Miscellany Poems: Containing Variety of New Translations of the Ancient Poets Together with Several Original Poems, Volume 1Jacob Tonson, 1716 - Classical poetry |
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... or at least , if both thofe Confidera- tions fhould fail , that my own is of a piece with his , and that if he were living , and an Englishman , they are fuch as he would probably have written . For , A 4 PREFACE . iii.
... or at least , if both thofe Confidera- tions fhould fail , that my own is of a piece with his , and that if he were living , and an Englishman , they are fuch as he would probably have written . For , A 4 PREFACE . iii.
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... fhould have two great Authorities against me : The one is the Effay on Poe- try , which I publickly valued be- fore I knew the Author of it , and with the Commendation of which my Lord Rofcommon fo happily be- gins his Effay on ...
... fhould have two great Authorities against me : The one is the Effay on Poe- try , which I publickly valued be- fore I knew the Author of it , and with the Commendation of which my Lord Rofcommon fo happily be- gins his Effay on ...
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... to fay , that in imitating him , our Numbers fhould for the moft part be Lyrical : For variety , or rather the where the Majefty of Thought requires it , they may be ftretch'd to the English Heroick of five Feet ,. and to PREFACE . xxxiv.
... to fay , that in imitating him , our Numbers fhould for the moft part be Lyrical : For variety , or rather the where the Majefty of Thought requires it , they may be ftretch'd to the English Heroick of five Feet ,. and to PREFACE . xxxiv.
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... fhould reign a mighty Prince , Born for a fcourge of Wit , and flayl of Sense : To whom true dulnefs fhould fome Pfyches owe , But Worlds of Mifers from his pen fhould flow ; Humorists and Hypocrites it fhould produce , Whole Raymond ...
... fhould reign a mighty Prince , Born for a fcourge of Wit , and flayl of Sense : To whom true dulnefs fhould fome Pfyches owe , But Worlds of Mifers from his pen fhould flow ; Humorists and Hypocrites it fhould produce , Whole Raymond ...
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... fhould his Vow be vain , That he till Death true dulnefs would maintain ; And in his father's Right , and Realms defence , Ne'er to have Peace with Wit , nor truce with Senfe . The King himself the facred Unction made , As King by ...
... fhould his Vow be vain , That he till Death true dulnefs would maintain ; And in his father's Right , and Realms defence , Ne'er to have Peace with Wit , nor truce with Senfe . The King himself the facred Unction made , As King by ...
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Page 152 - And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Page 148 - Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp and feast and revelry, With mask and antique pageantry, — Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.
Page 145 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 24 - Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son ; Got while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy.
Page 159 - Twould stay, and run again, and stay, For it was nimbler much than hinds; And trod as if on the four winds. I have a garden of my own, But so with roses overgrown, And lilies, that you would it guess To be a little wilderness, And all the springtime of the year It only loved to be there.
Page 166 - So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and, with new spangled ore, Flames in the forehead of the morning sky : So Lycidas sunk low, but mounted high, Through the dear might of Him that walk'd the waves.
Page 6 - This is thy province, this thy wondrous way, New humours to invent for each new play: This is that boasted...
Page 2 - Heywood and Shirley were but types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology: Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, ^ Was sent before but to prepare thy way: And coarsely clad in Norwich drugget came To teach the nations in thy greater name.
Page 153 - Softly on my eyelids laid; And, as I wake, sweet music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some Spirit to mortals good, Or the unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Page 158 - Is dyed in such a purple grain. There is not such another in The world to offer for their sin.