The Poet: A PoemW. Flexney, 1773 - 47 עמודים |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 7
עמוד 3
... Divine ! Not to fix errour , but with reafon's art , To root the stiff old woman from the heart . " Tis to thy calm investigation given To reconcile to man the ways of Heaven ; To teach us to fubdue the zealot's fire , Nor rafhly to ...
... Divine ! Not to fix errour , but with reafon's art , To root the stiff old woman from the heart . " Tis to thy calm investigation given To reconcile to man the ways of Heaven ; To teach us to fubdue the zealot's fire , Nor rafhly to ...
עמוד 15
... divine , France , whofe gay follies are our general aim , Aped by each fop , and every courtly dame ; France , our competitor in arts , and arms , The theatre with genuine beauties charms . Diction and character her fons require , And ...
... divine , France , whofe gay follies are our general aim , Aped by each fop , and every courtly dame ; France , our competitor in arts , and arms , The theatre with genuine beauties charms . Diction and character her fons require , And ...
עמוד 30
... Divine humanity was all his own , As bright his candour as his ardour fhone . Witness his feelings when Darius bled , The pomp funereal , and the tears he shed . His เ His rival he had fought , and Greece's foe , [ 30 ]
... Divine humanity was all his own , As bright his candour as his ardour fhone . Witness his feelings when Darius bled , The pomp funereal , and the tears he shed . His เ His rival he had fought , and Greece's foe , [ 30 ]
עמוד 34
... divine . Then Poets , judge not with the vulgar train ; Enlarged your thoughts , and liberal be your strain . You should illuftrate each important theme : Keep you awake , though aldermen must dream ; Whofe muddy eyes perceive not ...
... divine . Then Poets , judge not with the vulgar train ; Enlarged your thoughts , and liberal be your strain . You should illuftrate each important theme : Keep you awake , though aldermen must dream ; Whofe muddy eyes perceive not ...
עמוד 37
... Divine . He to just fame calls latent merit forth ; He , though round wretches deftitute of worth By partial kings a fpecious veil be drawn , Transfixes vice in ermine or in lawn . Poets reject the facerdotal strain , Their verse a foe ...
... Divine . He to just fame calls latent merit forth ; He , though round wretches deftitute of worth By partial kings a fpecious veil be drawn , Transfixes vice in ermine or in lawn . Poets reject the facerdotal strain , Their verse a foe ...
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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
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...