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... Heaven could not give , That the good boat this tempest should out - live . But forms increase ! and now no hope of grace Among them hines , fave in the Prince's face ; The reft refign their courage , fkill , and fight , To danger ...
... Heaven could not give , That the good boat this tempest should out - live . But forms increase ! and now no hope of grace Among them hines , fave in the Prince's face ; The reft refign their courage , fkill , and fight , To danger ...
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Samuel Johnson. O fee the then fole hope , and in defign Of Heaven our joy , supported by a line ! Which for that inftant was Heaven's care above , The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove , On which the fabric of our world depends ...
Samuel Johnson. O fee the then fole hope , and in defign Of Heaven our joy , supported by a line ! Which for that inftant was Heaven's care above , The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove , On which the fabric of our world depends ...
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... Heaven , upon their feed defcends . Such huge extremes inhabit thy great mind , God - like , unmov'd ; and yet , like woman , kind ! Which of the ancient Poets had not brought Our Charles's pedigree from heaven ; and taught How fome ...
... Heaven , upon their feed defcends . Such huge extremes inhabit thy great mind , God - like , unmov'd ; and yet , like woman , kind ! Which of the ancient Poets had not brought Our Charles's pedigree from heaven ; and taught How fome ...
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... heavens this work attend , The showers long wanted they forget to fend : As if they meant to make it understood Of more ... heaven ! Laomedon , that had the Gods in pay , Neptune , with him † that rules the facred day , Could no fuch ...
... heavens this work attend , The showers long wanted they forget to fend : As if they meant to make it understood Of more ... heaven ! Laomedon , that had the Gods in pay , Neptune , with him † that rules the facred day , Could no fuch ...
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... Heaven , that prefer'd a scepter to your hand , Favor'd our freedom more than your command : Beauty had crown'd you , and you must have been The whole world's mistress , other than a Queen . All had been rivals , and you might have spar ...
... Heaven , that prefer'd a scepter to your hand , Favor'd our freedom more than your command : Beauty had crown'd you , and you must have been The whole world's mistress , other than a Queen . All had been rivals , and you might have spar ...
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againſt Angels beauty beſt bleft blood bold boundleſs bounty brave breaſt Britiſh CANTO Chloris command crown'd Engliſh eyes facred fafe fair falutes fame fate fear feem fhall fhew fhine fight fince fing firft firſt flain flame fleet foes fome foul ftill fuccefs fuch fupply fword give glorious glory grace Heaven himſelf honour increaſe inftructed itſelf juſt King Lady Anne Hyde laft laſt lefs light live loft LUCRETIUS mind Mufes Muſe muſt nobler noiſe numbers Nymph o'er paffion peace pleaſure praiſe prefent Prince Prince of Orange rage raiſe reft reſt rife royal ſea ſeem ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhip ſhould ſhow ſome ſpoil ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtore ſuch taſk thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand triumph uſe valour verfe verſe vex'd victorious virtue whofe whoſe wind youth
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Page 166 - 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 85 - 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 133 - Whether this portion of the world were rent By the rude ocean from the continent, Or thus created, it was sure design'd To be the sacred refuge of mankind.
Page 135 - Against th' unwarlike Persian and the Mede, Whose hasty flight did, from a bloodless field, More spoils than honour to the victor yield. A race unconquer'd, by their clime made bold, The Caledonians, arm'd with want and cold, Have, by a fate indulgent to your fame, Been from all ages kept for you to tame. Whom the old Roman wall...
Page 85 - 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 97 - Then die! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee; How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
Page 49 - Embroidered so with flowers where she stood, That it became a garden of a wood. Her presence has such more than human grace, That it can civilize the rudest place: And beauty too, and order can impart, Where nature ne'er intended it, nor art. The plants acknowledge this, and her admire, No less than those of old did Orpheus...
Page 108 - 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 133 - And every coaft may trouble, or relieve : But none can vifit us without your leave. Angels, and we, have this prerogative, That none can at our happy feats arrive : While we defcend at pleafure, to invade The bad with, vengeance, and the good to aid.
Page 123 - Strange ! that such horror and such grace Should dwell together in one place. A fury's arm, an angel's face ! 'Tis innocence, and youth, which makes In Chloris' fancy such mistakes, To start at love, and play with snakes.