The Poet: A PoemW. Flexney, 1773 - 47 עמודים |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 7
עמוד 8
... call , would rouze the land , Should kings afpire to abfolute command ; Boldly the rights of Englishmen would claim , Would catch a RUSSEL's or a SIDNEY'S Flame . There There the long flope of Effex we persue ; Another [ 8 ]
... call , would rouze the land , Should kings afpire to abfolute command ; Boldly the rights of Englishmen would claim , Would catch a RUSSEL's or a SIDNEY'S Flame . There There the long flope of Effex we persue ; Another [ 8 ]
עמוד 18
... claim , And intercept the facred way to fame ? Write you with . Dryden's force ? yet you may fail ; LANGHORNE before you draws his flimsy * Veil : A monkish tale , by PERCY told , is read ; And feeble MASON lives while you are dead ...
... claim , And intercept the facred way to fame ? Write you with . Dryden's force ? yet you may fail ; LANGHORNE before you draws his flimsy * Veil : A monkish tale , by PERCY told , is read ; And feeble MASON lives while you are dead ...
עמוד 25
... , for his Greek , and age renowned , Now in the clouds , now in the low profound ; Now in the circus , now in Jove's abode , Parent of nonfenfe in the shape of ode . H The Old books he reads not to fecure a claim , [ 25 ]
... , for his Greek , and age renowned , Now in the clouds , now in the low profound ; Now in the circus , now in Jove's abode , Parent of nonfenfe in the shape of ode . H The Old books he reads not to fecure a claim , [ 25 ]
עמוד 26
A Poem Percival Stockdale. Old books he reads not to fecure a claim , By meagre learning , to fcholaftic fame ; Not for the Roman , or Athenian tongue , But for the truths they've urged , the strains they've fung ; Not a Dutch ...
A Poem Percival Stockdale. Old books he reads not to fecure a claim , By meagre learning , to fcholaftic fame ; Not for the Roman , or Athenian tongue , But for the truths they've urged , the strains they've fung ; Not a Dutch ...
עמוד 32
... 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 ]
... 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 ]
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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
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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...