The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 50-52. kötetSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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4. oldal
... eternal day .. This daring author fcorns , by vulgar ways Of guilty wit , to merit worthless praise . Full of her glorious theme , his towering Mufe , With gen'rous zeal , a nobler fame pursues : Religion's caufe her ravish'd heart ...
... eternal day .. This daring author fcorns , by vulgar ways Of guilty wit , to merit worthless praise . Full of her glorious theme , his towering Mufe , With gen'rous zeal , a nobler fame pursues : Religion's caufe her ravish'd heart ...
7. oldal
... eternal doom . ' Twixt joy and pain I view the bold defign , And ask my anxious heart , if it be mine . Whatever great or dreadful has been done Within the fight of conscious stars or fun , Is far beneath my daring : I look down On all ...
... eternal doom . ' Twixt joy and pain I view the bold defign , And ask my anxious heart , if it be mine . Whatever great or dreadful has been done Within the fight of conscious stars or fun , Is far beneath my daring : I look down On all ...
8. oldal
... Eternal King I strive to praise . But chiefly Thou , great Ruler ! Lord of all ! Before whofe throne Arch - angels.prostrate fall .; If at thy nod , from difcord , and from night , Sprang beauty , and yon sparkling worlds of light ...
... Eternal King I strive to praise . But chiefly Thou , great Ruler ! Lord of all ! Before whofe throne Arch - angels.prostrate fall .; If at thy nod , from difcord , and from night , Sprang beauty , and yon sparkling worlds of light ...
23. oldal
... eternal mind ? Shall I , who , fome few years ago , was lefs Than worm , or mite , or shadow can express , Was Nothing ; fhall I live , when every fire And every star shall languish and expire ? When earth's no more , fhall I furvive ...
... eternal mind ? Shall I , who , fome few years ago , was lefs Than worm , or mite , or shadow can express , Was Nothing ; fhall I live , when every fire And every star shall languish and expire ? When earth's no more , fhall I furvive ...
25. oldal
... on this air - fufpended ball ( Speck of creation ) : if he pour one breath , The bubble breaks , and ' tis eternal death . 220 Thence Thence iffuing I behold ( but mortal fight Suftains not THE LAST DAY , Book II . 253.
... on this air - fufpended ball ( Speck of creation ) : if he pour one breath , The bubble breaks , and ' tis eternal death . 220 Thence Thence iffuing I behold ( but mortal fight Suftains not THE LAST DAY , Book II . 253.
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æther againſt angels art thou becauſe bleffing bleft blifs bliſs boaſt bofom breaſt cauſe charms dæmons darkneſs death defcend deſpair diftant divine dreadful duft earth endleſs eternal facred fafe fair fame fate feen fenfe fhall fhines fhould figh fing fkies flain flame fleep fmile foft fome fong fons fool foon forrow foul fpirit ftill ftrike fuch fure glory guilt happineſs heart heaven himſelf human immortal juft laſt lefs life's loft Lorenzo luftre man's moft mortal moſt muft muſt nature nature's ne'er night numbers o'er paffion pain paſt peace pleaſure praiſe prefent pride proud raiſe reafon rife riſe ſcene ſhall ſhe ſhine ſkies ſmile ſpeak ſphere ſpread ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſtrong ſuch thee thefe theme themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand throne truth virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſdom
Népszerű szakaszok
1. oldal - tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
31. oldal - How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it mends the life, and guides the heart!
5. oldal - Youth is not rich in time ; it may be poor ; Part with it as with money, sparing ; pay No moment, but in purchase of its worth ; And what its worth ask death-beds ; they can tell.
123. oldal - Enjoy the various riches nature yields ; Far nobler ! give the riches they enjoy ; Give taste to fruits ; and harmony to groves ; Their radiant beams to gold, and gold's bright...
45. oldal - And soon as man, expert from time, has found The key of life, it opes the gates of death.
264. oldal - We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood.
15. oldal - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
226. oldal - All the black cares and tumults of this life, Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet, Excite his pity, not impair his peace.
59. oldal - Religion's All. Descending from the skies To wretched man, the goddess in her left Holds out this world, and, in her right, the next...
35. oldal - Our dying friends come o'er us like a cloud, To damp our brainless ardours, and abate That glare of life which often blinds the wise. Our dying friends are pioneers, to smooth...