Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Numerot 77–79Johnson, 1810 - 220 sivua |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 33
Sivu 10
... from what golden quivers of the sky do all thy winged arrows fly ? Swiftness and Power by birth are thine ; [ divine . from thy great Sire they came , thy Sire , the Word Tis , I believe , this archery to shew , 10 Cowley . HYMN TO LIGHT .
... from what golden quivers of the sky do all thy winged arrows fly ? Swiftness and Power by birth are thine ; [ divine . from thy great Sire they came , thy Sire , the Word Tis , I believe , this archery to shew , 10 Cowley . HYMN TO LIGHT .
Sivu 11
... thine own nocturnal spring . Thou Scythian - like , dost round thy lands above the Sun's gilt tent for ever move , and still as thou in pomp dost go , the shining pageants of the world attend thy show . Nor amidst all these triumphs ...
... thine own nocturnal spring . Thou Scythian - like , dost round thy lands above the Sun's gilt tent for ever move , and still as thou in pomp dost go , the shining pageants of the world attend thy show . Nor amidst all these triumphs ...
Sivu 15
... thine . Ye fields of Cambridge , our dear Cambridge ! say , have you not seen us walking every day ? Was there a tree about , which did not know the love betwixt us two ? Henceforth , ye gentle trees , for ever fade , or your sad ...
... thine . Ye fields of Cambridge , our dear Cambridge ! say , have you not seen us walking every day ? Was there a tree about , which did not know the love betwixt us two ? Henceforth , ye gentle trees , for ever fade , or your sad ...
Sivu 18
... thine . And , if the glorious saint cease not to know their wretched friends , who fight with life below ; thy flame to me does still the same abide , only more pure and rarified . There , whilst immortal hymns thou dost rehearse , thou ...
... thine . And , if the glorious saint cease not to know their wretched friends , who fight with life below ; thy flame to me does still the same abide , only more pure and rarified . There , whilst immortal hymns thou dost rehearse , thou ...
Sivu 22
... thine arrows are ! thin empty cloud , which th ' eye deceives with shapes that our own fancy gives ! A cloud which gilt and painted now appears , but must drop presently in tears ! when thy false beams o'er Reason's light prevail , by ...
... thine arrows are ! thin empty cloud , which th ' eye deceives with shapes that our own fancy gives ! A cloud which gilt and painted now appears , but must drop presently in tears ! when thy false beams o'er Reason's light prevail , by ...
Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
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
Suositut otteet
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.