A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Parnell. Garth. Rowe. Addison. Hughes. Sheffield. Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Granville. YaldenJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1795 |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 100
Side
... Bright trembling pearls depend at every pray , Acd , kept from falling , feem to fall away . A gely freihnefs hence the role receives , And bluthus fweet through all her filken leaves ( The dr . ps descending through the filent night ...
... Bright trembling pearls depend at every pray , Acd , kept from falling , feem to fall away . A gely freihnefs hence the role receives , And bluthus fweet through all her filken leaves ( The dr . ps descending through the filent night ...
Side 3
... bright , and ( if his verse be true ) The mules came to give the laurel too . But what avail'd the verdant prize of wit , If love fwore vengeance for the tales he writ ? Ye fair offended , hear your friend relate What heavy judgment ...
... bright , and ( if his verse be true ) The mules came to give the laurel too . But what avail'd the verdant prize of wit , If love fwore vengeance for the tales he writ ? Ye fair offended , hear your friend relate What heavy judgment ...
Side 25
... Bright gift of verse descend , and here below My ravish'd heart with rais'd affection fill , And warbling o'er the foul incline my will . Among thy pomp , let rich expreffion wait , Let raging numbers form thy train complete , While at ...
... Bright gift of verse descend , and here below My ravish'd heart with rais'd affection fill , And warbling o'er the foul incline my will . Among thy pomp , let rich expreffion wait , Let raging numbers form thy train complete , While at ...
Side 34
... bright , When mounted on the dawn he pofts away , And with full strength encreases on the day . ' Twas here the prophetess refpir'd from fong , Then loudly fhouted all the cheerful throng , By freedom gain'd , by victory complete ...
... bright , When mounted on the dawn he pofts away , And with full strength encreases on the day . ' Twas here the prophetess refpir'd from fong , Then loudly fhouted all the cheerful throng , By freedom gain'd , by victory complete ...
Side 42
... bright fuccefs ! And happy thrice the realm , if thus he please To crown thofe glories with the sweets of eafe ; From warfare finifh'd on a chain of thought , To bright attempts of future rapture wrought ; Yet ftronger , yet thy pinions ...
... bright fuccefs ! And happy thrice the realm , if thus he please To crown thofe glories with the sweets of eafe ; From warfare finifh'd on a chain of thought , To bright attempts of future rapture wrought ; Yet ftronger , yet thy pinions ...
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
arms beauty Behold blefs bleft breaſt bright Cæfar Cato cauſe charms Columbo death defire Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fear fecret feems fenfe fhade fhall fhining fhould fhow fighs fight fince fing fire firſt fkies flain flame fleep fmiles foft fome fong foon forrow foul fpring ftand ftill ftreams fuch fure fweet glory goddeſs grace grief heart heaven himſelf honour infpire Jove Juba juft king laft laſt lefs loft Lord lov'd lyre maid moſt mufe muft muſt ne'er numbers nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pindar pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe prefent profe purſue rage rais'd raiſe reafon reft rife ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill Syphax thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand verfe verſe virtue Whilft whofe whoſe youth
Populære avsnitt
Side 5 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Side 295 - With flying fingers touched the lyre : The trembling notes ascend the sky, And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above, (Such is the power of mighty love.) A dragon's fiery form belied the god : Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Side 310 - As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Side 472 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Side 211 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Side 237 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Side 130 - Then to her new love let her go, And deck her in golden array, Be finest at...
Side 414 - To John I ow'd great obligation ; But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit.
Side 224 - Which of the two to choose, slavery or death ! No, let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And, at the head of our remaining troops, Attack the foe, break through the thick array Of his throng"d legions, and charge home upon him.
Side 6 - Now sunk the sun ; the closing hour of day Came onward, mantled o'er with sober...