The Poet: A PoemW. Flexney, 1773 - 47 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 8
עמוד 2
... cause We may explore , by tracing nature's laws ; Thofe laws confiftent , which to order bind The feeming freaks of matter , and of mind ; Which guide the comet darting through the pole , And rein the fervour of the Poet's foul . Is not ...
... cause We may explore , by tracing nature's laws ; Thofe laws confiftent , which to order bind The feeming freaks of matter , and of mind ; Which guide the comet darting through the pole , And rein the fervour of the Poet's foul . Is not ...
עמוד 15
... ; To Cato's gravity can yield applause , And hear the patriot plead his country's cause ; Glow at the verfe inforcing moral weal , And even in comedy can think , and feel . But But would you for our pit your drama frame , [ 15 ]
... ; To Cato's gravity can yield applause , And hear the patriot plead his country's cause ; Glow at the verfe inforcing moral weal , And even in comedy can think , and feel . But But would you for our pit your drama frame , [ 15 ]
עמוד 37
... cause of human kind his own , Who agonizes at the widow's groan ; Raised above self , deems virtue all his gain , The naked cloaths , and blunts the fting of pain ; Tenacious honefty in rags reveres , Courts not proud bishops , nor ...
... cause of human kind his own , Who agonizes at the widow's groan ; Raised above self , deems virtue all his gain , The naked cloaths , and blunts the fting of pain ; Tenacious honefty in rags reveres , Courts not proud bishops , nor ...
עמוד 38
... cause , Nor dream by prayers and tears to change his laws ; Through life's short paffage , innocent and gay , Move to the dark , irremeable way } Secure in Him who firft infpired our breath , Unerring Arbiter of life , and death . Say ...
... cause , Nor dream by prayers and tears to change his laws ; Through life's short paffage , innocent and gay , Move to the dark , irremeable way } Secure in Him who firft infpired our breath , Unerring Arbiter of life , and death . Say ...
עמוד 42
... patron's lies , the meteor , public breath , The pain of malady , the gloom of death . The Poet feels not for himself alone ; He makes the cause of human kind his own ; The . 1 The labyrinth of life with grief furveys , : ...
... patron's lies , the meteor , public breath , The pain of malady , the gloom of death . The Poet feels not for himself alone ; He makes the cause of human kind his own ; The . 1 The labyrinth of life with grief furveys , : ...
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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...