fweet grace heart heaven honour Jove juft king Lady laft lefs loft Lord lyre mind Mufe muft muſt ne'er never night nymph o'er ORIANA paffion pain Peleus plain pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe pride rage reft rife rofe ſcene ſhall ſkies ſtate tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand trembling Twas verfe vex'd virtue whofe wife wind worfe youth
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Page 416 - See how the Dean begins to break! Poor gentleman, he droops apace! You plainly find it in his face. That old vertigo in his head Will never leave him, till he's dead. Besides, his memory decays: He recollects not what he says; He cannot call his friends to mind; Forgets the place where last he dined; Plies you with stories o'er and o'er; He told them fifty times before.
Page 419 - He knew a hundred pleasant stories, With all the turns of Whigs and Tories: Was cheerful to his dying day, And friends would let him have his way. 'He gave the little wealth he had, To build a house for fools and mad: And showed by one satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much: That kingdom he hath left his debtor, I wish it soon may have a better.
Page 422 - When beasts could speak, (the learned say They still can do so every day,) It seems, they had religion then, As much as now we find in men. It happen'd, when a plague broke out, (Which therefore made them more devout...
Page 416 - He's dead, you say; then let him rot; I'm glad the medals were forgot. I promis'd him, I own ; but when ? I only was the princess then ; But now as consort of the king, You know, 'tis quite another thing.
Page 428 - Two bordering wits contend for glory ; And one is Whig, and one is Tory : And this for epics claims the bays, And that for elegiac lays : Some...
Page 503 - 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 107 - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Page 416 - To hear his out-of-fashion wit ? But he takes up with younger folks, Who for his wine will bear his jokes. Faith ! he must make his stories shorter, Or change his comrades once a quarter ; In half the time he talks them round, There must another set be found.
Page 491 - His thoughts grow conscious of approaching woe, His idle tears with vain repentance flow ; His locks he rends, his trembling feet he rears, Thick beats his heart with...
Page 415 - em? To all my foes, dear Fortune, send Thy gifts; but never to my friend: I tamely can endure the first; But this with envy makes me burst.