The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volum 571790 |
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Pàgina 6
... the only Poets . who seem to have hit upon the true nature of Pasto- ral Compofitions : fo that it will be sufficient praise for me , if I have not altogether failed in my attempt . THE I THE FIRST PASTORA L. LOBBIN . F we , 6 PREFACE .
... the only Poets . who seem to have hit upon the true nature of Pasto- ral Compofitions : fo that it will be sufficient praise for me , if I have not altogether failed in my attempt . THE I THE FIRST PASTORA L. LOBBIN . F we , 6 PREFACE .
Pàgina 17
... praise . Meantime , on oaten pipe a lowly lay , As my kids browse , obfcure in fhades I play : Yet , not obfcure , while Dorset thinks no fcorn To vifit woods , and fwains ignobly born . Two valley fwains , both mufical , both young ...
... praise . Meantime , on oaten pipe a lowly lay , As my kids browse , obfcure in fhades I play : Yet , not obfcure , while Dorset thinks no fcorn To vifit woods , and fwains ignobly born . Two valley fwains , both mufical , both young ...
Pàgina 19
... praise , In foreign realms to purchase early fame , And add new glories to the British name : O , peaceful may thy gentle spirit rest ! 76 80 84 The flowery turf lie light upon thy breaft ; Nor fhrieking owl , nor bat , thy tomb fly ...
... praise , In foreign realms to purchase early fame , And add new glories to the British name : O , peaceful may thy gentle spirit rest ! 76 80 84 The flowery turf lie light upon thy breaft ; Nor fhrieking owl , nor bat , thy tomb fly ...
Pàgina 29
... praise , to listen came : " She turn'd her ear , and pause by pause , with pride , " Like echo to the shepherd's ... praises , shall I find " To equal thy melodious voice ? In thee " The rudeness of my rural fife I see ; " From thee I ...
... praise , to listen came : " She turn'd her ear , and pause by pause , with pride , " Like echo to the shepherd's ... praises , shall I find " To equal thy melodious voice ? In thee " The rudeness of my rural fife I see ; " From thee I ...
Pàgina 32
... praises won . THE SIXTH PASTORA L. 132 GERON , HOBBINOL , LANQUET . How GERON . OW still the fea behold ! how calm the sky ! And how , in fportive chace , the swallows fly ! My goats , fecure from harm , fmall tendance need , While high ...
... praises won . THE SIXTH PASTORA L. 132 GERON , HOBBINOL , LANQUET . How GERON . OW still the fea behold ! how calm the sky ! And how , in fportive chace , the swallows fly ! My goats , fecure from harm , fmall tendance need , While high ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
Agrigentum AMBROSE PHILIPS ANTIS TROPHE boaſt breaſt breath caft Camarina courſe defcended defire delight Diagoras divine E PODE eaſe Epode erft Ergoteles facred fair fam'd fame fate feaſt fecret fhade fhall fhine fing fire firft fkies flowers fmiles folemn fome fong foul ftill ftrain ftreams ftring fuch fung fweet glory goddeſs gods grace gueſt happineſs hath heart heaven Hiero Himera himſelf honour illuftrious immortal infcribed iſland Jove LVII lyre Meaſures Meaſures 16 mighty mind mortal moſt Mufe Muſe night numbers o'er occafion Ocyp Olympick Olympick Games Orchomenus pain Pelops Pfaumis Phineus Pifa's Pindar plain pleaſe pleaſures Poet praiſe prefent purſues raiſe rife ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhould ſkies ſkill ſmiles ſong ſpeak ſpeed ſpread ſtate ſtill ſtrong STROPHE ſweet thee thefe Theron theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand Tlepolemus toil tranflated verfe verſe victory virtue whofe whoſe wiſdom Xenocrates youth
Passatges populars
Pàgina 130 - The figur'd games of Greece the column grace, Neptune and Jove survey the rapid race. The youths hang o'er their chariots as they run ; The fiery steeds seem starting from the stone ; The champions in distorted postures threat ; 220 And all appear'd irregularly great. Here happy Horace tun'd th...
Pàgina 324 - Not wrapt in smoky London's sulphurous clouds, And not far distant stands my rural cot: Neither obnoxious to intruding crowds, Nor for the good and friendly too remote. And when too much repose brings on the spleen, Or the gay city's idle pleasures cloy: Swift as my changing wish I change the scene, And now the country, now the town enjoy.
Pàgina 158 - Muse, thy sounding bow; Say through what paths of liquid air . Our arrows shall we throw? On Agrigentum fix thine eye, Thither let all thy quiver fly. And thou, O Agrigentum, hear, While with religious dread, And taught the laws of...
Pàgina 274 - And as he lift th" imperial puppet play'd, By fecret fprings and wheels right wifely made, That he the fubtle wires mote not * avize, But deem in footh that all he did or faid, From his own motion and free grace did rife, And that he juftly hight immortal, great, and wife. XXXI. And eke to each of that fame gilded train, That meekly round that lordly throne did...
Pàgina 215 - ... any more than the fields and trees are every year equally fruitful ; that the gods had not given mortals any certain tokens, by which they might foreknow when the rich years of virtue...
Pàgina 310 - And as they mount, enlighten every age With the bright influence of fair Virtue's rays ; Which from the awful heights of Grandeur brighter blaze.
Pàgina 311 - And wherefore fhould they take or care or thought, Whom Nature prompts, and Fortune -calls to play ? " Lords of the earth, be happy as ye may ! So learn'd, fo taught the leaders of mankind ; Th' unreafoning vulgar willingly obey, And leaving toil and poverty behind, Ran forth by different ways the blifsful boon to find. LXIII. Nor tedious was the fearch ; for every where, As nigh great CUSTOM'S royal tow'rs the KNIGHT Pafs'd through th...
Pàgina 322 - Let me ne more myself deceive ; Ne more regret the toys I leave : The world I quit, the proud, the vain, Corruption's and Ambition's train ; But not the good, perdie, nor fair...
Pàgina 186 - Crete; bnt being driven from thence by the fury of a prevailing faction, he retired to Himera, a town of Sicily, where he was honourably received, and admitted to the freedom of the city ; after which he had the happiness to obtain, what the Greeks esteemed the highest pitch of glory, the Olympic crown.
Pàgina 287 - I labour to diffuse the' important good, Till this great truth by all be understood, ' That all the pious duties which we owe Our parents, friends, our .country, and our God; The seeds of every virtue here below, From discipline alone, and early culture, grow/ * Nurture, education*.