The Poet: A PoemW. Flexney, 1773 - 47 עמודים |
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עמוד 14
... taste he never to a level brings With lords , or ladies , or fuch puny things ; Pronounces K ---- impudent , and dull , Though at his comedy the house be full ; Who never tasted Hippocrenè's rill , • Yet rafhly dropt the bodkin for the ...
... taste he never to a level brings With lords , or ladies , or fuch puny things ; Pronounces K ---- impudent , and dull , Though at his comedy the house be full ; Who never tasted Hippocrenè's rill , • Yet rafhly dropt the bodkin for the ...
עמוד 15
... taste of this prepofterous age , Which dozes if IRENE treads the stage ; Yet gives applause to HOOLE's unmeaning lines , And seems to weep when his Mandane whines . The bard regrets not his fuccessful strain , Nor would he write his ...
... taste of this prepofterous age , Which dozes if IRENE treads the stage ; Yet gives applause to HOOLE's unmeaning lines , And seems to weep when his Mandane whines . The bard regrets not his fuccessful strain , Nor would he write his ...
עמוד 19
... taste , and language last . Through time's remotest age your flame shall burn While earth to earth muft ever foon return . Oh ! might Britannia fee the Halcyon - days , When Cæfar's taste inspired the poet's lays ! When the great lord ...
... taste , and language last . Through time's remotest age your flame shall burn While earth to earth muft ever foon return . Oh ! might Britannia fee the Halcyon - days , When Cæfar's taste inspired the poet's lays ! When the great lord ...
עמוד 28
... , Perverseness is his logical renown , His wit , the gambols of a Spanish clown . And yet ( to English taste a flagrant fhame I ) His works acquire a temporary fame ; Forth Forth from the prefs they fally thrice , or more [ 28 ]
... , Perverseness is his logical renown , His wit , the gambols of a Spanish clown . And yet ( to English taste a flagrant fhame I ) His works acquire a temporary fame ; Forth Forth from the prefs they fally thrice , or more [ 28 ]
עמוד 35
... in power ; 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 ]
... in power ; 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 ]
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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...