The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... force engage To stem th ' impetuous follies of the age : Virtue , there deck'd in ever - blooming charms , With such resistless rays of beauty warms , That Vice , abash'd , confounded , skulks away , As night retires at dawn of rosy day ...
... force engage To stem th ' impetuous follies of the age : Virtue , there deck'd in ever - blooming charms , With such resistless rays of beauty warms , That Vice , abash'd , confounded , skulks away , As night retires at dawn of rosy day ...
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... force of sounds well chosen and skilfully executed , that , as they can hide in- different sense , and a kind of associated pleasure arises from the words though they are but mean ; so the impression cannot fail of being in propor- tion ...
... force of sounds well chosen and skilfully executed , that , as they can hide in- different sense , and a kind of associated pleasure arises from the words though they are but mean ; so the impression cannot fail of being in propor- tion ...
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... force of Harmony ! Divinest art , whose fame shall never cease ! Thy honour'd voice proclaim'd the Saviour's birth ; When Heaven vouchsaf'd to treat with Earth , Music was herald of the peace : Thy voice could best the joyful tidings ...
... force of Harmony ! Divinest art , whose fame shall never cease ! Thy honour'd voice proclaim'd the Saviour's birth ; When Heaven vouchsaf'd to treat with Earth , Music was herald of the peace : Thy voice could best the joyful tidings ...
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... forces draws , And swells against the Lion's burning jaws , Moistening the plains , till Phoebus late descends To Autumn's ... force ; Now wandering in their way , and sprinkled round , O'er yielding banks thy wanton billows bound . Thy ...
... forces draws , And swells against the Lion's burning jaws , Moistening the plains , till Phoebus late descends To Autumn's ... force ; Now wandering in their way , and sprinkled round , O'er yielding banks thy wanton billows bound . Thy ...
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... force , and fight in just array . While Cæsar thinks not the town - walls secure , He bars the palace - gates ... force an entrance try'd ; In vain , for Fortune fights on Cæsar's side . Then , where the palace , ' midst surrounding ...
... force , and fight in just array . While Cæsar thinks not the town - walls secure , He bars the palace - gates ... force an entrance try'd ; In vain , for Fortune fights on Cæsar's side . Then , where the palace , ' midst surrounding ...
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Apollo arms beauteous beauty Behold Belgia bless blest breast bright Cæsar charms Columbo confest crown'd Cupid darts dear death delight Derry 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 Ovid pain passion peace Peneus Pindar plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet Pothinus praise pride queen rage rais'd reign rise 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 wound wretched wyll youth