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" Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore ; Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead : They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. "
The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work - Page 316
by Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 536 pages
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems ..., Volume 1

John Dryden - 1811 - 582 pages
...fupplyj. In dreams they fearful precipices tread, Or, fliipwreck'd, labour to fome diftant fhore ; Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead; They wake with horror, and dare flecp no more. It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art fliould be funk in...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 486 pages
...some distant shore: Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art should be sunk in general expressions, because poetry is to speak an universal language. This rule...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 6

Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...ill supply). In dreams they fearful precipices tread, Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore : Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art should be sunk in...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 11

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 410 pages
...ill supply.) In dreams they fearful precipices tread, Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore; Or in dark churches walk among the dead; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. The morn they look on with unwilling eyes, Till, from their main-top, joyful news they...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 466 pages
...ill supply.) In dreams they fearful precipices tread, Or, shipwrecked, labour to some distant shore, Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead, They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art should be sunk in...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 476 pages
...ill supply). In dreams they fearful precipices tread, Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore : Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art should be sunk in...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1821 - 502 pages
...dark churches, walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. . - • ' .i /. It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art should be sunk in general expressions, because poetry is to speak an universal language. This rule...
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The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 652 pages
...ill supply). In dreams they fearful precipices tread, Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore ; Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead : They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more. It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art should be sunk in...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...distant shore ; Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead : They wake with horrour, and dare sleep no more. It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art should be sunk in general expressions, because poetry is to speak an universal language. This rule...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 504 pages
...distant shore ; Or, in dark churches, walk among the dead : They wake with horrour, and dare sleep no more. It is a general rule in poetry, that all appropriated terms of art should be sunk in general expressions, because poetry is to speak an universal language. This rule...
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