The Works of the English Poets: WallerH. Hughs, 1779 |
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18. oldal
... , For which he lately pawn'd his heart in France ; Where he had feen a brighter Nymph , than * she That sprung out of his prefent foe , the sea . * Venus . That That noble ardour , more than mortal fire , The 18 POEMS . WALLER'S.
... , For which he lately pawn'd his heart in France ; Where he had feen a brighter Nymph , than * she That sprung out of his prefent foe , the sea . * Venus . That That noble ardour , more than mortal fire , The 18 POEMS . WALLER'S.
23. oldal
... foes to spoil Another nation , as to touch our foil . Should Nature's felf invade the world again , And o'er the centre fpread the liquid Main , Thy power were fafe ; and her deftructive hand Would but enlarge the bounds of thy command ...
... foes to spoil Another nation , as to touch our foil . Should Nature's felf invade the world again , And o'er the centre fpread the liquid Main , Thy power were fafe ; and her deftructive hand Would but enlarge the bounds of thy command ...
24. oldal
... foes profeft to all the world befide : This peft of mankind gives our Hero fame , And through th ' obliged world dilates his name . The Prophet once to cruel Agag said , As thy fierce fword has mothers childless made , So fhall the ...
... foes profeft to all the world befide : This peft of mankind gives our Hero fame , And through th ' obliged world dilates his name . The Prophet once to cruel Agag said , As thy fierce fword has mothers childless made , So fhall the ...
39. oldal
... foe ; Thou , that without a rival thou may'st love , Doft to the beauty of this Lady owe ; While after her the gazing ... foes , and won the doubtful field ? So fhall thy rebel wit become her prize , Should thy Iambics fwell into a book ...
... foe ; Thou , that without a rival thou may'st love , Doft to the beauty of this Lady owe ; While after her the gazing ... foes , and won the doubtful field ? So fhall thy rebel wit become her prize , Should thy Iambics fwell into a book ...
40. oldal
... foe ; And neither aids thy fancy nor thy fight ; So ill thou rhym'ft against so fair a light . TH Of her CHAMBER . HEY tafte of death that do at heaven arrive ; But we this paradise approach alive . Inftead of Death , the dart of Love ...
... foe ; And neither aids thy fancy nor thy fight ; So ill thou rhym'ft against so fair a light . TH Of her CHAMBER . HEY tafte of death that do at heaven arrive ; But we this paradise approach alive . Inftead of Death , the dart of Love ...
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232. oldal - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
135. oldal - Whether this portion of the world were rent By the rude ocean from the continent, Or thus created, it was sure design'd To be the sacred refuge of mankind.
137. oldal - A race unconquer'd, by their clime made bold, The Caledonians, arm'd with want and cold, Have, by a fate indulgent to your fame, Been from all ages kept for you to tame. Whom the old Roman wall...
231. oldal - The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er : So calm are we when passions are no more ! For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost.
151. oldal - For future shade, young trees upon the banks Of the new stream appear in even ranks : The voice of Orpheus, or Amphion's hand, In better order could not make them stand...
136. oldal - Of her own growth hath all that nature craves, And all that's rare, as tribute from the waves. As ./Egypt does not on the clouds rely, But to...
99. oldal - Then die! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee; How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
87. oldal - ON A GIRDLE. That which her slender waist confined, Shall now my joyful temples bind ; No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer, My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass, and yet there Dwelt all that's good and all that's fair; Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
9. oldal - There was no distinction of parts, no regular stops, nothing for the ear to rest upon ; but as soon as the copy began, down it went like a larum, incessantly ; and the reader was sure to be out of breath before he got to the end of it : so that really verse, in those days, was but downright prose tagged with rhymes.
136. oldal - Gold, though the heaviest metal, hither swims. Ours is the harvest where the Indians mow, We plough the deep, and reap what others sow.