The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients ... |
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... feem to lay the whole stress of their endeavours upon the Harmony of words : Like Eunuchs they facrifice their manhood for a voice , and reduce our Poetry to be like Echo , nothing but Sound . ** * THE THE ART of POETRY ...
... feem to lay the whole stress of their endeavours upon the Harmony of words : Like Eunuchs they facrifice their manhood for a voice , and reduce our Poetry to be like Echo , nothing but Sound . ** * THE THE ART of POETRY ...
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... offence ; The found muft feem an echo to the fenfe . We now proceed to the beauty of thought in poetry , and to give some farther directions concerning the poetic style . CHAP . ectret As CHA P. V. Of the BEAUTY of THOUGHT Of ELISIONS . 17.
... offence ; The found muft feem an echo to the fenfe . We now proceed to the beauty of thought in poetry , and to give some farther directions concerning the poetic style . CHAP . ectret As CHA P. V. Of the BEAUTY of THOUGHT Of ELISIONS . 17.
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... feem like a repe- tition , and be thought useless ; but it is to be confidered , that though thoughts in poetry and profe differ but little , ( except in pieces of fiction ) a fublime thought being ftill the fame , whether expreffed in ...
... feem like a repe- tition , and be thought useless ; but it is to be confidered , that though thoughts in poetry and profe differ but little , ( except in pieces of fiction ) a fublime thought being ftill the fame , whether expreffed in ...
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... feem to be . In defcrib- ing the rainbow , for inftance , he may with juftnefs dwell on the colours that feem to compofe that beatiful pha- nomenon , though the philofopher fhould ftand by with his prifm , to prove that the whole of ...
... feem to be . In defcrib- ing the rainbow , for inftance , he may with juftnefs dwell on the colours that feem to compofe that beatiful pha- nomenon , though the philofopher fhould ftand by with his prifm , to prove that the whole of ...
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... feem to have been drawn by Homer , on which they have run their seve- ral divifions , yet they have all acquitted themselves , so as to obtain the applause of the learned and judicious ; for men of judgment will ever confider that ...
... feem to have been drawn by Homer , on which they have run their seve- ral divifions , yet they have all acquitted themselves , so as to obtain the applause of the learned and judicious ; for men of judgment will ever confider that ...
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Æneid Æther agreeable beauty becauſe Befides beft beneath beſt bleft breaſt chearful chyle cloſe defcribing defcriptions delight eclogue Epigram Epitaph ev'ning ev'ry exerciſe expreffed eyes fable fafely faid fame fatire fays feem fenfe fhade fhall fhepherds fhort fhould fince fing firft firſt fleep flow flow'rs fmiling foft folid fome fometimes fong fons foul fpread fpring ftill ftrain ftreams ftyle fubject fublime fuch fweet fyllables Georgics heav'n himſelf ibid itſelf juft labour laft laſt loft meaſure mind moft morn moſt mufe muft muſt nature night numbers o'er obferves occafion paffages paffions Paftoral plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry praiſe precepts prefent profe raiſe reaſon refpect reft rhyme rife ſeem ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſpeak ſtate ſtill taſte thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thoughts thro toil uſe verfe verſe Virgil whofe whoſe words
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Page 74 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 131 - 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 163 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 137 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek.
Page 32 - Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?
Page 78 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Page 25 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy Sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King!
Page 167 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn: Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings.
Page 76 - Lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing Virtues, but their Crimes confin'd ; Forbad to wade through Slaughter to a Throne, And...
Page 163 - The great directing mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul ; That chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the Earth, as in th...