Bell's Edition, 63-64. kötetJ. Bell, 1782 |
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iii. oldal
... thought fublime And high fonorous words thou fweetly fing'ft To thy immortal lyre . Amaz'd we view The tow'ring height flupendous , while thou foar'ft Above the reach of vulgar eyes or thought , Hymning th ' Eternal Father . Seraphick ...
... thought fublime And high fonorous words thou fweetly fing'ft To thy immortal lyre . Amaz'd we view The tow'ring height flupendous , while thou foar'ft Above the reach of vulgar eyes or thought , Hymning th ' Eternal Father . Seraphick ...
xi. oldal
... thoughts and ftyle ; nor is the language of the leffer prophets , especially in some paragraphs , much inferiour to thefe . Now while they paint human nature in its various forms and circumftances , if their defigning be fo juft PREFACE .
... thoughts and ftyle ; nor is the language of the leffer prophets , especially in some paragraphs , much inferiour to thefe . Now while they paint human nature in its various forms and circumftances , if their defigning be fo juft PREFACE .
xiii. oldal
... thoughts afar off ; hell is naked before him , " and deftruction hath no covering ; he calls out all " the ftars by their names ; he fruftrateth the tokens " of the liars , and makes the diviners mad ; he turns " wife men backward , and ...
... thoughts afar off ; hell is naked before him , " and deftruction hath no covering ; he calls out all " the ftars by their names ; he fruftrateth the tokens " of the liars , and makes the diviners mad ; he turns " wife men backward , and ...
xxi. oldal
... thought and fancy , the other in all the fhining colours of profufe and florid diction . If shorter fonnets were compofed on fublime fub- jects , fuch as the Pfalms of David , and the holy tranf- ports interfperfed in the other facred ...
... thought and fancy , the other in all the fhining colours of profufe and florid diction . If shorter fonnets were compofed on fublime fub- jects , fuch as the Pfalms of David , and the holy tranf- ports interfperfed in the other facred ...
xxii. oldal
... thoughts in the narrow metre of our old pfalm translators , I have not contracted and cramped the sense , or rendered it obfcure and feeble , by the too speedy and regular returns of rhyme . If my friends expect any reason of the ...
... thoughts in the narrow metre of our old pfalm translators , I have not contracted and cramped the sense , or rendered it obfcure and feeble , by the too speedy and regular returns of rhyme . If my friends expect any reason of the ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
aftra angels Behold beneath blefs blefs'd blifs breaſt breath bright celeftial charms command darkneſs dear death defcending defign defire delight divine duft dwell earth eternal ev'ry everlaſting eyes facred faints fair falute fame fcenes feas fenfe fhade fhall fhining fhould fight filence fing fkies flame fleſh fmiles fome fong forrows foul fov'reign ftand ftill ftreams ftrong fuch fweet fwell glory grace happy heart heav'n heav'nly honours immortal ISAAC WATTS Jefus joys juft King light Lord mind mortal moſt mourn Mufe Muſe muſt numbers o'er paffions pain pleaſe pleaſure pow'rs praiſe purſue reaſon reft reigns rife roll round rove ſcenes ſhall ſhe ſhine ſkies ſky ſmile ſong ſpeak ſpheres ſpirit ſpread ſprings ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtrain ſweet tears terrour thee thefe theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thro throne thunder tongue whofe whoſe wings wondrous
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103. oldal - Here's love and grief beyond degree, The Lord of glory dies for men ! But lo ! what sudden joys we see ! Jesus the dead revives again ! 4 The rising God forsakes the tomb ! Up to his Father's court he flies ; Cherubic legions guard him home, And shout him welcome to the skies.
128. oldal - And shed a sweet perfume. Here I put off the chains of death My soul too long has worn : Friends, I forbid one groaning breath, Or tear to wet my urn ; Raphael, behold me all...
109. oldal - Now let me mount and join their song, And be an angel too ; My heart, my hand, my ear, my tongue — Here's joyful work for you.
xxxi. oldal - The best of them sinks below the idea which I form of a divine or moral ode. He that deals in the mysteries of Heaven, or of the Muses, should be a genius of no vulgar mould...
96. oldal - And thine, my Mitio, (the fair saint replies.) Life, death, the world below, and worlds on high, And place, and time, are ours; and things to come, And past, and present, for our interest stands Firm in our mystic head, the title sure.
xxvii. oldal - Poland, would need no excuse, did they but rise to the beauty of the original. I have often taken the freedom to add ten or twenty lines, or to leave out as many, that I might suit my song more to my own design, or because I saw it impossible to present the force, the fineness, and the fire of his expression in our language.
106. oldal - Thoughts like old vultures, prey upon their heart-strings, And the smart twinges, when the eye beholds the Lofty Judge frowning, and a flood of vengeance Rolling afore Him.
xxix. oldal - I ever affect archaisms, exoticisms, and a quaint uncouthness of speech, in order to become perfectly Miltonian. It is my opinion that blank verse may be written with all due elevation of thought in a modern...
51. oldal - Chained to His throne a volume lies, With all the fates of men; With every angel's form and size, Drawn by th
xvii. oldal - Boileau's objection, from other poets of his own country. What a noble use have Racine and Corneille made of Christian subjects, in some of their best tragedies ! What a variety of divine scenes are displayed, and pious passions awakened in those poems. The martyrdom of Polyeucte, how doth it reign over our love and pity, and at the same time animate our zeal and devotion...