Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Numerot 77–79Johnson, 1810 - 220 sivua |
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Sivu 8
... mighty tyrant she ! long , alas ! should I have been under that iron - sceptred queen , had not Rebecca set me free . When fair Rebecca set me free , ' twas then a golden time with me : but soon those pleasures fled ; for the gracious ...
... mighty tyrant she ! long , alas ! should I have been under that iron - sceptred queen , had not Rebecca set me free . When fair Rebecca set me free , ' twas then a golden time with me : but soon those pleasures fled ; for the gracious ...
Sivu 14
... mighty influence join'd our birth : nor did we envy the most sounding name , by friendship giv'n of old to fame . None but his brethren he , and sisters , knew , whom the kind youth preferr'd to me ; and ev'n in that we did agree ; for ...
... mighty influence join'd our birth : nor did we envy the most sounding name , by friendship giv'n of old to fame . None but his brethren he , and sisters , knew , whom the kind youth preferr'd to me ; and ev'n in that we did agree ; for ...
Sivu 16
... his judgment like the heav'nly moon did shew , temp'ring that mighty sea below . Oh , had he liv'd in learning's world , what bound would have been able to controul his over - powering 16 ON THE DEATH OF W. HERVEY . Cowley .
... his judgment like the heav'nly moon did shew , temp'ring that mighty sea below . Oh , had he liv'd in learning's world , what bound would have been able to controul his over - powering 16 ON THE DEATH OF W. HERVEY . Cowley .
Sivu 22
... mighty customs paid to thee : for joy , like wine , kept close does better taste ; if it take air before , its spirits waste . Hope ! Fortune's cheating lottery ! where for one prize an hundred blanks there be ; fond Archer ! Hope ! who ...
... mighty customs paid to thee : for joy , like wine , kept close does better taste ; if it take air before , its spirits waste . Hope ! Fortune's cheating lottery ! where for one prize an hundred blanks there be ; fond Archer ! Hope ! who ...
Sivu 24
... lament thine end , my my friend ? best servant , and nay , and , if from a deity so much deified as I , it sound not too profane and odd , oh ! my master , and my god ! for ' tis true , most mighty poet ! ( 24 Cowley . AGE . ON ANACREON .
... lament thine end , my my friend ? best servant , and nay , and , if from a deity so much deified as I , it sound not too profane and odd , oh ! my master , and my god ! for ' tis true , most mighty poet ! ( 24 Cowley . AGE . ON ANACREON .
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Addison Anacreon arms beauty behold blest blood bold breast bright brother Cæsar Cato Cato's Cecilia's charms DANIEL PURCELL death Decius delight dost dreadful Dryden e'er ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate father fear flame fools friends give gods grace griefs hand happy hast hear heart heaven honour hope Hudibras I've sounded immortal Juba king live Lord Lord Halifax lov'd Lucia Lucius maid majestic band mankind Marc Marcia Marcus mighty mind Muse nature ne'er never numbers Numidian nymph o'er once passion peace Pharsalia pleasure poet Portius pow'r praise prince rage ravish'd rise Roman Roman senate Rome scenes Sempronius senate shade shew shine sight smile song sorrows soul sound stream sung sweet swells sword Syph Syphax tears thee thine thoughts toil tongue tremble Utica verse virtue whilst winds would'st thou young youth
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Sivu 24 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble...
Sivu 20 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Sivu 82 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Sivu 22 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Sivu 19 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Sivu 21 - And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — the style is excellent; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found...
Sivu 21 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Sivu 19 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Sivu 7 - A watchtower once ; but now, so fate ordains. Of all the pile an empty name remains. From its...
Sivu 4 - CREATOR spirit, by whose aid The world's foundations first were laid, Come visit every pious mind ; Come pour thy joys on human kind ; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make thy temples worthy thee.