The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volum 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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Pàgina 8
... soft recess ; Worn with disease , and never - ceasing pain , How firmly did thy Soul her seat maintain ! 3 Siege of Damascus . • Of whom see Dr. Johnson's encomium in the Life of Hughes , Early thy side the mortal shaft receiv'd , All ...
... soft recess ; Worn with disease , and never - ceasing pain , How firmly did thy Soul her seat maintain ! 3 Siege of Damascus . • Of whom see Dr. Johnson's encomium in the Life of Hughes , Early thy side the mortal shaft receiv'd , All ...
Pàgina 13
... Soft - sighing gales thy canvas should inspire ; But hence , ye boisterous storms ! far hence retire To inland woods ... soft arts of peace ! " She said ; th ' entreated winds her accents bore , And wing'd the message to the Belgic shore ...
... Soft - sighing gales thy canvas should inspire ; But hence , ye boisterous storms ! far hence retire To inland woods ... soft arts of peace ! " She said ; th ' entreated winds her accents bore , And wing'd the message to the Belgic shore ...
Pàgina 19
... soft thy air , thy visage so serene , That harmony ev'n in thy look was seen . But when thou didst th ' obedient strings command , And join in consort thy melodious hand , Ev'n Fate itself , such wondrous strains to hear , Fate had been ...
... soft thy air , thy visage so serene , That harmony ev'n in thy look was seen . But when thou didst th ' obedient strings command , And join in consort thy melodious hand , Ev'n Fate itself , such wondrous strains to hear , Fate had been ...
Pàgina 25
... soft silky breast ! The leaves of creeping vines around him play , And Nature's leaves less perfect seem than they . O matchless bird ! whose race , with nicest care , Heaven seems in pleasure to have form'd so fair ! From whose gay ...
... soft silky breast ! The leaves of creeping vines around him play , And Nature's leaves less perfect seem than they . O matchless bird ! whose race , with nicest care , Heaven seems in pleasure to have form'd so fair ! From whose gay ...
Pàgina 27
... soft desires ! For ever dwell where such supply thy fires ! May Virtue still with Beauty share the sway , And the glad world with willing zeal obey ! TO MOLINDA , TH ' inspiring Muses and the god of Love , Which most should grace the ...
... soft desires ! For ever dwell where such supply thy fires ! May Virtue still with Beauty share the sway , And the glad world with willing zeal obey ! TO MOLINDA , TH ' inspiring Muses and the god of Love , Which most should grace the ...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volum 10 Alexander Chalmers Visualització completa - 1810 |
The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volum 10 Alexander Chalmers Visualització completa - 1810 |
The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volum 10 Alexander Chalmers Visualització completa - 1810 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
Apollo arms atheists beauteous beauty Behold Belgia bless blest breast bright Cæsar CANTATA charms Columbo confest crown'd Cupid darts dear death delight divine e'er Earth Epicurus ev'n eyes fair fame fate fear fire flame flow goddess gods grace grief grove hand happy hast hear heart Heaven hero honour Jove kind king labour light live lord Lucretius lyre maid MATTHEW PRIOR mighty mind mourn Muse Namur Nature's ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er pain passion peace Peneus Pindar plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet Pothinus praise pride queen rage rais'd reign rise Rome sacred shade shine sighs sing skies smile soft song soul swain sweet tears tell thee things thou thought toil twas Venus verse vex'd Virg virtue weep Whilst winds wise wretched wyll youth
Passatges populars
Pàgina 428 - He began on it ; and when first he mentioned it to Swift, the doctor did not much like the project. As he carried it on, he showed what he wrote to both of us ; and we now and then gave a correction or a word or two of advice, but it was wholly of his own writing.
Pàgina 211 - I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Pàgina 205 - And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Pàgina 440 - As one who, long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Pàgina 113 - We are seldom tiresome to ourselves ; and the act of composition fills and delights the mind with change of language and succession of images ; every couplet when produced is new, and novelty is the great source of pleasure. Perhaps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it, or contracted his work till his ebullitions of invention had subsided.
Pàgina 145 - Athens Pisistratus rode ; Men thought her Minerva, and him a new god. But why should I stories of Athens rehearse, Where people knew love, and were partial to verse ; Since none can with justice my pleasures oppose, In Holland half...
Pàgina 150 - Ah me ! the blooming pride of May And that of Beauty are but one : At morn both flourish, bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale and gone.
Pàgina 456 - Let others in the jolting coach confide, Or in the leaky boat the Thames divide; Or, box'd within the chair, contemn the street, And trust their safety to another's feet, Still let me walk; for oft the sudden gale Ruffles the tide, and shifts the dang'rous sail.
Pàgina 427 - will make " you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder of mutton " every day." This counsel was rejected : the profit and principal were lost ; and Gay sunk under the calamity so low, that his life became in danger.
Pàgina 261 - And shoot a chilness to my .trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.