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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... body of a poem , or difcourfe ; and the ftyle , or diction , the dress with which they are decorated ; for the choiceft and most brilliant expreffions will be looked upon as mere empty and contemptible founds , unless they are animated ...
... body of a poem , or difcourfe ; and the ftyle , or diction , the dress with which they are decorated ; for the choiceft and most brilliant expreffions will be looked upon as mere empty and contemptible founds , unless they are animated ...
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... body exalts the mind ; and that if he took his tablets with him , he would find that Minerva delighted as much in the fo- refts and mountains as Diana . A fiction prettily conceiv- ed , and in few words . A kin to this is the image ( or ...
... body exalts the mind ; and that if he took his tablets with him , he would find that Minerva delighted as much in the fo- refts and mountains as Diana . A fiction prettily conceiv- ed , and in few words . A kin to this is the image ( or ...
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... Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES , Who with an INFLEXIBLE CONSTANCY , And INIMITABLE UNIFORMITY of Life , PERSISTED , In fpite of AGE and INFIRMITIES , In the Practice of EVERY HUMAN VICE , Excepting PRODIGALITY and HYPOCRISY : His infatiable ...
... Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES , Who with an INFLEXIBLE CONSTANCY , And INIMITABLE UNIFORMITY of Life , PERSISTED , In fpite of AGE and INFIRMITIES , In the Practice of EVERY HUMAN VICE , Excepting PRODIGALITY and HYPOCRISY : His infatiable ...
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... body's cage : Dim lights of life , that burn a length of years , Ufelefs , unfeen , as lamps in fepulchres ; Like eastern kings a lazy ftate they keep , And clofe confin'd in their own palace sleep . From these perhaps ( ere nature bade ...
... body's cage : Dim lights of life , that burn a length of years , Ufelefs , unfeen , as lamps in fepulchres ; Like eastern kings a lazy ftate they keep , And clofe confin'd in their own palace sleep . From these perhaps ( ere nature bade ...
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... body downward tend , As trees beneath their fruit , in autumn bend , Spite of my fnowy head and icy veins , My mind a cheerful temper ftill retains : And why should man , mithap what will , repine , Sour every fweet , and mix with tears ...
... body downward tend , As trees beneath their fruit , in autumn bend , Spite of my fnowy head and icy veins , My mind a cheerful temper ftill retains : And why should man , mithap what will , repine , Sour every fweet , and mix with tears ...
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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...