Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorCrosby, Nichols, Lee & Company, 1860 |
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... whole magic of his versification . The first of our author's compositions now extant in print , is an Ode on Solitude , written before he was twelve years old ; which , considered as the pro- duction of so early an age , is a perfect ...
... whole magic of his versification . The first of our author's compositions now extant in print , is an Ode on Solitude , written before he was twelve years old ; which , considered as the pro- duction of so early an age , is a perfect ...
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... whole body of our nobility , and transferred his powerful influence with those great men to this rising bard , who frequently levied , by that means , unusual contributions on the public . No sooner was his body lifeless , but this ...
... whole body of our nobility , and transferred his powerful influence with those great men to this rising bard , who frequently levied , by that means , unusual contributions on the public . No sooner was his body lifeless , but this ...
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... whole tribe of writers . Though he did not esteem any particular man amongst his enemies of consequence enough to provoke an an- swer , yet , when they were considered collectively they offered excellent materials for a general satire ...
... whole tribe of writers . Though he did not esteem any particular man amongst his enemies of consequence enough to provoke an an- swer , yet , when they were considered collectively they offered excellent materials for a general satire ...
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... whole of Shakspeare's plays , and , if possible , by comparing all the different copies now to be procured , restore him to his ancient purity : to which our poet made this modest reply , That , not having attempted any thing in the ...
... whole of Shakspeare's plays , and , if possible , by comparing all the different copies now to be procured , restore him to his ancient purity : to which our poet made this modest reply , That , not having attempted any thing in the ...
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... Whole nations enter with each swelling tide , And seas but join the regions they divide ; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold , And the new world launch forth to seek the old . Then ships of uncouth form shall stem the tide ...
... Whole nations enter with each swelling tide , And seas but join the regions they divide ; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold , And the new world launch forth to seek the old . Then ships of uncouth form shall stem the tide ...
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Page 269 - To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind; Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill; And binding Nature fast in fate, Left free the human will. What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than Hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue.
Page 74 - Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose, Now one in verse makes many more in prose. 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Page 269 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe.
Page 84 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense.
Page 110 - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head.
Page 90 - Tis not enough your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot.
Page 278 - Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise: Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him or he dies; Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke.
Page 99 - To one man's treat, but for another's ball ? When Florio speaks, what virgin could withstand, If gentle Damon did not squeeze her hand ? With varying vanities, from ev'ry part, They shift the moving toyshop of their heart; Where wigs with wigs, with sword-knots sword-knots strive, Beaux banish beaux, and coaches coaches drive.
Page 81 - Th' increasing prospect tires our wandering eyes, Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise ! A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ ; Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose, for that malignant dull delight, The generous pleasure to be charm'd with wit.
Page 102 - But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves, And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire.