A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Milton. Cowley. Waller. Butler. DenhamJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1792 |
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... fome time affected his fight , and he now became totally blind . At this period too , he loft his wife in child - bed , who left him three daughters . He foon , however , married again , Catharine daughter of a Captain Woodcock ; but ...
... fome time affected his fight , and he now became totally blind . At this period too , he loft his wife in child - bed , who left him three daughters . He foon , however , married again , Catharine daughter of a Captain Woodcock ; but ...
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... fome fmall night - founder'd skiff , Deeming fome ifland , oft , as feamen tell , With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his fide under the lee , while night Invents the fea , and wished morn delays : So ftretch'd out huge in ...
... fome fmall night - founder'd skiff , Deeming fome ifland , oft , as feamen tell , With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his fide under the lee , while night Invents the fea , and wished morn delays : So ftretch'd out huge in ...
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... fome praife , And fome the Architect : his hand was known In Heav'n by many a towered structure high , Where fcepter'd angels held their refidence , And fat as princes , whom the fupreme king , Exalted to fuch power , and gave to rule ...
... fome praife , And fome the Architect : his hand was known In Heav'n by many a towered structure high , Where fcepter'd angels held their refidence , And fat as princes , whom the fupreme king , Exalted to fuch power , and gave to rule ...
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... fome worfe way his wrath may find To our destruction ; if there be in hell Fear to be worfe deftroy'd : what can be worfe Than to dwell here , driv'n out from blifs , con- In this abhorred deep to utter woe ; Where pain of ...
... fome worfe way his wrath may find To our destruction ; if there be in hell Fear to be worfe deftroy'd : what can be worfe Than to dwell here , driv'n out from blifs , con- In this abhorred deep to utter woe ; Where pain of ...
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... fome small reflection gains Of glimmering air , lefs vex'd with tempeft loud : Here walk'd the Fiend at large in spacious field . As when a vulture , on Imaus bred , Whofe fnowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds , Dilodging from a region ...
... fome small reflection gains Of glimmering air , lefs vex'd with tempeft loud : Here walk'd the Fiend at large in spacious field . As when a vulture , on Imaus bred , Whofe fnowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds , Dilodging from a region ...
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againſt angels beafts becauſe Befides beft beſt breaſt bright caft call'd caufe death defire doft e'er earth elfe ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair falfe falute fame fate fear feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhould fide fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain flame fleep flow'rs fome fong foon foul fpirits ftand ftill ftrength fuch fure fweet fword glory gods hafte hand hath heart Heav'n himſelf honour Hudibras itſelf juft King laft laſt lefs light loft mighty moft moſt Mufe muft muſt ne'er night numbers nymph o'er pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent Quoth rage reafon reft rife rofe Satan ſhall ſhe ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tree Twas uſe vex'd virtue Whilft whofe wife worfe
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Page 17 - At which the univerfal hoft up fent A fhout that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were feen Ten thoufand banners rife into the air With orient colours waving : with them rofe A
Page 158 - with heaved ftroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt, There in clofe covert by fome brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from Day's garilh eye, While the bee with honied
Page 156 - eating cares, Lap me in foft Lydian airs, Married to immortal Vcrfe, Such as the meeting foul may pierce In notes with many a winding bout Of linked fweetnefs long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwifting all the chains, that tie The hidden foul of harmony ; That Orpheus felf may heave his head From golden
Page 50 - Tliis day I have begot whom I declare My only Son, and on this holy hill Him have anointed, whom ye now behold At my right hand ; your head I him appoint ; And by myfelf have fworn to him (hall bow All knees in Heav'n, and
Page 158 - And if ought elfe great bards befide In fage and folemn tunes have fung, Of turneys and of trophies hung, Of forefts, and inchantments drear, Where more is meant than meets the ear. Thus Night oft fee me in thy pale career, Till civil-fuited Morn appear,
Page 98 - from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to ftrike, though oft invok'd With vows, as their chief good, and final hope. Sight fo deform, what heart of rock could long Dry-ey'd behold ? Adam could not, but wept,
Page 80 - fweet converfe, and love fo dearly join'd, To live again in thefe wild woods forlorn ? Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet lofs of thee Would never from my heart ; no no, I feel The link of nature draw me : flefh
Page 82 - Both good and evil, good loft, and evil got, Bad fruit of knowledge, if this be to know, Which leaves us naked thus of honour void, Of innocence, of faith, of purity, Our wonted ornaments now foil'd and ftain'd, And in our faces evident the figns Of foul concupifccnce ; whence
Page 30 - and evcr-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of Knowledge fair Prefented with a univerfal blank Of Nature's works to me expung'd and
Page 124 - thick laid As varnilh on a harlot's cheek ; the reft, Thin fown with ought of profit or delight, Will far be found unworthy to compare With Sion's fongs, to all true taftes excelling, Where God is prais'd aright, and god-like men, The holieft of holies, and his faints ; Such are from God infpir'd, not