The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, כרך 41804 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 1
... voice you raife ! But my poor feeble mufe is as unfit To praife , as imitate what you have writ . Artifts alone fhould venture to commend What Dennis can't condemn , nor Dryden mend : What must , writ with that fire and with that ease ...
... voice you raife ! But my poor feeble mufe is as unfit To praife , as imitate what you have writ . Artifts alone fhould venture to commend What Dennis can't condemn , nor Dryden mend : What must , writ with that fire and with that ease ...
עמוד 6
... dull frauds with pleasure fees , And wonders at the fenfelefs myfteries . In Colon's voice fhe thus calls out aloud On Hronope environ'd by the croud : † Dr. Barnard . Forbear , forbear , thy vain amufements cease , Thy 6 POEMS . GARTH'S.
... dull frauds with pleasure fees , And wonders at the fenfelefs myfteries . In Colon's voice fhe thus calls out aloud On Hronope environ'd by the croud : † Dr. Barnard . Forbear , forbear , thy vain amufements cease , Thy 6 POEMS . GARTH'S.
עמוד 31
... voice was ravifhing , and pleas'd no lefs . Whene'er the fung , fo melting were her strains , The flocks unfed feem'd listening on the plains ; The rivers would stand still , the cedars bend ; And birds neglect their pinions to attend ...
... voice was ravifhing , and pleas'd no lefs . Whene'er the fung , fo melting were her strains , The flocks unfed feem'd listening on the plains ; The rivers would stand still , the cedars bend ; And birds neglect their pinions to attend ...
עמוד 41
... voice be taught to fing , The breathing pipe fhall fwell , fhall found the trembling ftring . O happy thou ! where peace for ever smiles , Britannia ! nobleft of the ocean's ifles , Fair queen ! who doft amidst thy waters reign , And ...
... voice be taught to fing , The breathing pipe fhall fwell , fhall found the trembling ftring . O happy thou ! where peace for ever smiles , Britannia ! nobleft of the ocean's ifles , Fair queen ! who doft amidst thy waters reign , And ...
עמוד 53
... voice of my warbler no more fhall be heard ; Ah willow , & c . IX : Believe me , thou fair - one ; thou dear - one ... voice . III . The feafons Philomel obey , Whene'er they hear her fing ; She bids the winter fly away , And the recals ...
... voice of my warbler no more fhall be heard ; Ah willow , & c . IX : Believe me , thou fair - one ; thou dear - one ... voice . III . The feafons Philomel obey , Whene'er they hear her fing ; She bids the winter fly away , And the recals ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
arms behold beneath blood breaſt bright Cæfar caft caufe charms croud death defcending diftant doft dreadful earth ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fatal fate fatire fcorn fear feas fecret feek feems feen fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide field fierce fighs fight fire firft firſt fix'd fkies flain flame flave flies flood fmile foft foldier fome foon foul fpread fpring ftand ftill ftreams fuccefs fuch fupplies fwelling fword Gaul gods grace hafte hand head heart heaven himſelf Jove juft labours laft laſt Latian lefs loft Lucan lyre maid mighty mourn Mufe muft muſt numbers nymph o'er once pain peace Pentheus PHARSALIA plain pleaſure Pompey Pompey's proud rage reft reign rife Roman Rome Scythian ſhall ſkies ſky ſtand ſtate ſtill tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand verfe whofe winds wretched yield youth
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 27 - no more the fire of beauty warms, But wicked wealth ufurps the power of charms. What pains to get the gaudy thing you hate, To fwell in ihow, and be a wretch in ftate ! At plays you ogle, at the ring you bow ; Ev'n churches are no
עמוד 79 - And other bodies in new worlds they find. Thus life for ever runs its endlefs race, And like a line, death but divides the fpace, A ftop which can but for a moment laft, A point between the future and the paft.
עמוד 216 - with fear, and fwiftly ran O'er craggy mountains, and the flowery plain ; Through brakes and thickets forc'd his way, and flew Through many a ring, where once he did purfue. In vain he oft endeavour'd to proclaim His new misfortune, and to tell his name ; Nor voice
עמוד 27 - now ; There golden idols all your vows receive ; She is no goddcfs who has nought to give. Oh may once more the happy age appear. When words were artlefs, and the thoughts fincere ¡ When gold and grandeur were unenvy'd things, And courts
עמוד 303 - can guefs your fenfe. Your unripe hopes their harveft muft attend : Be rul'd by me, and Time may be your friend. This is enough to let you underftand, For now my pen has tir'd my tender hand ; My woman knows the fecret of my heart, .And may hereafter better news
עמוד 210 - in his make He ript her womb, and fet the child at large,' And gave him to the centaur Chiron's charge': Then in his fury black'd the raven o'er, And bid him prate in his white plumes no more. OCYRRHOE TRANSFORMED TO A MARE.
עמוד 25 - form that glad's a nation's eyes ; Beneath her feet four mighty realms appear, And with due reverence pay their homage there. Britain and Ireland feem to own her grace, And even wild India wears a fmiling face. But France alone with downcaft eyes is feen, The fad attendant of fo good a Queen : Ungrateful country ! to forget fo
עמוד 50 - to believe To forfake the fine folk of the town ? To think that a beauty fo gay, She could doat on fo lowly a clown, Or that her fond heart would not grieve, So kind and fo confiant would prove ; Or go clad like our maidens in gray, Or live in a cottage
עמוד 282 - may at laft my weary age •**• ' Find out the peaceful hermitage, ' The hairy gown and niofly cell,
עמוד 47 - While in your early days of reputation, You for blue garters had not fuch a paffion ; While yet you did not ufe (as now your trade is) To drink with noble lords, and toaft their ladies ; Thou, Jacob Tonfon, wert to my conceiving, The