The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 14. kötetSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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Amyntas Becauſe beſt bleſt blood breaſt cauſe church cloſe confcience coſt deſign deſign'd durſt eaſe Engliſh EPILOGUE ev'n eyes facred faid fair faith falſe fame fate fatire fear fighing fight fince firſt foes fome fons fools foon foul fuch fure grace heaven Hind houſe increaſe inſpire intereſt juſt kind king laſt laws leaſt leſs look'd lov'd mighty MOMUS moſt Muſe muſt ne'er never numbers o'er Panther paſs play pleaſe pleaſure poets praiſe preſent prince PROLOGUE race rais'd raiſe reaſon reign reſt reſtore rhyme rife riſe ſave ſay ſcarce ſcene ſcripture ſects ſecure ſeen ſenſe ſet ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhore ſhort ſhould ſhow ſhun ſkies ſky ſmall ſome ſpace ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtage ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood ſtore ſubject ſuch ſure ſweet thee theſe thoſe thou true truſt Twas Univerſity uſe verſe virtue Whig whoſe wife yourſelves
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103. oldal - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high. Arise ye more than dead. Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
104. oldal - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
113. oldal - And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
113. oldal - Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy! Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute; Timotheus to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
113. oldal - In flower of youth and beauty's pride: — Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
85. oldal - FAREWELL, too little, and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own: For sure our souls were near allied, and thine Cast in the same poetic mould with mine.
113. oldal - ... blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the...
57. oldal - In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild Anagram. Leave writing Plays, and choose for thy command Some peaceful province in Acrostic land : There thou...
11. oldal - tis sure no higher Than matter, put in motion, may aspire : Souls that can scarce ferment their mass of clay : So drossy, so divisible are...
71. oldal - WELL then, the promised hour is come at last, The present age of wit obscures the past: Strong were our sires, and as they fought they writ, Conquering with force of arms and dint of wit: Theirs was the giant race before the flood ; And thus, when Charles return'd, our empire stood. Like Janus...