The Poet: A PoemW. Flexney, 1773 - 47 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 5
עמוד 12
... ; Warmly a brother - bard's defert befriends , Nor aims , by fordid means , at noble ends : He will not , little GOLDSMITH - like , exclaim Against a living candidate for fame ; Merit Merit it's full applause he will not grudge ; In [ 12 ]
... ; Warmly a brother - bard's defert befriends , Nor aims , by fordid means , at noble ends : He will not , little GOLDSMITH - like , exclaim Against a living candidate for fame ; Merit Merit it's full applause he will not grudge ; In [ 12 ]
עמוד 19
... Against the force of a defpotic reign ; A statesman's preffing calls to town decline , And lounge beneath their fig - tree , or their vine ; When Flaccus , or when modeft Maro's worth Outweighed an ancient PELHAM , or a NORTH ; When ...
... Against the force of a defpotic reign ; A statesman's preffing calls to town decline , And lounge beneath their fig - tree , or their vine ; When Flaccus , or when modeft Maro's worth Outweighed an ancient PELHAM , or a NORTH ; When ...
עמוד 20
... Against the poet's life his crow - quill draws ; And monthly readers , ever daily fools , Adopt his nonsense for true critic rules ; Fit only , o'er the coffee's gentle steam , Of Nabobs , and of India - stock to dream , Prefume Presume ...
... Against the poet's life his crow - quill draws ; And monthly readers , ever daily fools , Adopt his nonsense for true critic rules ; Fit only , o'er the coffee's gentle steam , Of Nabobs , and of India - stock to dream , Prefume Presume ...
עמוד 22
... against grim want no longer proof ( His robes turn brown , and DODSLEY ftands aloof ) Accepts this offer , and is dubbed , at once , A chapel - organ , and a plodding dunce . Un- Unequal ftation ! moft prepofterous fate ! Worst of all ...
... against grim want no longer proof ( His robes turn brown , and DODSLEY ftands aloof ) Accepts this offer , and is dubbed , at once , A chapel - organ , and a plodding dunce . Un- Unequal ftation ! moft prepofterous fate ! Worst of all ...
עמוד 32
... empire its inherent claim , And what in power it loses , gains in fame . Famine , and cold against his arms confpire ; Nor cold , nor famine damp the hero's fire . Corporeal Corporeal wants may weaker minds appall , Still he obeys [ 32 ]
... empire its inherent claim , And what in power it loses , gains in fame . Famine , and cold against his arms confpire ; Nor cold , nor famine damp the hero's fire . Corporeal Corporeal wants may weaker minds appall , Still he obeys [ 32 ]
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
admire Againſt applauſe ardent bard blifs bliſs bofom bower breaſt breath brighteſt calm cauſe charms Condemned controul courſe Curfe deeds diſdain diſplay divine dull Engliſh envy fame fancy fancy's fate fcene feel feeming fentiment fhame fhow filver fimple fire firſt flame flave flow fmile focial fome fometimes fons fools footh fortune foul ftate ftill fublimated fuffer furveys genius gives gloomy day glory glory's greatneſs grofs heart heaven hour houſe human kind immortal inſpired juft kings laſt laws live luftre maid mankind mind moral mufes Muft muſe muſt nature's ne'er nymph o'er Paffion pain penfive phlegm pleaſure poet's Poets praiſe prepofterous profe rafhly raiſed rapture renown rouze ſcenes ſee ſelfiſh Shakeſpeare Shakeſpeare's ſhould ſhow ſome ſtar ſtate ſtore ſtrain ſtream ſtrong ſweets taſte theme theſe thofe thoſe thought trifling truth Twill verfe verſe virtue vulgar warm whofe Whoſe ye Men
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 31 - Heroes are much the fame, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; The whole ftrange purpofe of their lives, to find Or make, an enemy of all mankind ! . , "Not one looks backward, onward ftill he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nofc.
עמוד 12 - WANDERER, the man of exalted sentiments, extensive views, and curious observations ; the man whose remarks on life might have assisted the statesman, whose ideas of virtue might have enlightened the moralist, whose eloquence might have influenced senates, and whose delicacy might have polished courts.
עמוד 35 - Sed quando munitam figulis intraverat urbem, &c. and which Mr. S. presumes to be correct, seems to prove that this surprising genius is quite as great a master of Latin prosody as of English. The last poem is the rhapsody of a hero...
עמוד 27 - Better, he thinks, deferves the lyric bays Than Pindar, for his Greek, and age renowned, Now in the...
עמוד 39 - Whole fermons recommend his generous deeds; Who urges morals, and relaxes creeds; Who makes the...