The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volum 631790 |
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Side 64
... Soul of all fublunary life , pervades The realms of Nature , to her inmoft depths Diffus'd with quickening energy . Now ftill , From pole to pole th ' aërial ocean fleeps , One limpid vacancy : now rous'd to rage By bluftering meteors ...
... Soul of all fublunary life , pervades The realms of Nature , to her inmoft depths Diffus'd with quickening energy . Now ftill , From pole to pole th ' aërial ocean fleeps , One limpid vacancy : now rous'd to rage By bluftering meteors ...
Side 105
... The prince to guard - but guard the people too : Chief , one prime good to guard inviolate , Soul of all worth , and sum of human bliss , 220 225 230 Fair Freedom , birthright of all thinking kinds , Reason's Fair AMYNTOR AND THEODORA .
... The prince to guard - but guard the people too : Chief , one prime good to guard inviolate , Soul of all worth , and sum of human bliss , 220 225 230 Fair Freedom , birthright of all thinking kinds , Reason's Fair AMYNTOR AND THEODORA .
Side 126
... Soul of my wishes ! fav'd beyond all faith ! yon Return to life and me . O fly , my friends , Fly , and from translucent fountain bring The living ftream . Thou dearer to my foul Than all the fumlefs wealth this fea entombs , My ...
... Soul of my wishes ! fav'd beyond all faith ! yon Return to life and me . O fly , my friends , Fly , and from translucent fountain bring The living ftream . Thou dearer to my foul Than all the fumlefs wealth this fea entombs , My ...
Side 228
... soul : So moves the bird of Juno ; fo the steed With rival ardour beats the dufty plain , And faithful dogs with eager airs of joy Salute their fellows . Thus doth beauty dwell There moft confpicuous , even in outward fhape , Where ...
... soul : So moves the bird of Juno ; fo the steed With rival ardour beats the dufty plain , And faithful dogs with eager airs of joy Salute their fellows . Thus doth beauty dwell There moft confpicuous , even in outward fhape , Where ...
Side 330
... soul : So moves the bird of Juno : fo the steed With rival fwiftnefs beats the dusty plain , And faithful dogs with eager airs of joy Salute their fellows . What fublimer pomp Adorns the feat where Virtue dwells on earth , And Truth's ...
... soul : So moves the bird of Juno : fo the steed With rival fwiftnefs beats the dusty plain , And faithful dogs with eager airs of joy Salute their fellows . What fublimer pomp Adorns the feat where Virtue dwells on earth , And Truth's ...
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afcending amid Amyntor arts aſk beauty behold bleft bloom bluſhing bofom boundleſs breaſt charms cloud courſe croud delight diftant divine earth eternal facred fafe fair fame fancy fate fcenes fecret fenfe fhade fhall fhore fighs filence firft firſt fix'd flame fmiles foft fome fong fons forrow foul ftill ftorm ftream fublime fuch funk fupreme grace hand heart heaven himſelf honour hour human juft laft laſt lefs light LXIII lyre meaſure Megacles mind moft mortal moſt Mufe muſt nature nature's night o'er paffion pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pomp praife praiſe rais'd reafon ridiculous rife round ſcene ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhould ſky ſmile ſpace ſpeak ſphere ſpread ſpring ſtate ſteps ſtill taſk tears thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand toil truth univerfal uſe virtue voice weft whofe whoſe wiſdom youth
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Side 229 - When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ? For lo ! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, And Rome again is free...
Side 282 - The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active.
Side 327 - ... wherefore, with a rash impetuous aim, Seek ye those flowery joys with which the hand Of lavish Fancy paints each flattering scene Where Beauty seems to dwell, nor once inquire Where is the sanction of eternal truth, Or where the seal of undeceitful good, To save your search from folly ! Wanting these, Lo ! Beauty withers in your void embrace, And with the glittering of an idiot's toy Did Fancy mock your vows.
Side 221 - Suspends the infant audience with her tales, Breathing astonishment! of witching rhymes, And evil spirits; of the death-bed call Of him who robb'd the widow, and devour'd...
Side 218 - Alpine heights, his labouring eye Shoots round the wide horizon, to survey Nilus or Ganges rolling his bright wave Through mountains, plains, through empires black with shade, And continents of sand, will turn his gaze To mark the windings of a scanty rill That murmurs at his feet?
Side 225 - Illumes the headstrong impulse of desire, And sanctifies his choice. The generous glebe Whose bosom smiles with verdure, the clear tract...
Side 215 - The active powers of man ! with wise intent The hand of Nature on peculiar minds Imprints a different bias, and to each Decrees its province in the common toil.
Side 216 - Enamour'd ; they partake the eternal joy. For as old Memnon's image long renown'd By fabling Nilus, to the quivering touch Of Titan's ray, with each repulsive string Consenting, sounded through the warbling air. Unbidden strains ; even so did nature's hand...
Side 30 - But tofles thro' the midnight made, Of death, of life, alike afraid ; For ever fled to fhady cell, Where Temperance, where the Mufes dwell ; Thou oft art feen, at early dawn, Slow-pacing o'er the breezy lawn : Or on the brow...
Side 29 - The ftorm of fate, the cloud of years, Till Nature with thy parting light, Repofes late in Death's calm night : Fled from the trophy'd roofs of ftate, Abodes of fplendid pain, and hate ; Fled from the couch, where, in fweet fleep, Hot Riot would his anguifh fteep. But tofles thro...