The Poet: A PoemW. Flexney, 1773 - 47 עמודים |
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עמוד 21
... poor black flave this noble Lord would buy , And marks our hero with a selfish eye ; A poet with a paltry fum invites , To guard his manfion from infernal sprights ; To teach him how to live , and how to die ---- ---- For a rich miser ...
... poor black flave this noble Lord would buy , And marks our hero with a selfish eye ; A poet with a paltry fum invites , To guard his manfion from infernal sprights ; To teach him how to live , and how to die ---- ---- For a rich miser ...
עמוד 23
... bread , without the infpiring power , To counteract the dull , the languid hour ; Beneath thy genuine energy to write , To earn , with pain , the poor , extorted mite ; Con Condemned to drudge in fickness , and in health , [ 23 ]
... bread , without the infpiring power , To counteract the dull , the languid hour ; Beneath thy genuine energy to write , To earn , with pain , the poor , extorted mite ; Con Condemned to drudge in fickness , and in health , [ 23 ]
עמוד 35
... Though stiff his manner is , though cold his mind , And not with one poetic spark refined ; So poor in taste , and fentiment , that all His mental pleasure is to read Fingal ; So So rare a Scot produce him if you can , [ 35 ]
... Though stiff his manner is , though cold his mind , And not with one poetic spark refined ; So poor in taste , and fentiment , that all His mental pleasure is to read Fingal ; So So rare a Scot produce him if you can , [ 35 ]
עמוד 36
... 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 ]
... 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 ]
עמוד 38
... poor , And why regardless of the golden store ? They furely , whofe acute inquiries find The various flexures of the human mind , Muft , from the flightest observation , see That poverty and power but ill agree ; That want the outcaft ...
... poor , And why regardless of the golden store ? They furely , whofe acute inquiries find The various flexures of the human mind , Muft , from the flightest observation , see That poverty and power but ill agree ; That want the outcaft ...
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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...