The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 53-54. kötetSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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17. oldal
... live . And see from every gate those ancient roads , With tombs high verg'd , the folemn paths of Fame : Deferve they not regard ? O'er whofe broad flints Such crowds have roll'd , fo many ftorms of war ; So many pomps ; fo many ...
... live . And see from every gate those ancient roads , With tombs high verg'd , the folemn paths of Fame : Deferve they not regard ? O'er whofe broad flints Such crowds have roll'd , fo many ftorms of war ; So many pomps ; fo many ...
57. oldal
... - creatures . Let difeafe , Let wafted hunger , by deftroying live ; And the permiffion use with trembling thanks , Meekly reluctant : ' tis the brute beyond : he And 1 THE FLEECE . BOOK II . = 34 ENT Book II . 57 THE FLEECE.
... - creatures . Let difeafe , Let wafted hunger , by deftroying live ; And the permiffion use with trembling thanks , Meekly reluctant : ' tis the brute beyond : he And 1 THE FLEECE . BOOK II . = 34 ENT Book II . 57 THE FLEECE.
82. oldal
... lives by toil : Beast , bird , air , fire , the heavens , and rolling world All live by action : nothing lies at rest , But death and ruin man is born to care ; Fashion'd , improv'd , by labor . This of old , Wife ftates obferving ...
... lives by toil : Beast , bird , air , fire , the heavens , and rolling world All live by action : nothing lies at rest , But death and ruin man is born to care ; Fashion'd , improv'd , by labor . This of old , Wife ftates obferving ...
141. oldal
... fame ; Peaceful , in ftudious quiet , would I live , Lie hid , for leifure , and grow rich , to give ! ST TO MR . SAVAGE , SON of the late 3 TÒ THE CHOICE . 1141 Verses, written towards the close of the year 1748, William Lyttelton, Efq.
... fame ; Peaceful , in ftudious quiet , would I live , Lie hid , for leifure , and grow rich , to give ! ST TO MR . SAVAGE , SON of the late 3 TÒ THE CHOICE . 1141 Verses, written towards the close of the year 1748, William Lyttelton, Efq.
164. oldal
... live ; Which Learning may direct , but Heaven must give : Grave with Agrippa , with Mæcenas gay ; Among the Fair , but just as wife as they : First in the friendships of the Great enroll'd , The St. Johns , Boyles , and Lytteltons , of ...
... live ; Which Learning may direct , but Heaven must give : Grave with Agrippa , with Mæcenas gay ; Among the Fair , but just as wife as they : First in the friendships of the Great enroll'd , The St. Johns , Boyles , and Lytteltons , of ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
afcend Amyntor behold beneath bleft blifs bloom bofom breaſt charms chearful clime clouds diftant elegy erft Ev'n facred fafe fair fame fate fcene fcorn fecure feen fenfe fhade fhall fhepherd fhine fhore fhould figh filent fing firſt fkies flame fleece fleep flow flowers fmile foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul friendſhip ftill ftrain fuch fure fwains fweet fwell grace grove hand heart heaven hill himſelf laft laſt lefs loft lov'd lyre maid moſt mournful Mufe muft Muſe muſt nymph o'er paffion plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praiſe pride raiſe reafon rife rofe round ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſkies ſky ſmile ſpread ſpring ſtate ſtep ſtream ſweet tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand toil Twas vafe vale virtue wave whofe whoſe wild wind wonder youth
Népszerű szakaszok
4. oldal - But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
6. oldal - I lie ; While the wanton Zephyr sings. And in the vale perfumes his wings ; While the waters murmur deep ; While the shepherd charms his sheep; While the birds unbounded fly, And with music fill the sky, Now, ev'n now. my joys run high.
160. oldal - Alas ! from the day that we met What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain : The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.
158. oldal - Thus glide the foft numbers along, And he fancies no fhepherd his peer ; Yet I never mould envy the fong, Were not PHYLLIS to lend it an ear. Let his crook be with hyacinths bound, So PHYLLIS the trophy defpife ; Let his forehead with laurels be crown'd, So they fhine not in PHYLLIS'S eyes.
155. oldal - Not a pine in my grove is there seen, But with tendrils of woodbine is bound; Not a beech's more beautiful green. But a sweet-briar entwines it around. Not my fields in the prime of the year, More charms than my cattle unfold; Not a brook that is limpid and clear, But it glitters with fishes of gold.
158. oldal - Tis his with mock passion to glow, Tis his in smooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die.
34. oldal - Not fcience fhall extort that dear delight, Which gay delufion gave the tender mind. Adieu foft raptures ! tranfports void of care ! Parent of raptures, dear deceit, adieu! And you, her daughters, pining with defpair, Why, why fo foon her fleeting fteps purfue ! Tedious again to curfe the...
287. oldal - Twas her own country bred the flock so fair; 'Twas her own labour did the fleece prepare...
160. oldal - CORYDON'S theme : High tranfports are fhewn to the fight, But we are not to find them our own ; Fate never beftow'd fuch delight, As I with my PHYLLIS had known.
287. oldal - Goody, good-woman, gossip, n'aunt, forsooth, Or dame, the sole additions she did hear; Yet these she challenged, these she held right dear ; Ne would esteem him act as mought behove Who should not honour'd eld with these revere ; For never title yet so mean could prove, But there was eke a mind which did that title love.