The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 50-52. kötetSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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5. oldal
... nature's choiceft ftores , Where ferpents lurk , by flowers conceal'd from fight , Hides fatal danger under gay delight . Thefe purer thoughts from grofs alloys refin'd , With heavenly raptures elevate the mind : Not fram'd to raise a ...
... nature's choiceft ftores , Where ferpents lurk , by flowers conceal'd from fight , Hides fatal danger under gay delight . Thefe purer thoughts from grofs alloys refin'd , With heavenly raptures elevate the mind : Not fram'd to raise a ...
16. oldal
... nature filent stand ; Commands the peaceful waters to give place , Or kindly fold him in a soft embrace : He bridles - in the monsters of the deep : The bridled monfters awful distance keep : Forget their hunger , while they view their ...
... nature filent stand ; Commands the peaceful waters to give place , Or kindly fold him in a soft embrace : He bridles - in the monsters of the deep : The bridled monfters awful distance keep : Forget their hunger , while they view their ...
87. oldal
... nature to repress thy rage : And if these strains fome nobler Muse excite , I'll glory in the verfe I did not write . So weak are human - kind by nature made , Or to fuch weaknefs by their vice betray'd . Almighty vanity ! to thee they ...
... nature to repress thy rage : And if these strains fome nobler Muse excite , I'll glory in the verfe I did not write . So weak are human - kind by nature made , Or to fuch weaknefs by their vice betray'd . Almighty vanity ! to thee they ...
90. oldal
... If ftill ' tis painful while it makes us laugh . Who , for the poor renown of being smart , Would leave a fting within a brother's heart ? 5 100 105 110 Parts Parts may be prais'd , good - nature is ador'd 90 YOUNG'S POEM S.
... If ftill ' tis painful while it makes us laugh . Who , for the poor renown of being smart , Would leave a fting within a brother's heart ? 5 100 105 110 Parts Parts may be prais'd , good - nature is ador'd 90 YOUNG'S POEM S.
92. oldal
... nature gave , make less , Quite zealous in the ways of heaviness ; To lumps inanimate a fondness take ; And ... nature gave , difown , through pride , Others affect what nature has deny'd ; What What nature has deny'd , fools will pursue ...
... nature gave , make less , Quite zealous in the ways of heaviness ; To lumps inanimate a fondness take ; And ... nature gave , difown , through pride , Others affect what nature has deny'd ; What What nature has deny'd , fools will pursue ...
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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...