Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Cromwell: Astraea Redux; Annus Mirabilis; Absalom and Achitohel; Religio Laici; The Hind and the PantherClarendon Press, 1874 - 301 pages |
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... Heaven's expense , I live a rent - charge on His providence . But you , whom every Grace and Muse adorn , Whom I foresee to better fortune born , Be kind to my remains ; and oh , defend , Against your judgment , your departed friend ...
... Heaven's expense , I live a rent - charge on His providence . But you , whom every Grace and Muse adorn , Whom I foresee to better fortune born , Be kind to my remains ; and oh , defend , Against your judgment , your departed friend ...
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... Heaven what praise we offer to his name Hath rendered too authentic by its choice ; 3 Though in his praise no arts can liberal be , Since they , whose Muses have the highest flown , Add not to his immortal memory , But do an act of ...
... Heaven what praise we offer to his name Hath rendered too authentic by its choice ; 3 Though in his praise no arts can liberal be , Since they , whose Muses have the highest flown , Add not to his immortal memory , But do an act of ...
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... Heaven alone , For he was great , ere Fortune made him so ; And wars , like mists that rise against the sun , Made him but greater seem , not greater grow . 7 No borrowed bays his temples did adorn , But to our crown he did fresh jewels ...
... Heaven alone , For he was great , ere Fortune made him so ; And wars , like mists that rise against the sun , Made him but greater seem , not greater grow . 7 No borrowed bays his temples did adorn , But to our crown he did fresh jewels ...
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... Heaven in his portrait showed a workman's hand And drew it perfect , yet without a shade . 16 Peace was the prize of all his toil and care , Which war had banished and did now restore : Bologna's walls thus mounted in the air To seat ...
... Heaven in his portrait showed a workman's hand And drew it perfect , yet without a shade . 16 Peace was the prize of all his toil and care , Which war had banished and did now restore : Bologna's walls thus mounted in the air To seat ...
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... virtues did survey By intuition in his own large breast , Where all the rich ideas of them lay That were the rule and measure to the rest . 27 When such heroic virtue Heaven sets out , The 6 STANZAS ON OLIVER CROMWELL . 23 25.
... virtues did survey By intuition in his own large breast , Where all the rich ideas of them lay That were the rule and measure to the rest . 27 When such heroic virtue Heaven sets out , The 6 STANZAS ON OLIVER CROMWELL . 23 25.
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Absalom and Achitophel Albion and Albanius Amalek Annus Mirabilis Astræa Redux Augustalis blood bold called changed Charles Church Church of England cloth College common conscience Cromwell crown dare death dedicated Derrick Dryden Duchess Duke of Guise Duke of York Dutch Earl edition of 1688 editors England English Extra fcap faith fame fate father fcap fear fight fire fleet foes France French friends grace Heaven Hind Holland honour Hudibras including Scott Jebusites kind King laws Lord means never numbers o'er Oliver Cromwell original edition Ovid Oxford Palamon and Arcite Panther passage peace plain play poet praise Prince printed published reign rest Restoration rhymes Roman Catholic sacred Satire says Scripture Second Edition sects sense Shaftesbury Shakespeare soul spelling spelt stanza thou thought Threnodia Augustalis throne Tis true translation Twas verse Virgil wind wings word
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Page 92 - A fiery soul which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 283 - They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. 6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Page lvi - But know, that I alone am king of me. I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 285 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Page x - For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he is no longer esteemed a good writer; and for ten impressions, which his works have had in so many successive years, yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth; for, as my last Lord Rochester said, though somewhat profanely, Not being of God, he could not stand.
Page 102 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 266 - And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass he lived.
Page 103 - Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both to show his judgment, in extremes : So over violent or over civil, That every man with him was God or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert, Beggared by fools whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had...
Page 92 - He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page 98 - And made for empire, whispers me within, Desire of greatness is a god-like sin. Him staggering so, when hell's dire agent found, While fainting virtue scarce...