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... young ; And each , as added numbers swell'd their fame , Was duly govern'd , and a Hall became . Here in rude nurture ancient Worthies dwelt , And solemn dreams of classic glory felt ; Here Gildas liv'd ; and unforgotten Bede , And ...
... young ; And each , as added numbers swell'd their fame , Was duly govern'd , and a Hall became . Here in rude nurture ancient Worthies dwelt , And solemn dreams of classic glory felt ; Here Gildas liv'd ; and unforgotten Bede , And ...
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... young Arts , and bade their temples rise ; Prompt at his wish , within her antique walls , Behold ! the grandeur of three founded Halls , Where Royalty with feudal Princes came , When first a Lecture lent those Halls a famef.- Hence o ...
... young Arts , and bade their temples rise ; Prompt at his wish , within her antique walls , Behold ! the grandeur of three founded Halls , Where Royalty with feudal Princes came , When first a Lecture lent those Halls a famef.- Hence o ...
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... Young hearts would echo to a welcome strain , And feel , as I do , Johnson live again ! O'er Time's vast sea a cent'ry's waves have roll'd , And many a knell hath unregarded knoll❜d , Since , fondly wrapt in meditative gloom , The Sage ...
... Young hearts would echo to a welcome strain , And feel , as I do , Johnson live again ! O'er Time's vast sea a cent'ry's waves have roll'd , And many a knell hath unregarded knoll❜d , Since , fondly wrapt in meditative gloom , The Sage ...
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... young theme thy genius glanc'd upon , Her walls receiv'd thee ; where thy talents grew , Bright in the welcome of her fost'ring view , Till glowing Senates mark'd thy spirit rise , And England hail'd it with adoring eyes ! — Alas ! that ...
... young theme thy genius glanc'd upon , Her walls receiv'd thee ; where thy talents grew , Bright in the welcome of her fost'ring view , Till glowing Senates mark'd thy spirit rise , And England hail'd it with adoring eyes ! — Alas ! that ...
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... in the restless town To wear the thorny wreath of young renown ; Or , spirit - worn , see rivals mount above , With few to honour , and with none to love ; Afar to Keswick's mountain calm he hied , And found 76 PART I. OXFORD .
... in the restless town To wear the thorny wreath of young renown ; Or , spirit - worn , see rivals mount above , With few to honour , and with none to love ; Afar to Keswick's mountain calm he hied , And found 76 PART I. OXFORD .
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Page 185 - But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 193 - The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age ; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nobody was willing to play with me.
Page 222 - Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Page 185 - Oxford with a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a school-boy would have been ashamed.
Page 217 - d by ev'ry quill ; Fed with soft dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song.
Page 220 - In men we various ruling passions find ; In women two almost divide the kind ; Those only fix'd, they first or last obey, The love of pleasure, and the love of sway.
Page 229 - The bookful blockhead ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always listening to himself appears. All books he reads, and all he reads assails, From Dryden's Fables down to Durfey's Tales. With him most authors steal their works, or buy ; Garth did not write his own Dispensary.
Page 220 - ... a rib Crooked by nature, bent, as now appears, More to the part sinister, from me drawn ; Well if thrown out, as supernumerary To my just number found. O ! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine ; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 240 - Say, for you saw us, ye immortal lights, How oft unwearied have we spent the nights, Till the Ledaean stars, so famed for love, Wonder'd at us from above! We spent them not in toys, in lusts, or wine ; But search of deep Philosophy, Wit, Eloquence, and Poetry, Arts which I loved, for they, my friend, were thine.
Page 193 - A poet, while living, is seldom an object sufficiently great to attract much attention ; his real merits are known but to a few, and these are generally sparing in their praises. When his fame is increased by time, it is then too late to investigate the peculiarities of his disposition ; the dews of morning are past, and we vainly try to continue the chase by the meridian splendor.