The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John DenhamJ. Nichol, 1857 - 329 pages |
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... hymns , shamed the wisdom of the Sadducee , and darkened the glory of the song of the sceptic . Why argue about principles while we 1 can appeal to facts ? Why shew either the probabilities THE LIFE OF EDMUND WALLER . xxiii.
... hymns , shamed the wisdom of the Sadducee , and darkened the glory of the song of the sceptic . Why argue about principles while we 1 can appeal to facts ? Why shew either the probabilities THE LIFE OF EDMUND WALLER . xxiii.
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... glory . Indeed , as the highest poetry ( in Milton , for instance ) blossoms into prayer , so the truest prayer , often by insensible gradation , becomes poetry . Dr Johnson says , that " of sentiments purely religious , the most simple ...
... glory . Indeed , as the highest poetry ( in Milton , for instance ) blossoms into prayer , so the truest prayer , often by insensible gradation , becomes poetry . Dr Johnson says , that " of sentiments purely religious , the most simple ...
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Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham George Gilfillan. trating whereof the glory of God Almighty might be joined with the singular utility and noblest delight of mankind , it is not without grief and indignation that I behold that divine ...
Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham George Gilfillan. trating whereof the glory of God Almighty might be joined with the singular utility and noblest delight of mankind , it is not without grief and indignation that I behold that divine ...
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... glory in the bud , lets nothing fall That argues fear ; if any thought annoys The gallant youth , ' tis love's untasted joys , And dear remembrance of that fatal glance , For which he lately pawn'd his heart 1 in France ; Where he had ...
... glory in the bud , lets nothing fall That argues fear ; if any thought annoys The gallant youth , ' tis love's untasted joys , And dear remembrance of that fatal glance , For which he lately pawn'd his heart 1 in France ; Where he had ...
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... glory , and our nation's crime . When the first monarch1 of this happy isle , Moved with the ruin of so brave a pile , This work of cost and piety begun , To be accomplish'd by his glorious son , Who all that came within the ample ...
... glory , and our nation's crime . When the first monarch1 of this happy isle , Moved with the ruin of so brave a pile , This work of cost and piety begun , To be accomplish'd by his glorious son , Who all that came within the ample ...
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Amoret Androgeus arms beauty behold bless'd blood bold bounty brave breast bright Charles Chloris clouds command COUNTESS OF CARLISLE Countess of Devonshire courage court crown'd dame death delight divine doth Dr Johnson earth EDMUND WALLER eyes fair fame fate fear fierce fire flame foes force friends give Gloriana glory gods grace grief hand happy haste hath heart heaven honour hope immortal Jove king LADY light live Lord Lucretius Maid's Tragedy matchless mighty mind mortal Muse Nature never noble nobler numbers nymph o'er once oppress'd passion peace Phoebus pleasure poem poetical poets praise Priam pride princes Pyrrhus Queen rage royal rude Saccharissa sacred shine sing song soul sweet sword taught tears tempest thee Theseus Thetis thine things thou thought THYRSIS trembling Troy Twas verse vex'd virtue Waller wind wise wonder wound youth
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Page 210 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 163 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her, that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired: Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired.
Page 220 - What barbarous invader sack'd the land ! But when he hears no Goth, no Turk, did bring This desolation, but a Christian king ; When nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs ; What does he think our sacrilege would spare, When such th...
Page 220 - Thames ! the most lov'd of all the Ocean's sons By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity...
Page 213 - Horace his wit and Virgil's state He did not steal, but emulate! And when he would like them appear, Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear.
Page 47 - ON A GIRDLE THAT which her slender waist confined Shall now my joyful temples bind : No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my Heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer : My joy, my grief, my hope, my love Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass ! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair : Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the Sun goes round.
Page 200 - Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 221 - Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours : Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants ; So that to us no thing, no place is strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange.
Page 219 - DO bound, but must advance So far, to make us wish for ignorance, And rather in the dark to grope our way Than, led by a false guide, to err by day...
Page 24 - While in the park I sing, the listening deer Attend my passion, and forget to fear : When to the beeches I report my flame, They bow their heads, as if they felt the same : To gods appealing, when I reach their bowersr With loud complaints they answer me in showers.