The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 32, Page 1H. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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... rage , Flecknoe improv'd bites keener in each page . Give o'er , great bard , your fruitless toil give o'er , For ftill king Tibbald fcribbles as before ; 15 Poor Poor Shakespeare fuffers by his pen each day , While [ xx ]
... rage , Flecknoe improv'd bites keener in each page . Give o'er , great bard , your fruitless toil give o'er , For ftill king Tibbald fcribbles as before ; 15 Poor Poor Shakespeare fuffers by his pen each day , While [ xx ]
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... kings , And heap'd with products of § Sabæan springs ! For thee Idume's spicy forests blow , And feeds of gold in Ophir's mountains glow . See heaven its sparkling portals wide display , And break upon thee in a flood of day ...
... kings , And heap'd with products of § Sabæan springs ! For thee Idume's spicy forests blow , And feeds of gold in Ophir's mountains glow . See heaven its sparkling portals wide display , And break upon thee in a flood of day ...
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... kings more furious and fevere than they ; Who claim'd the skies , difpeopled air and floods , The lonely lords of empty wilds and woods : Cities laid waste , they storm'd the dens and caves ( For wifer brutes were backward to be flaves ) ...
... kings more furious and fevere than they ; Who claim'd the skies , difpeopled air and floods , The lonely lords of empty wilds and woods : Cities laid waste , they storm'd the dens and caves ( For wifer brutes were backward to be flaves ) ...
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... kings first breath'd upon her winding shore , 300 Or raise old warriors , whofe ador'd remains In weeping vaults her hallow'd earth contains ! With Edward's acts adorn the shining page ... King the marble weeps , F 3 WINDSOR FOREST . 69.
... kings first breath'd upon her winding shore , 300 Or raise old warriors , whofe ador'd remains In weeping vaults her hallow'd earth contains ! With Edward's acts adorn the shining page ... King the marble weeps , F 3 WINDSOR FOREST . 69.
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... King the marble weeps , And , faft befide him , once - fear'd Edward fleeps : Whom not th ' extended Albion could contain , From old Belerium to the northern main , The Grave unites ; where ev'n the Great find reft , And blended lie th ...
... King the marble weeps , And , faft befide him , once - fear'd Edward fleeps : Whom not th ' extended Albion could contain , From old Belerium to the northern main , The Grave unites ; where ev'n the Great find reft , And blended lie th ...
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Page 87 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Page 106 - Jove Now burns with glory, and then melts with love; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow, Now sighs steal out, and tears begin to flow: Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found.
Page 132 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white.
Page 146 - Here living tea-pots stand, one arm held out, One bent ; the handle this, and that the spout...
Page 119 - And bless their Critic with a Poet's fire. An ardent Judge, who zealous in his trust, With warmth gives sentence, yet is always just ; Whose own example strengthens all his laws ; And is himself that great Sublime he draws.
Page 88 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Page 109 - Which lives as long as fools are pleas'd to laugh. Some valuing those of their own side or mind, Still make themselves the measure of mankind : Fondly we think we honour merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.
Page 52 - Be smooth, ye rocks ! ye rapid floods, give way ! The Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold : Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day : 'Tis he th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Page 55 - See a long race thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend...
Page 96 - Itself unseen, but in th' effects remains. Some, to whom Heav'n in wit has been profuse, Want as much more, to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Tho' meant each other's aid, like man and wife.