The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 5J. Moore, 1800 - English poetry |
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Page 13
... true In Bracegirdle § , the perfons fo agree , That all feems real the fpectators fee . Of Scots and Gauls defeated , and their kings , Thy captives , Edward , Fame for ever fings ; Like thy high deeds , thy noble loves are prais'd ...
... true In Bracegirdle § , the perfons fo agree , That all feems real the fpectators fee . Of Scots and Gauls defeated , and their kings , Thy captives , Edward , Fame for ever fings ; Like thy high deeds , thy noble loves are prais'd ...
Page 19
... true , or fooner kind ; With juftice , or with mercy reign , G Love ! or give me back my heart again . T LOVE , O love , is to be doom'd on earth to feel What after death the tortur'd meet in hell : The vulture dipping in Prometheus ...
... true , or fooner kind ; With juftice , or with mercy reign , G Love ! or give me back my heart again . T LOVE , O love , is to be doom'd on earth to feel What after death the tortur'd meet in hell : The vulture dipping in Prometheus ...
Page 20
... true : Falfehoods thus mix'd , like metals are refin'd , And truth , like filver , leates the drofs behind . Thus Poetry has ample space to foar , Nor needs forbidden regions to explore : Such vaunts as his , who can with patience read ...
... true : Falfehoods thus mix'd , like metals are refin'd , And truth , like filver , leates the drofs behind . Thus Poetry has ample space to foar , Nor needs forbidden regions to explore : Such vaunts as his , who can with patience read ...
Page 21
... true , though the literal fenfe be falfe , the poet intending thereby to give his reader fome idea of the ftrength and fortitude of his hero . Had he faid , that wolf , or that bear , this had been falfe , by prefenting an image not ...
... true , though the literal fenfe be falfe , the poet intending thereby to give his reader fome idea of the ftrength and fortitude of his hero . Had he faid , that wolf , or that bear , this had been falfe , by prefenting an image not ...
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... true ! I. to the merit of the hero ; neither reafon nor religion will allow it , and it is impoffible for a corrupt being to be more excellent than a divine : Succefs implies permiffion , and not approbation ; to place the Gods always on ...
... true ! I. to the merit of the hero ; neither reafon nor religion will allow it , and it is impoffible for a corrupt being to be more excellent than a divine : Succefs implies permiffion , and not approbation ; to place the Gods always on ...
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