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Page 108
... fomething old . Once you were young ; or one , whose life's so long She might have borne my mother , tells me wrong . And once , fince envy's dead before you dye , The women own , you play'd a sparkling eye , Taught the light foot a ...
... fomething old . Once you were young ; or one , whose life's so long She might have borne my mother , tells me wrong . And once , fince envy's dead before you dye , The women own , you play'd a sparkling eye , Taught the light foot a ...
Page 118
... fomething of the sky . But ere he gave the mighty nod , Which ever binds a Poet's God : ( For which his curls ambrosial shake , And mother Earth's obliged to quake :) He faw old mother Earth arife , She stood confefs'd before his eyes ...
... fomething of the sky . But ere he gave the mighty nod , Which ever binds a Poet's God : ( For which his curls ambrosial shake , And mother Earth's obliged to quake :) He faw old mother Earth arife , She stood confefs'd before his eyes ...
Page 161
... fomething fo amufing for the time . in this state of vanity and ill - grounded fatisfaction , that even the wifer world has chofen an exalted word to describe its enchantments , and called it the Paradife of Fools . Perhaps the latter ...
... fomething fo amufing for the time . in this state of vanity and ill - grounded fatisfaction , that even the wifer world has chofen an exalted word to describe its enchantments , and called it the Paradife of Fools . Perhaps the latter ...
Page 162
... fomething that was valuable in himself , and expected a paradife which fhe promised as the reward of his merit . Thus were we drawn to follow her , ' till fhe fhould bring us where it was to be bestowed : And it was obfer- vable , that ...
... fomething that was valuable in himself , and expected a paradife which fhe promised as the reward of his merit . Thus were we drawn to follow her , ' till fhe fhould bring us where it was to be bestowed : And it was obfer- vable , that ...
Page 163
... fomething in imitation of it , and please • with delufions . This he lifted folemnly , and mut- tering to himself , bid the glories which he kept under enchantment to appear before us . Immedi- ately we caft our eyes on that part of the ...
... fomething in imitation of it , and please • with delufions . This he lifted folemnly , and mut- tering to himself , bid the glories which he kept under enchantment to appear before us . Immedi- ately we caft our eyes on that part of the ...
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Ægypt againſt appear aſk beauty becauſe bluſhes caft Callimachus cauſe cloſe Comus Cras amet croud defign defire dreft eaſe eaſy envy ev'ry eyes fable facred fafe faid fame faſhion fays feat feem feem'd fhade fhall fhew fhould fide fight filent filver fince fing firſt flain fome fomething fometimes fong foul Frogs ftill fuch fung glaſs Gods guife heart himſelf HOMER houſe Iliad Ipfa itſelf Jove laft lefs Let thofe love loft Macedon Mice moſt Moufe Mouſe mufic Muſe muſt nature never lov'd numquam amavit Nymphs o'er obferved Ovid paffage paffion Pallas paſs pleaſe pleaſure poet Pow'r praiſe quique amavit raiſe reaſon reft rife roſe ſcene ſhades ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhow ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet thee thefe themſelves theſe thoſe thou thouſand thro tion tranflation Twas uſe whofe whoſe youth ZOILUS
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Page 98 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 142 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Page 98 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The...
Page 136 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Page 137 - Deep sunk in sleep, and silk, and heaps of down. At length 'tis morn, and at the dawn of day Along the wide canals the zephyrs play ; Fresh o'er the gay parterres the breezes creep.
Page 131 - Whither, O whither art thou fled, To lay thy meek contented head ? What happy region dost thou please To make the seat of calms and ease ? " Ambition searches all its sphere Of pomp and state to meet thee there.
Page 138 - And shake the neighbouring wood to banish sleep. Up rise the guests, obedient to the call: An early banquet deck'd the splendid hall; Rich luscious wine a golden goblet grac'd, Which the kind master forc'd the guests to taste. Then, pleas'd and thankful, from the porch...
Page 96 - And decks the goddess with the glitt'ring spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled, and the white.
Page 41 - Till all the rout retreat. By this the stars began to wink, They shriek, they fly, the tapers sink, And down y^drops the Knight : For never spell by faerie laid With strong enchantment bound a glade, Beyond the length of night. Chill, dark, alone, adreed, he lay, Till up the welkin rose the...
Page 38 - Through all the land before. But soon as Dan Apollo rose, Full jolly creature home he goes, He feels his back the less ; His honest tongue and steady mind Had rid him of the lump behind, Which made him want success.