The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volume 271790 |
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... now , of intereft , fame , or fate , Perhaps forgets that Oxford e'er was great ; Or , deeming meaneft what we greatest call , Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall . And fure , if aught below the feats divine Can B 2 [ 3 ]
... now , of intereft , fame , or fate , Perhaps forgets that Oxford e'er was great ; Or , deeming meaneft what we greatest call , Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall . And fure , if aught below the feats divine Can B 2 [ 3 ]
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... Fame the truth of Love declare ) Drew first the breathings of a rural air . Some pleafing meadow pregnant Beauty preft , She laid her infant on its flowery breast , From Nature's sweets he fipp'd the fragrant dew , He fmil'd , he kifs'd ...
... Fame the truth of Love declare ) Drew first the breathings of a rural air . Some pleafing meadow pregnant Beauty preft , She laid her infant on its flowery breast , From Nature's sweets he fipp'd the fragrant dew , He fmil'd , he kifs'd ...
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... fame . Once on a time , fatigued and out of breath , And just escap'd the stretching claws of death , A gentle Moufe , whom cats pursued in vain , Fled fwift of foot across the neighbouring plain , Hung o'er a brink , his eager thirst ...
... fame . Once on a time , fatigued and out of breath , And just escap'd the stretching claws of death , A gentle Moufe , whom cats pursued in vain , Fled fwift of foot across the neighbouring plain , Hung o'er a brink , his eager thirst ...
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... fame ; Then trace thy line , and aid my guessing eyes . Thus ceas'd the Frog , and thus the Mouse replies . Known to the gods , the men , the birds that fly Through wild expanses of the midway sky , My name refounds ; and if unknown to ...
... fame ; Then trace thy line , and aid my guessing eyes . Thus ceas'd the Frog , and thus the Mouse replies . Known to the gods , the men , the birds that fly Through wild expanses of the midway sky , My name refounds ; and if unknown to ...
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... fame : O friends ! I never forc'd the Moufe to death , Nor faw the gasping of his latest breath . He , vain of youth , our art of swimming try'd , And , venturous , in the lake the wanton dy'd . To vengeance now by falfe appearance led ...
... fame : O friends ! I never forc'd the Moufe to death , Nor faw the gasping of his latest breath . He , vain of youth , our art of swimming try'd , And , venturous , in the lake the wanton dy'd . To vengeance now by falfe appearance led ...
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Page 67 - To pile a sacred altar here ; Hold, boy, thy hand out-runs thy wit, You reach'd the plays that Dennis writ ; You reach'd me Philips' rustic strain ; Pray take your mortal bards again.
Page 22 - Where sportive fairies made resort To revel out the night. His heart was drear, his hope was...
Page 22 - Yet, spite of all that Nature did To make his uncouth form forbid, This creature dar'd to love. He felt the charms of Edith's eyes, Nor wanted hope to gain the prize, Could ladies look within...
Page 88 - The mean, suspicious wretch, whose bolted door Ne'er mov'd in duty to the wandering poor ; With him I left the cup, to teach his mind That heaven can bless, if mortals will be kind. Conscious of wanting worth, he views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, 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 76 - Those graves, with bending osier bound, That nameless heave the crumbled ground, Quick to the glancing thought disclose Where toil and poverty repose. The flat smooth stones that bear a name...
Page 93 - Tis God ! a present God ! through cleaving air I see the throne, and see the Jesus there Plac'd on the right. He shows the wounds he bore, (My fervours oft have won him thus before) ; How pleas'd he looks ! my words have reach'd his ear ; He bids the gates unbar; and calls me near.
Page 85 - When from his vest the young companion bore That cup, the generous landlord own'd before, And paid...
Page 81 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 82 - And hail, my son," the reverend sire replied ; Words follow'd words, from question answer flow'd, And talk of various kind deceiv'd the road; Till each with other pleas'd, and loth to part, While in their age they differ, join in heart: Thus stands an aged elm in ivy bound, Thus youthful ivy clasps an elm around. Now sunk the sun ; the closing hour of day Came onward, mantled o'er with sober...
Page 79 - Through rocks amidst the foaming sea, To gain thy love, and then perceives Thou wert not in the rocks and waves ; The silent heart which grief assails, Treads soft and lonesome .o'er the vales, Sees daisies open, rivers run, And seeks (as I have vainly done,) Amusing thought ; but learns to know, That solitude's the nurse of woe.