Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Volume 2John Aikin |
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Page 545
... glory lighted at the skies , And cast in shadows his illustrious close . Strange ! the theme most affecting , most sublime , Momentous most to man , should sleep unsung ! And yet it sleeps , by genius unawak'd , Painim or Christian ; to ...
... glory lighted at the skies , And cast in shadows his illustrious close . Strange ! the theme most affecting , most sublime , Momentous most to man , should sleep unsung ! And yet it sleeps , by genius unawak'd , Painim or Christian ; to ...
Page 551
... glory ? he who left His throne of glory , for the pang of death ! Lift up your heads , ye everlasting gates ! And give the King of glory to come in . Who is the King of glory ? he who slew The ravenous foe , that gorg'd all human race ...
... glory ? he who left His throne of glory , for the pang of death ! Lift up your heads , ye everlasting gates ! And give the King of glory to come in . Who is the King of glory ? he who slew The ravenous foe , that gorg'd all human race ...
Page 585
... glory , the chief good of man ? " Can pride , and sensuality , rejoice ? From purity of thought , all pleasure springs ; And , from an humble spirit , all our peace . Ambition , pleasure ! let us talk of these : Of these , the Porch ...
... glory , the chief good of man ? " Can pride , and sensuality , rejoice ? From purity of thought , all pleasure springs ; And , from an humble spirit , all our peace . Ambition , pleasure ! let us talk of these : Of these , the Porch ...
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amid ANTISTROPHE art thou beauty behold beneath bids blest bliss bloom bosom breast breath bright Britons charms chyle clouds dark death deep delight divine dread Earth eternal ethereal Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fate fear fire flame folly fool form'd genius give glory grace Greece groves hand happy heart Heaven hope hour human immortal Lorenzo lyre mankind mind mortal Muse Naiads Nature Nature's ne'er never night nought numbers nymph o'er once pain passion peace pleas'd pleasure poison'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rapture reign rills rise Rome round sacred scene scorn shade shine sigh skies smile soft song soul spleen storm stream sublime sweet taste tempest tender thee theme thine thou thought toil trembling truth Twas vale vex'd virtue waste wave wild winds wing wisdom wise wonder wretch youth