Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Թողարկում 77-79Johnson, 1810 - 220 էջ |
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... beyond long Orator Fabius his style . But , hold , you whom no fortune e'er endears , gentlemen , male - contents , and mutineers , who bounteous Jove so often cruel call , No. 77 . ........ behold Jove's now resolv'd to please you all .
... beyond long Orator Fabius his style . But , hold , you whom no fortune e'er endears , gentlemen , male - contents , and mutineers , who bounteous Jove so often cruel call , No. 77 . ........ behold Jove's now resolv'd to please you all .
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Abraham Cowley ........ behold Jove's now resolv'd to please you all . Thou , soldier , be a merchant ; merchant , thou a soldier be ; and lawyer , to the plough . Change all their stations straight ; why do they stay ? the devil a man ...
Abraham Cowley ........ behold Jove's now resolv'd to please you all . Thou , soldier , be a merchant ; merchant , thou a soldier be ; and lawyer , to the plough . Change all their stations straight ; why do they stay ? the devil a man ...
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... behold their milder light ; but as hard ' tis to destroy that high flame as to enjoy ; which how eas❜ly I may do , heav'n ( as eas'ly scal'd ) does know ! Amoret ! as sweet and good as the most delicious food , which but tasted does ...
... behold their milder light ; but as hard ' tis to destroy that high flame as to enjoy ; which how eas❜ly I may do , heav'n ( as eas'ly scal'd ) does know ! Amoret ! as sweet and good as the most delicious food , which but tasted does ...
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... behold thy sister's face , thou hast already had her last embrace . But look aloft , and if thou ken'st from far among the Pleiads a new - kindled star , if any sparkles than the rest more bright ; ' 18 Dryden . ODE TO MRS . KILLIGREW .
... behold thy sister's face , thou hast already had her last embrace . But look aloft , and if thou ken'st from far among the Pleiads a new - kindled star , if any sparkles than the rest more bright ; ' 18 Dryden . ODE TO MRS . KILLIGREW .
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... behold the gravel bottom , and that bottom gold . As such we lov'd , admir'd , almost ador'd , gave all the tribute mortals could afford , perhaps we gave so much , the powers above grew angry at our superstitious love : for when we ...
... behold the gravel bottom , and that bottom gold . As such we lov'd , admir'd , almost ador'd , gave all the tribute mortals could afford , perhaps we gave so much , the powers above grew angry at our superstitious love : for when we ...
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Էջ 24 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble...
Էջ 20 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Էջ 82 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Էջ 22 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Էջ 19 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Էջ 21 - And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — the style is excellent; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found...
Էջ 21 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Էջ 19 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Էջ 7 - A watchtower once ; but now, so fate ordains. Of all the pile an empty name remains. From its...
Էջ 4 - CREATOR spirit, by whose aid The world's foundations first were laid, Come visit every pious mind ; Come pour thy joys on human kind ; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make thy temples worthy thee.