 | Theophilus Cibber - Poets, English - 1753 - 406 pages
...Denham's Cooper's Hill, O could I flow like thee, and make thy dream My great example, as it is my theme ; Tho* deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage ; without o'er flowing full. Denham. , Which Mr. Pope has thus parodied •, Flow Welfted, flow ; like... | |
 | John Holmes - Elocution - 1755 - 204 pages
...Thames — O could I flow like thee, and make thy Stream-^ My great Example, as it is my Theme !— Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ;•...— Strong without Rage; without o'erflowing, full. — See alfo Ifaiah i. 5, 6. fcJV. — N. This Figure is likewiie cali'cl DIATYPOS18, porfeit Defcription... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 388 pages
...'f Hill. " O could I flow like thee, and make thy ftream " My great example, as it is my theme : " Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ;...•' Strong without rage ; without o'erflowing, full !" So fweetly mawkilh, and fo fmoothly dull ; Heady, not ftrongj o'erflowing, tho* not full. Ah Dennis!... | |
 | London (England) - 1761 - 398 pages
...world's exchange. O could I flow like dice, and make thy ftreatn My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep yet clear, tho' gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. Heav'n her Eridanus no more fhall boaft, Whofe fame in thine, like leffer currents loft. The great... | |
 | Walter Harte - Agriculture - 1764 - 490 pages
...degrees into trade and commerce. Whatever elfe enriches a ftate, is not a conftant feeding ftream, (Tho* deep, yet clear, tho* gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full;) but but a momentary impetuous torrent, more deftructive than fruitful. 'It was a received opinion _... | |
 | Soame Jenyns - Good and evil - 1770 - 468 pages
...night, JJecaufe the fool would fain be thought a bite. * Parody on thefe lines of Sir John Denham. Tho' deep, yet clear, tho' gentle yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. pcvoted. t)evoted thus to politics, and cards, Nor mirth, nor wine, nor women, he regards, So far is... | |
 | Luís de Camões - Explorers - 1776 - 674 pages
...:' • 'I - 'l O could I flow like thee, and make thy ftream* My great example, as it is my theme ; Tho' deep, yet clear, tho' gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. *• . * \ i " Camouens addrefles the Nymphs of Tagus in the like manner; " O Nymphs, if ever I fung... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 212 pages
...Cooler's riilL " O could I flow like thce, and make thy ftream " My great example, as it is my theme : " Tho' deep, yet clear, tho' gentle, yet not dull; " Strong without rage ; without o'erflowing, full I Ver. 177. Embrace, emhrace, my fans? be foes no more !] Virg. ^n. vi. " — Ne tanta animis afluefcite... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Criticism - 1777 - 348 pages
...that ftanza of Denham's, which Dryden propofes as a paradox to be explained by the wits oi" his age : Tho' deep, yet clear ; || tho' gentle, yet not dull : Strong without rage ; J| without o'erflowing, full. Anciently, I believe, in all nations, mankind were fo captivated with... | |
 | English periodicals - 1781 - 512 pages
...world's exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make thy ftream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full. Heav'n her Eridanus no more mall boaft, Whofe fame in thine, like lefler currents loft ; Thy nobler... | |
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When words are placed in opposition to each other, or with some marked variety, they require to be distinguished by a comma: as, " Tho' deep, yet clear; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong, without rage ; without o'erflowing, full. 
