The Poet: A PoemW. Flexney, 1773 - 47 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 6
עמוד 9
... live to pain ; When a dire group of dark ideas meet , The gloomy day , the catchpole , and the Fleet . Fancy to him his want of wealth supplies , Brings her gay objects of a thousand dyes : Poffeffing them he fpurns the mifer's hoard ...
... live to pain ; When a dire group of dark ideas meet , The gloomy day , the catchpole , and the Fleet . Fancy to him his want of wealth supplies , Brings her gay objects of a thousand dyes : Poffeffing them he fpurns the mifer's hoard ...
עמוד 21
... invites , To guard his manfion from infernal sprights ; To teach him how to live , and how to die ---- ---- For a rich miser to obtain the sky ; G Pri- Priscian's cold rules minutely to explain , To lead dull [ 21 21 ]
... invites , To guard his manfion from infernal sprights ; To teach him how to live , and how to die ---- ---- For a rich miser to obtain the sky ; G Pri- Priscian's cold rules minutely to explain , To lead dull [ 21 21 ]
עמוד 22
... live . He , to whom fortune ever was a foe , He , who hath struggled , from his birth , with woe , May feel at length his generous powers decay ; The Mufe's flame , neglected , dies away . Perhaps you wish the Poet may retain A mind as ...
... live . He , to whom fortune ever was a foe , He , who hath struggled , from his birth , with woe , May feel at length his generous powers decay ; The Mufe's flame , neglected , dies away . Perhaps you wish the Poet may retain A mind as ...
עמוד 33
... live . Had ere this equal king been brought to yield , At Bendar proved more tame than in the field ; Swerved from the dauntless purpose of his heart , And played , one hour , the driveling statesman's part ; I , though an humble fuitor ...
... live . Had ere this equal king been brought to yield , At Bendar proved more tame than in the field ; Swerved from the dauntless purpose of his heart , And played , one hour , the driveling statesman's part ; I , though an humble fuitor ...
עמוד 36
... the poor orphan bid us freely give , And grudge a curate should afford to live . Yet , if within the space of Chriftian ground , A mild , and liberal priest there can be found ; Who Who ftrives to keep his fimple flock in awe , [ 36 ]
... the poor orphan bid us freely give , And grudge a curate should afford to live . Yet , if within the space of Chriftian ground , A mild , and liberal priest there can be found ; Who Who ftrives to keep his fimple flock in awe , [ 36 ]
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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...