The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 9
... thou has fail'd thy plighted word , To fight with caution , not to tempt the fword ; I warn'd thee , but in vain , for well I knew What perils youthful ardour would pursue ; That boiling blood would carry thee too far , Young as thou ...
... thou has fail'd thy plighted word , To fight with caution , not to tempt the fword ; I warn'd thee , but in vain , for well I knew What perils youthful ardour would pursue ; That boiling blood would carry thee too far , Young as thou ...
Pàgina 25
... , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator Heaven does bind . When Heaven shall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more Heaven than ' tis will be ) ' Tis thou must write the poefy there , For ' Tis COWLEY . 25.
... , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator Heaven does bind . When Heaven shall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more Heaven than ' tis will be ) ' Tis thou must write the poefy there , For ' Tis COWLEY . 25.
Pàgina 26
... thou not found each woman's breaft ( The land where thou haft travelled ) Either by favages poffeft , Or wild , and uninhabited ? What joy could'ft take , or what repose , In countries fo unciviliz'd as thofe ? Luft , Luft , the ...
... thou not found each woman's breaft ( The land where thou haft travelled ) Either by favages poffeft , Or wild , and uninhabited ? What joy could'ft take , or what repose , In countries fo unciviliz'd as thofe ? Luft , Luft , the ...
Pàgina 29
... thou intend By candles end , And hold the contraft thus in doubt , Life's taper out ? Think but how foon the market fails , Your fex lives fafter than the males ; And if to measure age's span , The fober Julian were th ' account of man ...
... thou intend By candles end , And hold the contraft thus in doubt , Life's taper out ? Think but how foon the market fails , Your fex lives fafter than the males ; And if to measure age's span , The fober Julian were th ' account of man ...
Pàgina 33
... thou fhould't come to live it o'er again in me ? A Lover's heart , a hand grenado : Wo to her ftubborn heart , if once mine come Into the felf fame room ; " Twill tear and blow up all within , Like a grenado fhot into a magazin . Then ...
... thou fhould't come to live it o'er again in me ? A Lover's heart , a hand grenado : Wo to her ftubborn heart , if once mine come Into the felf fame room ; " Twill tear and blow up all within , Like a grenado fhot into a magazin . Then ...
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