The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 50-52. kötetSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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54. oldal
... nought on earth detains her care- But Guilford ; who ftill ftruggles for his share . Still will his form importunately rife , 200 205 210 215 Clog and retard her transport to the skies ; As trembling flames now take a feeble flight ...
... nought on earth detains her care- But Guilford ; who ftill ftruggles for his share . Still will his form importunately rife , 200 205 210 215 Clog and retard her transport to the skies ; As trembling flames now take a feeble flight ...
55. oldal
... nought but death to fear , And death is conquer'd . Worfe than death is near : Her rigid trials are not yet complete ; The news arrives of her great father's fate . She fees his hoary head , all white with age , A victim to th ...
... nought but death to fear , And death is conquer'd . Worfe than death is near : Her rigid trials are not yet complete ; The news arrives of her great father's fate . She fees his hoary head , all white with age , A victim to th ...
119. oldal
... nought can fay " Be loft in filence , and resign the day ; " And let the guilty wife her guilt confefs , " By tame behaviour , and a foft address ! " Through virtue , fhe refufes to comply With all the dictates of humanity ; Through ...
... nought can fay " Be loft in filence , and resign the day ; " And let the guilty wife her guilt confefs , " By tame behaviour , and a foft address ! " Through virtue , fhe refufes to comply With all the dictates of humanity ; Through ...
123. oldal
... nought but dreams , no real pleasures grow ; Like cats in air - pumps , to subsist we strive On joys too thin to keep the foul alive . Lemira ' s fick ; make haste ; the doctor call : 170 175 He comes ; but where ' s his patient ? At ...
... nought but dreams , no real pleasures grow ; Like cats in air - pumps , to subsist we strive On joys too thin to keep the foul alive . Lemira ' s fick ; make haste ; the doctor call : 170 175 He comes ; but where ' s his patient ? At ...
126. oldal
... Nought but a genius can a genius fit ; A wit herself , Amelia weds a wit : Both wits ! though miracles are said to cease , 270 Three days , three wondrous days ! they liv'd in peace ; With the fourth fun a warm difpute arose , On ...
... Nought but a genius can a genius fit ; A wit herself , Amelia weds a wit : Both wits ! though miracles are said to cease , 270 Three days , three wondrous days ! they liv'd in peace ; With the fourth fun a warm difpute arose , On ...
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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...