The Works of the English Poets, Volume 8Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... Court : it is not to be doubted who fat for the Two Brothers ' characters . It was agreeable to the sweetness of Mr. Waller's temper , to foften the rigor of the Tragedy , as he expreffes it : but , whether it be so agreeable to the ...
... Court : it is not to be doubted who fat for the Two Brothers ' characters . It was agreeable to the sweetness of Mr. Waller's temper , to foften the rigor of the Tragedy , as he expreffes it : but , whether it be so agreeable to the ...
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... Court before : Godlike his courage feem'd , whom nor delight Could foften , nor the face of Death affright : Next to the power of making tempefts cease , Was in that storm to have so calm a peace . Great Maro could no greater tempeft ...
... Court before : Godlike his courage feem'd , whom nor delight Could foften , nor the face of Death affright : Next to the power of making tempefts cease , Was in that storm to have so calm a peace . Great Maro could no greater tempeft ...
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... Court ; All highly born , obfequious to her fport : They rofes feem , which , in their early pride , But half reveal , and half their beauties hide : She the glad morning , which her beans does throw Upon their smiling leaves , and ...
... Court ; All highly born , obfequious to her fport : They rofes feem , which , in their early pride , But half reveal , and half their beauties hide : She the glad morning , which her beans does throw Upon their smiling leaves , and ...
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... Court : There public care with private paffion fought A doubtful combat in his noble thought : Should he confefs his greatness and his love , And the free faith of your + Great Brother prove ; With his Achates , breaking through the ...
... Court : There public care with private paffion fought A doubtful combat in his noble thought : Should he confefs his greatness and his love , And the free faith of your + Great Brother prove ; With his Achates , breaking through the ...
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... Court , indulgent to her rage ; Thither my Mufe , like bold Prometheus , flies , To light her torch at Gloriana's eyes . Thofe fovereign beams , which heal the wounded foul , And all our cares , but once beheld , control ! There the ...
... Court , indulgent to her rage ; Thither my Mufe , like bold Prometheus , flies , To light her torch at Gloriana's eyes . Thofe fovereign beams , which heal the wounded foul , And all our cares , but once beheld , control ! There the ...
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Amoret beauty blood bold bounty brave breaſt bright CANTO Chloris courage dame delight Engliſh EPITAPH eyes facred fafe fair falute fame fate fave feem fenfe fhall fhining fhip fide fight fince fing firft firſt flain flame fleep foes fome fong foul fpring friends ftand ftill fuch give glory GONDIBERT grace heart Heaven himſelf increaſe inftructed itſelf Jove juft juſt King Lady laft laſt lefs leſs light loft Lucretius Maid's Tragedy matchlefs mind mortal Mufe Muſe muſt noble nobler Numbers Nymph o'er Ovid paffion peace Phoebus plac'd pleaſe pleaſure praiſe prefent Prince rage raiſe reft rife royal ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſpread ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch ſweet tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought Tranflation triumph uſe verfe verſes vex'd virtue Waller whofe whoſe winds wonder youth
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Page 190 - For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, 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 115 - The ancient way of conquering abroad. Ungrateful, then ! if we no tears allow To him, that gave us peace and empire too. Princes that fear'd him grieve...
Page 115 - Of her own growth hath all that nature craves, And all that's rare, as tribute from the waves. As ./Egypt does not on the clouds rely, But to...
Page 71 - 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 115 - Gold, though the heaviest metal, hither swims. Ours is the harvest where the Indians mow, We plough the deep, and reap what others sow.
Page 115 - To such a tempest as now threatens all, Did not your mighty arm prevent the fall.
Page 12 - I can assure the reader what would have been, had this edition been delayed. The following poems were got abroad, and in a great many hands ; it were vain to expect that, among so many admirers of Mr.
Page 94 - Such truth in love as the' antique world did know, In such a style as courts may boast of now; Which no bold tales of gods or monsters swell, But human passions, such as with us dwell. Man is thy theme, his virtue or his rage Drawn to the life in each elaborate page.
Page 7 - Their poetry then was made up almost entirely of monosyllables ; which, when they come together in any cluster, are certainly the most harsh, untuneable things in the world.
Page 115 - We must resign ! heaven his great soul does claim In storms as loud as his immortal fame ; His dying groans, his last breath shakes our isle, And trees uncut fall for his funeral pile : About his palace their broad roots are tost Into the air ; so Romulus was lost ! New Rome in such a tempest missed her king. And from obeying fell to worshipping.