The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 50-52. kötetSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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4. oldal
... mortal view display , And the glad regions of 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 ...
... mortal view display , And the glad regions of 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 ...
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... mortal's lays ; ' Tis our 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 ...
... mortal's lays ; ' Tis our 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 ...
10. oldal
... mortal eye reveal'd , Shall pour a dreadful note ; the piercing call Shall rattle in the centre of the ball ; Th ' extended circuit of creation shake , The living die with fear , the dead awake . Oh powerful blast ! to which no equal ...
... mortal eye reveal'd , Shall pour a dreadful note ; the piercing call Shall rattle in the centre of the ball ; Th ' extended circuit of creation shake , The living die with fear , the dead awake . Oh powerful blast ! to which no equal ...
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... mortal pain ; Whom death led captive through the realms below , And taught those horrid mysteries of woe ; Defend me , O my God ! Oh fave me , Power Of powers fupreme , in that tremendous hour ! From east to weft they fly , from pole to ...
... mortal pain ; Whom death led captive through the realms below , And taught those horrid mysteries of woe ; Defend me , O my God ! Oh fave me , Power Of powers fupreme , in that tremendous hour ! From east to weft they fly , from pole to ...
22. oldal
... the rays divine . 130 Indulgent * Founders of New - College , Corpus Chrifti , and All- Souls , in Oxford ; of all which the author was a Member , Indulgent God ! Oh how fhall mortal raise His foul -22 . YOUNG'S POEM S.
... the rays divine . 130 Indulgent * Founders of New - College , Corpus Chrifti , and All- Souls , in Oxford ; of all which the author was a Member , Indulgent God ! Oh how fhall mortal raise His foul -22 . YOUNG'S POEM S.
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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
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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...