The Poet: A PoemW. Flexney, 1773 - 47 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 8
עמוד 5
... mankind are dear Within the fenfitive , or mental sphere ; To life whatever comforts make us cling , A ten - fold pleasure to the Poet bring . Then with what strong impreffions must he prove The joys ecftatick of all - powerful love ...
... mankind are dear Within the fenfitive , or mental sphere ; To life whatever comforts make us cling , A ten - fold pleasure to the Poet bring . Then with what strong impreffions must he prove The joys ecftatick of all - powerful love ...
עמוד 9
... mankind ; Enjoys existence , wakes the genial strain , When fouls inferiour only 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 ...
... mankind ; Enjoys existence , wakes the genial strain , When fouls inferiour only 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 ...
עמוד 13
... mankind : Act , in their juft degrees , upon his mind ,, * E Too [ PARNELL'S ] " Night - piece on Death , deferves every praife , and I " fhould fuppofe , with very little amendment , might be made to furpafs " all the Night - Pieces ...
... mankind : Act , in their juft degrees , upon his mind ,, * E Too [ PARNELL'S ] " Night - piece on Death , deferves every praife , and I " fhould fuppofe , with very little amendment , might be made to furpafs " all the Night - Pieces ...
עמוד 21
... mankind , Some chofen favour for the bard intends ; Genius , at length , it's happy ftar befriends . Perhaps this bard , ' mongst other freaks of chance , Was doomed to lengthen fuperftition's trance ; Was doomed to footh the mad ...
... mankind , Some chofen favour for the bard intends ; Genius , at length , it's happy ftar befriends . Perhaps this bard , ' mongst other freaks of chance , Was doomed to lengthen fuperftition's trance ; Was doomed to footh the mad ...
עמוד 30
... mankind . " Not one looks forward ; onward ftill he goes , " Yet ne'er looks forward farther than his nose . " So fung the Twitnham - fwan , whofe throb for praise To valour should have given more liberal lays . How couldft thou , Pope ...
... mankind . " Not one looks forward ; onward ftill he goes , " Yet ne'er looks forward farther than his nose . " So fung the Twitnham - fwan , whofe throb for praise To valour should have given more liberal lays . How couldft thou , Pope ...
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...