 | Books - 1760 - 556 pages
...principal motive for writing thefeOdes. . Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? tho' he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear Sailing with fupreme dominion Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would ran Such forms as glitter in the... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...breathe, and words, that burn. But ah ! 'tis heard no more — Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring Spirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, s* That the Theban Eagle bear Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air : Yet oft... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 pages
...his Chcrufes — above all, in the laft of Caraftacus, Hark ! heard ye not yon footftep dread ? £2c. Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, * That the Theban Eagle bear Sailing with fupreme dominion. Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms, as glitter in*the... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 230 pages
...fwan] Mr. Gray calls him, tfe Theban eagle ; but the imagery of both poets is much the fame. -' tho' he inherit " Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, " That...Theban eagle bear " Sailing with fupreme dominion " Thro' the azure deep of air." Progrefs of Poetry. [u] —flee] The proper word had been Jfly, if... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...her pictus'd urn, Thoughts that breathe, and words that hurn. Oh ! lyre divine, what daring spirit 10 Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Thehan eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azut e deep of air : i 5 Yet oft before... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1777 - 266 pages
...TheTheKanfwaKiMr. Gray calls him, the Theliatt fagle ; but the imagery ofboth poets is much the fame, " tho' he inherit " Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, " That the Theban eagle bear, 1' Sailing with fupreme dominion « Thro' theazure deep of air.'Trogrefs of Poet) y. Does, with weak... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 342 pages
...her pictur'd urn, Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. But, ah ! 'tis heard no more — Oh ! lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? though...ample. pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with fuprcme dominion Through the azure deep of air i Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 456 pages
...Cara&acus, H Words, that weep, and tears, that fpeak. Cowley. Oh ! lyre divine, what daring Ipirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride,...pinion, * That the Theban eagle bear Sailing with fupretne dominion Through the azure deep of ain Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 364 pages
...that breathe, and words that burn. But, ah ! 'tis heard no more— / 8 VERSES ON MR. DR YD EN. Oh ! lyre divine, what daring fpirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, noi 1 ample.pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 438 pages
...breathe, and words, that burn * But ah! 'tis heard no more— Oh ! Lyre divine, what daring Spirit Wakes thee now ? though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, y That the T heban Eagle bear Sailing with fupreme dominion Through the azure deep of air : "IMITATION.... | |
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Though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air... 
