Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Swift. Hammond. Somerville. Parnell. Savage. BroomeSamuel Johnson A. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... rage , he may abroad o'ercome , But Love's a gentler victory at home ; Securely here , he on that face relies , Lays by his arms , and conquers with your eyes . And all the glorious actions of his life Thinks well rewarded , bleft with ...
... rage , he may abroad o'ercome , But Love's a gentler victory at home ; Securely here , he on that face relies , Lays by his arms , and conquers with your eyes . And all the glorious actions of his life Thinks well rewarded , bleft with ...
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... rage , and hears the thunder found ; Ever the fame , let Fortune fmile or frown , On the red fcaffold , or the blazing throne ; Serenely , as he lived , refigns his breath , Meets destiny half way , nor shrinks at death . Ye fovereign ...
... rage , and hears the thunder found ; Ever the fame , let Fortune fmile or frown , On the red fcaffold , or the blazing throne ; Serenely , as he lived , refigns his breath , Meets destiny half way , nor shrinks at death . Ye fovereign ...
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... rage , who have in chace A new Omnipotence in Grafton's face . But Rochefter , undaunted , juft , and wife , Afferts the Goddefs with the charming eyes ; And O ! may Beauty never want reward For thee , her noble champion , and her guard ...
... rage , who have in chace A new Omnipotence in Grafton's face . But Rochefter , undaunted , juft , and wife , Afferts the Goddefs with the charming eyes ; And O ! may Beauty never want reward For thee , her noble champion , and her guard ...
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... rage of war , or thunder to remove , Borne by the Bird of Cæfar , and of Jove . Apollo , God of Poetry and Phyfic . The Granville Arms ftill remaining at that time on one of the gates of the town . He was created a Count of the Empire ...
... rage of war , or thunder to remove , Borne by the Bird of Cæfar , and of Jove . Apollo , God of Poetry and Phyfic . The Granville Arms ftill remaining at that time on one of the gates of the town . He was created a Count of the Empire ...
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... rage , Ruling from every quarter of the sky , North , eaft , and weft , in airy swiftness vie ; One cloud repuls'd , new combatants prepare To meet as fierce , and form a thundering war ; So when the trumpet founding , gives the fign ...
... rage , Ruling from every quarter of the sky , North , eaft , and weft , in airy swiftness vie ; One cloud repuls'd , new combatants prepare To meet as fierce , and form a thundering war ; So when the trumpet founding , gives the fign ...
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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.