Watts, A. Philips, West, Collins, Dyer, Shenstone, YoungAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
Részletek a könyvből
6 - 10 találat összesen 100 találatból.
3. oldal
... poet , and Dr. Horte , after- wards archbishop of Tuam . Some Latin Essays , supposed to have been written as ex- ercises at this academy , show a degree of knowledge , both philosophical and theologi- cal , such as very few attain by a ...
... poet , and Dr. Horte , after- wards archbishop of Tuam . Some Latin Essays , supposed to have been written as ex- ercises at this academy , show a degree of knowledge , both philosophical and theologi- cal , such as very few attain by a ...
7. oldal
... poet , he would probably have stood high among the authors with whom he is now associated . For his judgment was ... poets with whom youth and ignorance may be safely pleased : and happy will be that reader whose mind is disposed , by ...
... poet , he would probably have stood high among the authors with whom he is now associated . For his judgment was ... poets with whom youth and ignorance may be safely pleased : and happy will be that reader whose mind is disposed , by ...
10. oldal
... poets ever sung , Homer , or Virgil , and far sweeter notes Than Horace ever taught his sounding lyre , And purer far , though Martial's self might seem A modest poet in our Christian days . May those forgotten and neglected lie ! No ...
... poets ever sung , Homer , or Virgil , and far sweeter notes Than Horace ever taught his sounding lyre , And purer far , though Martial's self might seem A modest poet in our Christian days . May those forgotten and neglected lie ! No ...
16. oldal
... poet makes the " clouds but the dust of his feet ; " and when the Highest gives his voice in the heavens , " hail - stones and coals of fire follow . " A divine poet discovers the channels of the waters , and lays open the foundations ...
... poet makes the " clouds but the dust of his feet ; " and when the Highest gives his voice in the heavens , " hail - stones and coals of fire follow . " A divine poet discovers the channels of the waters , and lays open the foundations ...
19. oldal
... poet of modern ages , Casimire Sarbiewski , of Poland , would need no excuse , did they but arise to the beauty of the original . I have often taken the freedom to add ten or twenty lines , or to leave out as many , that I might suit my ...
... poet of modern ages , Casimire Sarbiewski , of Poland , would need no excuse , did they but arise to the beauty of the original . I have often taken the freedom to add ten or twenty lines , or to leave out as many , that I might suit my ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
ANTISTROPHE Aristagoras art thou beauty behold beneath bless blest bliss bloom boast bosom breast breath bright Camarina charms dark dear death deep delight divine dreadful e'en Earth ECLOGUE EPODE Ergoteles eternal eyes fair fame fate fear fire flame flowers fond genius glory grace grief Grongar Hill grove hand happy heart Heaven heavenly honour immortal king labour Lord Lorenzo lov'd lyre maid mighty mind mortal mourn Muse Nature Nature's ne'er night Night Thoughts numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace Pelops Pindar plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet praise pride proud rage reign rise round sacred scene shade shine shore sigh sing skies smile soft song soul strain stream STROPHE swain sweet swell tears tempest terrour thee thine thou thought throne Tlepolemus toil truth vale verse virtue WILLIAM SHENSTONE wind wing wise Xenocrates youth
Népszerű szakaszok
206. oldal - Tis said, and I believe the tale, Thy humblest reed could more prevail, Had more of strength, diviner rage, Than all which charms this laggard age...
205. oldal - He threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down, And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe ; And ever and anon he beat...
204. oldal - IF AUGHT of oaten stop or pastoral song May hope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest ear Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales...
206. oldal - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
219. oldal - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong...
207. oldal - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet, of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing Spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove ; But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No wither'd witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew; The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew...
422. oldal - TIRED Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unsullied with a tear.
205. oldal - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gemm'd with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known...
328. oldal - In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells, in lowly shed and mean attire, A matron old, whom we Schoolmistress name...
425. oldal - All promise is poor dilatory man, And that through every stage. When young, indeed, In full content we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves, and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan...