A Letter to Mr. Mason: On the Marks of Imitation ...W. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer; and sold, 1757 - 76 էջ |
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A letter to Mr. Mason on the marks of imitation [in poetry. By R. Hurd]. William Mason Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1757 |
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Էջ 30 - Paffion, all confus'd ; Still by himfelf abus'd or difabus'd; Created half to rife, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd: The glory, jeft, and riddle of the world...
Էջ 17 - His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations ; he shall flourish, And, like a mountain cedar, reach his branches To all the plains about him ; our children's children Shall see this and bless heaven.
Էջ 55 - Th' adventure of the bear and fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. When civil fury first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk...
Էջ 7 - In the sun's orb, made porous to receive And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain Her gather'd beams, great palace now of light. Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...
Էջ 43 - Bear me, some god ! oh quickly bear me hence To wholesome solitude, the nurse of sense ; Where Contemplation prunes her ruffled wings, And the free soul looks down to pity kings ! There sober thought pursued th' amusing theme, Till fancy colour'd it, and form'da dream.
Էջ 43 - Oft feeks to fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft nurfe contemplation She plumes her feathers and lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd.
Էջ 33 - Superior beings, when of late they faw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law, Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earthly fhape, And fhew'da NEWTON as we fhew an Ape. Could he, whofe rules the rapid Comet bind, 35 Defcribe or fix one movement of his Mind ? Who faw its fires here rife, and there...
Էջ 23 - And turn the Adamantine fpindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound.
Էջ 20 - To lie in coldobftruftion, and to rot ; This fenfible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted fpirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Էջ 13 - All muft be falfe that thwart this One great End ; And all of God, that blefs Mankind or mend.