Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, 77–79. numberJohnson, 1810 - 220 pages |
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... happy thou , ta'en from this frantic age , where ignorance and hypocrisy does rage ! a fitter time for heav'n no soul e'er chose , the place now only free from those . There ' mong the bless'd thou dost for ever shine , and wheresoe'er ...
... happy thou , ta'en from this frantic age , where ignorance and hypocrisy does rage ! a fitter time for heav'n no soul e'er chose , the place now only free from those . There ' mong the bless'd thou dost for ever shine , and wheresoe'er ...
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... happy tenant of your shade ? Here's the spring - head of Pleasure's flood , where all the riches lie that she has coin'd and stamp'd for good . Pride and ambition here , only in far - fetch'd metaphors appear ; here nought but winds can ...
... happy tenant of your shade ? Here's the spring - head of Pleasure's flood , where all the riches lie that she has coin'd and stamp'd for good . Pride and ambition here , only in far - fetch'd metaphors appear ; here nought but winds can ...
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... happy grow ; the country does with milk and honey flow . The needle trembles so , and turns about , till it the Northern point find out ; but constant , then , and fix'd , does prove , fix'd , that his dearest pole as soon may move ...
... happy grow ; the country does with milk and honey flow . The needle trembles so , and turns about , till it the Northern point find out ; but constant , then , and fix'd , does prove , fix'd , that his dearest pole as soon may move ...
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Abraham Cowley. if things , then , from their end we happy call , ' tis Hope is the most hopeless thing of all . Hope ! thou bold taster of delight , who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st it quite ! thou bring'st us an estate ...
Abraham Cowley. if things , then , from their end we happy call , ' tis Hope is the most hopeless thing of all . Hope ! thou bold taster of delight , who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st it quite ! thou bring'st us an estate ...
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... happy lover , ' t is , my Anacreon , for thy sake , I of the grape no mention make . Till my Anacreon by thee fell , cursed plant , I lov'd thee well ! and ' t was oft my wanton use , to dip my arrows in thy juice . Cursed plant ! ' tis ...
... happy lover , ' t is , my Anacreon , for thy sake , I of the grape no mention make . Till my Anacreon by thee fell , cursed plant , I lov'd thee well ! and ' t was oft my wanton use , to dip my arrows in thy juice . Cursed plant ! ' tis ...
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Page 24 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble...
Page 20 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Page 82 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 22 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Page 19 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Page 21 - And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — the style is excellent; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found...
Page 21 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 19 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 7 - A watchtower once ; but now, so fate ordains. Of all the pile an empty name remains. From its...
Page 4 - CREATOR spirit, by whose aid The world's foundations first were laid, Come visit every pious mind ; Come pour thy joys on human kind ; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make thy temples worthy thee.