The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 6. kötetJohn & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh, 1795 - 1157 oldal |
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23. oldal
... night ; Now hiffing waters the quench'd guns restore ; And weary waves withdrawing from the fight , lie lull'd and panting on the filent shore . XCIX . The moon fhone clear on the becalmed flood , Where , while her beams like glittering ...
... night ; Now hiffing waters the quench'd guns restore ; And weary waves withdrawing from the fight , lie lull'd and panting on the filent shore . XCIX . The moon fhone clear on the becalmed flood , Where , while her beams like glittering ...
24. oldal
... night back upon the new - born day . CXX . His prefence foon blows up the kindling fight , And his loud guns fpeak thick like angry men : It feem'd as flaughter had been breath'd all night , And death new pointed his dull dart again ...
... night back upon the new - born day . CXX . His prefence foon blows up the kindling fight , And his loud guns fpeak thick like angry men : It feem'd as flaughter had been breath'd all night , And death new pointed his dull dart again ...
26. oldal
... night . CLXXXVI . Now van to van the foremost fquadrons meet , The midmoft battles haftening up behind : Who view far off the storm of failing fleet , And hear their thunder rattling in the wind . CLXXXVII . At length the adverfe ...
... night . CLXXXVI . Now van to van the foremost fquadrons meet , The midmoft battles haftening up behind : Who view far off the storm of failing fleet , And hear their thunder rattling in the wind . CLXXXVII . At length the adverfe ...
28. oldal
... night's ; and in her filent reign No found the rest of nature did invade . CCXVII . In this deep quiet , from what fource unknown , Thofe feeds of fire their fatal birth diclofe ; And first few scattering sparks about were blown , Big ...
... night's ; and in her filent reign No found the rest of nature did invade . CCXVII . In this deep quiet , from what fource unknown , Thofe feeds of fire their fatal birth diclofe ; And first few scattering sparks about were blown , Big ...
29. oldal
... night , His beams he to his royal brother lent . And fo fhone still in his reflective light . CCLIV . Night came , but without darkness or repofe , A difmal picture of the general doom : Where fouls diftracted when the trumpet blows ...
... night , His beams he to his royal brother lent . And fo fhone still in his reflective light . CCLIV . Night came , but without darkness or repofe , A difmal picture of the general doom : Where fouls diftracted when the trumpet blows ...
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againſt arms beauty becauſe beſt bleft blood breaſt caft caufe cauſe charms death defire Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair falfe fame fate fatire fear feas fecret fecure feems feen fenfe fent fhade fhall fhew fhould fide fighs fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain flame fleep foes foft fome foon forrow foul ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure fword Gods grace heart heaven himſelf HIPPOLITUS honour juft juſt king laft laſt leaſt lefs loft lord lov'd LYCON mighty mind moft moſt Mufe muft muſt never night numbers nymph o'er Ovid paffion pain Phædra pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poets praife praiſe prefent prince purſue rage raiſe reafon reft rife ſhall ſhe ſtand ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflated Twas uſe verfe Virgil whofe whoſe wife worfe youth
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168. 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.
264. oldal - For letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky...
147. oldal - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend ; God never made his work for man to mend.
106. oldal - These gross, half-animated lumps I leave; Nor can I think what thoughts they can conceive. But if they think at all, '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...
41. oldal - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
233. oldal - Lycurgus came, the surly king of Thrace ; Black was his beard, and manly was his face: The balls of his broad eyes...
133. oldal - This is thy province, this thy wondrous way, New humours to invent for each new play: This is that boasted...
215. oldal - I have presumed farther in some places, and added somewhat of my own where I thought my author was deficient, and had not given his thoughts their true lustre, for want of words in the beginning of our language.
176. oldal - MARS. Inspire the vocal brass, inspire ; The world is past its infant age : Arms and honour, Arms and honour, Set the martial mind on fire, And kindle manly rage. Mars has look'd the sky to red ; And Peace, the lazy good, is fled.