The Poetical Works of Joseph Addison, Gay's Fables, and Somerville's Chase: With Memoirs and Critical DissertationsJ. Nichol, 1859 - 386 sider |
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... thunder of the battle laid ; Attend , auspicious prince , and let the Muse In humble accents milder thoughts infuse . Others , in bold prophetic numbers skill'd , Set thee in arms , and led thee to the field ; My Muse , expecting , on ...
... thunder of the battle laid ; Attend , auspicious prince , and let the Muse In humble accents milder thoughts infuse . Others , in bold prophetic numbers skill'd , Set thee in arms , and led thee to the field ; My Muse , expecting , on ...
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... thunder awed , And claimed their homage , and commenced a god ; I flourished all the while in arts of peace , Retired and sheltered in inglorious ease ; I who before the songs of shepherds made , When gay and young my rural lays I play ...
... thunder awed , And claimed their homage , and commenced a god ; I flourished all the while in arts of peace , Retired and sheltered in inglorious ease ; I who before the songs of shepherds made , When gay and young my rural lays I play ...
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... thunder , scare , And stun the reader with the din of war ! With fear my spirits and my blood retire , To see the seraphs sunk in clouds of fire ; But when , with eager steps , from hence I rise , And view the first gay scenes of ...
... thunder , scare , And stun the reader with the din of war ! With fear my spirits and my blood retire , To see the seraphs sunk in clouds of fire ; But when , with eager steps , from hence I rise , And view the first gay scenes of ...
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... thunder aimed at his aspiring head , And fain her godlike sons would disunite By foreign gold , or by domestic spite ; But strives in vain to conquer or divide , Whom Nassau's arms defend and counsels guide . 145 150 Fired with the name ...
... thunder aimed at his aspiring head , And fain her godlike sons would disunite By foreign gold , or by domestic spite ; But strives in vain to conquer or divide , Whom Nassau's arms defend and counsels guide . 145 150 Fired with the name ...
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... thunder - struck Enceladus Groveling beneath the incumbent mountain's weight , Lies stretched supine , eternal prey of flames ; And , when he heaves against the burning load , Reluctant , to invert his broiling limbs , A sudden ...
... thunder - struck Enceladus Groveling beneath the incumbent mountain's weight , Lies stretched supine , eternal prey of flames ; And , when he heaves against the burning load , Reluctant , to invert his broiling limbs , A sudden ...
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Addison amidst arms beauty behold beneath blood Boeotia breast breath bright Britannia's burning Cadmus charms chase cries crowd Cycnus Danube dare death dreadful earth eyes FABLE face fame fate fear fields fire flames flew flies fool fury Gaul glows goddess Godfrey Kneller godlike gods grace hand hath heart heaven hero hive honour hound huntress immortal JOHN GAY JOSEPH ADDISON Jove kings KIT-CAT CLUB labours light limbs look lord maid majestic band mighty Muse ne'er neighbouring night numbers nymph o'er Ovid Pentheus Phaëton plain Plutus poet praise pride Princess of Wales proud pursue race rage rise round says shade shining shore sight skies smiles song soul sound steeds stood streams tears thee thou thought thunder Tiresias toils tongue train trembling turns verse virgin voice waves Where'er Whilst winds wings woods wound wretch youth
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Side 140 - The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Side 140 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Side 50 - Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war: In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Side 145 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye : My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Side xxv - I fared like a distressed Prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Side 312 - Though battle call me from thy arms, Let not my pretty Susan mourn; Though cannons roar, yet, safe from harms, William shall to his dear return. Love turns aside the balls that round me fly, Lest precious tears should drop from Susan's eye.
Side 141 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God! My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise. 2 O how shall words with equal warmth, The gratitude declare, That glows within my ravish'd heart ! But thou canst read it there.
Side 191 - Tis necessary Wolves should eat. If, mindful of the bleating weal, Thy bosom burn with real zeal, Hence, and thy tyrant lord beseech ; To him repeat the moving speech: A Wolf eats sheep but now and then, Ten thousands are devour'd by men. An open foe may prove a curse, But a pretended friend is worse.
Side 311 - William, who high upon the yard Rock'd with the billow to and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below; The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark...
Side 152 - For dignity composed, and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...