Gay's Fables and Other Poems: Cotton's Visions in Verse ; Moore's Fables for the Female Sex ; with Sketches of the Authors' LivesJ.F. Dove, 1826 - 354 עמודים |
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עמוד xvi
... rests principally on his Fables for the Female Sex . ' The sentiments are not only calculated to the best moral purposes , but are elegantly expressed in harmonious and flowing verse , certainly not inferior in this respect to that of ...
... rests principally on his Fables for the Female Sex . ' The sentiments are not only calculated to the best moral purposes , but are elegantly expressed in harmonious and flowing verse , certainly not inferior in this respect to that of ...
עמוד 19
... rest , And turn my morals to a jest ? The Muse disdains to steal from those Who thrive in courts by fulsome prose . But shall I hide your real praise , Or tell you what a nation says ? They in your infant bosom trace The virtues of your ...
... rest , And turn my morals to a jest ? The Muse disdains to steal from those Who thrive in courts by fulsome prose . But shall I hide your real praise , Or tell you what a nation says ? They in your infant bosom trace The virtues of your ...
עמוד 21
... rest , Like Heav'n to succour the distress'd . ' The case is plain , ' the Monarch said ; False glory hath my youth misled ; For beasts of prey , a servile train , Have been the flatt'rers of my reign . You reason well . Yet tell me ...
... rest , Like Heav'n to succour the distress'd . ' The case is plain , ' the Monarch said ; False glory hath my youth misled ; For beasts of prey , a servile train , Have been the flatt'rers of my reign . You reason well . Yet tell me ...
עמוד 25
... rest contented , Since drums and parchment were invented . ' FABLE VI . The Miser and Plutus . THE wind was high , the window shakes , With sudden start the Miser wakes ; Along the silent room he stalks ; Looks back , and trembles as he ...
... rest contented , Since drums and parchment were invented . ' FABLE VI . The Miser and Plutus . THE wind was high , the window shakes , With sudden start the Miser wakes ; Along the silent room he stalks ; Looks back , and trembles as he ...
עמוד 27
... rest , And thus the servile throng address'd : ' How vast his talents , born to rule , And train'd in Virtue's honest school ! What clemency his temper sways ! How uncorrupt are all his ways ! Beneath his conduct and command , Rapine ...
... rest , And thus the servile throng address'd : ' How vast his talents , born to rule , And train'd in Virtue's honest school ! What clemency his temper sways ! How uncorrupt are all his ways ! Beneath his conduct and command , Rapine ...
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address'd bear beauty beneath bids Blouzelind boast bosom breast breath charms cheek Cloacina court creature cries crowd cry'd curs'd damsel disgrace e'er Eclogues envy ev'ry eyes FABLE face fair fame fate fav'rite fear flame flatt'ry flies flow'rs folly fool gold grace grow hand happy hath head heart heav'n Hence highness brays honest honour hour Hymen Jove kings knave knew labour lion's blood Lubberkin maid mankind Mastiff midnight oil mind morn muse NATHANIEL COTTON ne'er never night nymph o'er pains passion plain Plutus pow'r praise prey pride race rais'd reign reply'd rise rose round says scorn shade shew shewn shine shun sire skies song soul spleen spoke spread stept swain sweet thee thou thought throne toil tongue train truth Turkey Twas vex'd virtue virtue virtues ween Whene'er wind wings wise youth
קטעים בולטים
עמוד x - He began on it ; and when first he mentioned it to Swift, the Doctor did not much like the project. As he carried it on, he showed what he wrote to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice ; but it was wholly of his own writing. When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed.
עמוד 81 - of tender age, In this important care engage? Older and abler passed you by ; How strong are those, how weak am I ! Should I presume to bear you hence, Those friends of mine may take offence. Excuse me, then. You know my heart. But dearest friends, alas ! must part ! How shall we all lament : Adieu ! For see, the hounds are just in view.
עמוד 20 - Discern you gen'rous, mild, and kind ; They see you grieve to hear distress, And pant already to redress. Go on, the height of good attain, Nor let a nation hope in vain. For hence we justly may presage The virtues of a riper age. True courage shall your bosom fire, And future actions own your sire. Cowards are cruel ; but the brave Love mercy, and delight to save.
עמוד 18 - Pride often guides the author's pen, Books as affected are as men : But he who studies nature's laws, From certain truth his maxims draws :. And those without our schools suffice To make men moral, good, and wise.
עמוד 211 - Essex' stately pile adorn'd the shore, There Cecil's, Bedford's, Villiers', now no more. Yet Burlington's fair palace still remains ; Beauty within, without proportion, reigns. Beneath his eye declining art revives, The wall with animated picture lives ; There Handel strikes the strings, the melting strain Transports the soul, and thrills through every vein ; There oft I enter, (but with cleaner shoes,) For Burlington's belov'd by every Muse.
עמוד 79 - Friendship, like love, is but a name, Unless to one you stint the flame. The child, whom many fathers share, Hath seldom known a father's care.
עמוד xiii - ... are, for the purpose of moral instruction, feigned to act and speak with human interests and passions. To this description the compositions of Gay do not always conform. For a fable he gives now and then a tale, or an abstracted allegory; and from some, by whatever name they may be called, it will be difficult to extract any moral principle. They are, however, told with liveliness, the versification is smooth, and the diction, though now and then a little constrained by the measure or the rhyme,...
עמוד 47 - With one who cures a lover's spleen, We guess her, not extremely nice, And only wish to know her price. 'Tis thus that on the choice of friends Our good or evil name depends.
עמוד 225 - How can they say that nature Has nothing made in vain ; Why then, beneath the water, Should hideous rocks remain ? No eyes the rocks discover That lurk beneath the deep, To wreck the wandering lover, And leave the maid to weep.
עמוד 226 - My vows shall ever true remain ; Let me kiss off that falling tear ; We only part to meet again. Change as ye list, ye winds ; my heart shall be The faithful compass that still points to thee.