Poems on Several OccasionsJ. and R. Tonson, 1760 - 252 עמודים |
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עמוד 1
... Poet fung , SUCH ' Till death untimely stop'd his tuneful tongue . Oh just beheld , and loft ! admir'd , and mourn'd ! With fofteft manners , gentlest arts , adorn'd ! Bleft in each science , bleft in ev'ry strain ! Dear to the Mufe ...
... Poet fung , SUCH ' Till death untimely stop'd his tuneful tongue . Oh just beheld , and loft ! admir'd , and mourn'd ! With fofteft manners , gentlest arts , adorn'd ! Bleft in each science , bleft in ev'ry strain ! Dear to the Mufe ...
עמוד 7
... Poet drew His fofteft pencil , think he dream'd of you ; And warn'd by him , ye wanton pens , beware How heav'n's concern'd to vindicate the Fair . The cafe was Hefiod's ; he the fable writ ; Some think with meaning , fome with idle wit ...
... Poet drew His fofteft pencil , think he dream'd of you ; And warn'd by him , ye wanton pens , beware How heav'n's concern'd to vindicate the Fair . The cafe was Hefiod's ; he the fable writ ; Some think with meaning , fome with idle wit ...
עמוד 93
... poet reign'd , and long unknown , Like monarchs sparkling on a distant throne ; In all the majesty of Greek retir'd , Himself unknown , his mighty name admir'd , His language failing , wrap'd him round with night , Thine rais'd by thee ...
... poet reign'd , and long unknown , Like monarchs sparkling on a distant throne ; In all the majesty of Greek retir'd , Himself unknown , his mighty name admir'd , His language failing , wrap'd him round with night , Thine rais'd by thee ...
עמוד 118
... Poet's God : ( For which his curls ambrosial shake , And mother Earth's obliged to quake :) He faw old mother Earth arife , She stood confefs'd before his eyes ; But not with what we read the wore , A caftle for a crown before , Nor ...
... Poet's God : ( For which his curls ambrosial shake , And mother Earth's obliged to quake :) He faw old mother Earth arife , She stood confefs'd before his eyes ; But not with what we read the wore , A caftle for a crown before , Nor ...
עמוד 197
... poet ; that I knew him in his next tranfmigration into a peacock ; was pleafed with his return to manhood , under the name of Ennius at Rome ; and more pleafed to hear he would foon revive under another name , with all his full luftre ...
... poet ; that I knew him in his next tranfmigration into a peacock ; was pleafed with his return to manhood , under the name of Ennius at Rome ; and more pleafed to hear he would foon revive under another name , with all his full luftre ...
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Ægypt againſt appear aſk beauty becauſe bluſhes caft Callimachus cauſe cloſe Comus Cras amet croud defign defire dreft eaſe eaſy envy ev'ry eyes fable facred fafe faid fame faſhion fays feat feem feem'd fhade fhall fhew fhould fide fight filent filver fince fing firſt flain fome fomething fometimes fong foul Frogs ftill fuch fung glaſs Gods guife heart himſelf HOMER houſe Iliad Ipfa itſelf Jove laft lefs Let thofe love loft Macedon Mice moſt Moufe Mouſe mufic Muſe muſt nature never lov'd numquam amavit Nymphs o'er obferved Ovid paffage paffion Pallas paſs pleaſe pleaſure poet Pow'r praiſe quique amavit raiſe reaſon reft rife roſe ſcene ſhades ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhow ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet thee thefe themſelves theſe thoſe thou thouſand thro tion tranflation Twas uſe whofe whoſe youth ZOILUS
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עמוד 98 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
עמוד 142 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
עמוד 98 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The...
עמוד 136 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
עמוד 137 - Deep sunk in sleep, and silk, and heaps of down. At length 'tis morn, and at the dawn of day Along the wide canals the zephyrs play ; Fresh o'er the gay parterres the breezes creep.
עמוד 131 - Whither, O whither art thou fled, To lay thy meek contented head ? What happy region dost thou please To make the seat of calms and ease ? " Ambition searches all its sphere Of pomp and state to meet thee there.
עמוד 138 - And shake the neighbouring wood to banish sleep. Up rise the guests, obedient to the call: An early banquet deck'd the splendid hall; Rich luscious wine a golden goblet grac'd, Which the kind master forc'd the guests to taste. Then, pleas'd and thankful, from the porch...
עמוד 96 - And decks the goddess with the glitt'ring spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled, and the white.
עמוד 41 - Till all the rout retreat. By this the stars began to wink, They shriek, they fly, the tapers sink, And down y^drops the Knight : For never spell by faerie laid With strong enchantment bound a glade, Beyond the length of night. Chill, dark, alone, adreed, he lay, Till up the welkin rose the...
עמוד 38 - Through all the land before. But soon as Dan Apollo rose, Full jolly creature home he goes, He feels his back the less ; His honest tongue and steady mind Had rid him of the lump behind, Which made him want success.