Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Հատոր 1"The object of this work, which is entirely new, is to comprise, within a single volume, a chronological series of our classical poets, from Ben Johnson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of their authors. The contents of this volume are so comprehensive, that few poems, it is believed, are omitted, except such as are of secondary merit, or unsuited to the perusal of youth" -- Page [i]. |
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... am taught too late , ) That he would give them ev'n a heaven of For all that I gave up I nothing gain , brass : And perish for the part which I retain . They look'd up to that Heaven in vain , That bounteous Heaven , which God did ...
... am taught too late , ) That he would give them ev'n a heaven of For all that I gave up I nothing gain , brass : And perish for the part which I retain . They look'd up to that Heaven in vain , That bounteous Heaven , which God did ...
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... Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The Muse herself , for her enchanting son , The hungry shoep look up , and are not fed , Whom universal Nature did lament , 60 But , swoln with wind and the rank mist they When ...
... Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The Muse herself , for her enchanting son , The hungry shoep look up , and are not fed , Whom universal Nature did lament , 60 But , swoln with wind and the rank mist they When ...
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Shepherd , ' tis my office best Visits the herds along the twilight meadows , To help ensnared chastity : Helping all urchin blasts , and ill - luck signs Brightest lady , look on me ; 910 That the shrewd meddling elfe delights to make ...
Shepherd , ' tis my office best Visits the herds along the twilight meadows , To help ensnared chastity : Helping all urchin blasts , and ill - luck signs Brightest lady , look on me ; 910 That the shrewd meddling elfe delights to make ...
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Woe to the inhabitants on Earth ! that now , Look downward on that globe , whose hither side While time was , our first parents had been warn'd With light from hence , though but reflected , shines ; The coming of their secret foe ...
Woe to the inhabitants on Earth ! that now , Look downward on that globe , whose hither side While time was , our first parents had been warn'd With light from hence , though but reflected , shines ; The coming of their secret foe ...
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素 Lay pleasant , his griev'd look he fixed sad ; Would height recal high thoughts , how soon unsay Sometimes towards Heaven , and the full - blazing What feign'd submission swore ? Ease would recant Sun , Vows made in pain , as violent ...
素 Lay pleasant , his griev'd look he fixed sad ; Would height recal high thoughts , how soon unsay Sometimes towards Heaven , and the full - blazing What feign'd submission swore ? Ease would recant Sun , Vows made in pain , as violent ...
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angels appear arms bear beauty behold bound breast breath clouds dark death deep delight dread Earth eyes face fair fall fame fate fear field fire flame force give glory grace hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart Heaven hills honour hope kind king land laws leave less light live look Lord lost mind morn Muse Nature never night o'er once pain passion peace plain pleasure pride race rage reason rest rise round sense shade side sight song soon soul sound spirit spread stand stood stream sweet tell thee things thou thought till turn various virtue voice wide winds wings wise wonder woods youth
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Էջ 238 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye : My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Էջ 18 - There, held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till, With a sad leaden downward cast, Thou fix them on the earth as fast ; And join with thee calm Peace, and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing ; And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure. But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that yon...
Էջ 383 - Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk...
Էջ 18 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.
Էջ 362 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Էջ 58 - Rising or falling, still advance His praise. His praise, ye winds that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune His praise. Join voices, all ye living souls ; ye birds, That singing up to heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes His praise.
Էջ 141 - And sullen Moloch, fled, Hath left in shadows dread His burning idol all of blackest hue ; In vain with cymbals' ring They call the grisly king, In dismal dance about the furnace blue ; The brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis, and Orus, and the dog Anubis, haste...
Էջ 456 - Whose breath perfumes you, and whose pencil paints. Ye forests bend, ye harvests wave, to Him ; Breathe your still song into the reaper's heart, As home he goes beneath the joyous moon. Ye that keep watch in heaven, as earth asleep Unconscious lies, effuse your mildest beams, Ye constellations, while your angels strike, Amid the spangled sky, the silver lyre. Great source of day ! best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round ; On Nature write...
Էջ 20 - Hearse where Lycid lies. For so, to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise. Ay me! Whilst thee the shores and sounding Seas Wash far away, where'er thy bones are hurled; Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps under the whelming tide Visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world...
Էջ 348 - Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home ; Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court ; In various talk th...
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| Վերնագիր | Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Հատոր 1 Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, John Aikin |
| Editor | John Aikin |
| Հրատարակիչ | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1820 |
| Original from | Հարվարդի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 17 Հունվար 2008 |
| Length | 807 էջ |
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