The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, כרך 1W. Strahan, T. Payne, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, T. Lowndes, T. Cadell, T. Caslon, J. Nichols, and T. Evans, 1779 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 43
עמוד xxi
... prove the diver- fion of fome of your youthful hours , as they have been occafionally the amusement of some of mine ; and I humbly hope , that as I may hereafter bind up my fuller fheaf , and lay fome pieces of a very different nature ...
... prove the diver- fion of fome of your youthful hours , as they have been occafionally the amusement of some of mine ; and I humbly hope , that as I may hereafter bind up my fuller fheaf , and lay fome pieces of a very different nature ...
עמוד 1
... prove thou art ; Yet fteel'd with study'd boldness , thou dar'st try To fend thy doubting reason's dazzled eye Through the myfterious gulph of vaft immensity . Much thou canft there discern , much thence impart . Vain Vain wretch ...
... prove thou art ; Yet fteel'd with study'd boldness , thou dar'st try To fend thy doubting reason's dazzled eye Through the myfterious gulph of vaft immensity . Much thou canft there discern , much thence impart . Vain Vain wretch ...
עמוד 11
... prove , To raise the feeble fires of aged love . V. Forc'd compliments , and formal bows Will fhow thee just above neglect : The heat with which thy lover glows , Will fettle into cold respect : A talking dull platonic I shall turn ...
... prove , To raise the feeble fires of aged love . V. Forc'd compliments , and formal bows Will fhow thee just above neglect : The heat with which thy lover glows , Will fettle into cold respect : A talking dull platonic I shall turn ...
עמוד 23
... prove ; How can I love , and not despair ? IV . The wretch in double fetters bound Your potent mercy may release : Soon , if my love but once were crown'd , Fair prophetefs , my grief would cease , D 2 I S O A N G. N vain you tell M. 23 ...
... prove ; How can I love , and not despair ? IV . The wretch in double fetters bound Your potent mercy may release : Soon , if my love but once were crown'd , Fair prophetefs , my grief would cease , D 2 I S O A N G. N vain you tell M. 23 ...
עמוד 24
... prove , That bear me far from what I love ? Alas ! what dangers on the main Can equal thofe that I sustain , From flighted vows , and cold disdain ? Be gentle , and in pity choose To wish the wildeft tempefts loose : That thrown again ...
... prove , That bear me far from what I love ? Alas ! what dangers on the main Can equal thofe that I sustain , From flighted vows , and cold disdain ? Be gentle , and in pity choose To wish the wildeft tempefts loose : That thrown again ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
againſt arms blefs bleft bofom breaſt ceaſe charms Cloe confefs conqueft Cupid Dæmon darts dear death defire Derry dreft e'er Emma Emma's erft eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fecret fent fhall fhew fhould fighs fing firſt flame foft fome fong foon forrow ftand ftill fubject fuch fure fword George Rooke glorious goddeſs grene wode go grief happy heart Heaven Henry hero himſelf honour houſe Jove juft king laft lefs loft Lord maid mankynde I love maſter Mufe muft muſt Namur ne'er numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er paffion Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poet praiſe preſent profe purſue quæ rage raiſe reafon rife rove ſaid Sambre ſay ſhall ſhe ſhow ſpeak ſpoils ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought Venus verfe verſe virtue whilft whofe William's wiſh wode wyll youth
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 119 - Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind ; Let all her ways be unconfin'd ; And clap your padlock — on her mind.
עמוד 217 - To John I ow'd great obligation ; But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit.
עמוד 30 - Gather all the fmiling hours ; Such as with friendly care have guarded Patriots and kings in rightful wars ; Such as with conqueft have rewarded Triumphant viftors' happy cares ; Such as ftory has recorded Sacred to Naflau's long renown, For countries fav'd, and battles won.
עמוד 111 - tis his fancy to run ; At night he declines on his Thetis's breast. So when I am wearied with wandering all day, To thee, my delight, in the evening I come: No matter what beauties I saw in my way; They were but my visits, but thou art my home.
עמוד 25 - tis thus complain, Since you appear'd upon the plain; You are the cause of all my care: Your eyes ten thousand dangers dart: Ten thousand torments vex my heart: I love, and I despair.
עמוד 111 - ... tis his fancy to run, At night he declines on his Thetis's breast. So, when I am wearied with wandering all day, To thee, my delight, in the evening I come : No matter what beauties I saw in my way ; They were but my visits, but thou art my home ! Then finish, dear Chloe, this pastoral war, And let us like Horace and Lydia agree ; For thou art a girl as much brighter than her, As he was a poet sublimer than me.
עמוד 111 - Chloe, and what I write, shows The difference there is betwixt nature and art: I court others in verse; but I love thee in prose: And they have my whimsies; but thou hast my heart.
עמוד 10 - Cheeks confest ; Thou hast, my Dear, undoubted Right To triumph o'er this destin'd Breast. My Reason bends to what thy Eyes ordain ; For I was born to Love, and Thou to Reign. II. But would You meanly thus rely On Power, You know I must Obey ? Exert a Legal Tyranny...
עמוד 376 - With honour take her back again ? From hence I logically gather, The woman cannot live with either. Now, I have two right...
עמוד 358 - Note here, Lucretius dares to teach (As all our youth may learn from Creech) That eyes were made but could not view, Nor hands embrace, nor feet pursue, But heedless Nature did produce The members first, and then the use : What each must act was yet unknown, Till all is mov'd by Chance alone.