Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, 77–79. numberJohnson, 1810 - 220 pages |
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... heaven I think there be no such ill - natur'd god as he . Thou pretendest , trait'rous wine ! to be the Muses friend and mine : with love and wit thou dost begin , false fires , alas ! to draw us in ; which , if our course we by them ...
... heaven I think there be no such ill - natur'd god as he . Thou pretendest , trait'rous wine ! to be the Muses friend and mine : with love and wit thou dost begin , false fires , alas ! to draw us in ; which , if our course we by them ...
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... Heaven because ' t is small let gay and toilsome greatness others please , he loves of homely littleness the ease : can any man in gilded rooms attend , and his dear hours in humble visits spend , when in the fresh and beauteous fields ...
... Heaven because ' t is small let gay and toilsome greatness others please , he loves of homely littleness the ease : can any man in gilded rooms attend , and his dear hours in humble visits spend , when in the fresh and beauteous fields ...
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... heaven's should invade his soft repose ; when th ' unexpected , sound of dogs and men his wakeful ear does wound . Rouz'd with the noise , he scarce believes his ear , willing to think th ' illusions of his fear had given this false ...
... heaven's should invade his soft repose ; when th ' unexpected , sound of dogs and men his wakeful ear does wound . Rouz'd with the noise , he scarce believes his ear , willing to think th ' illusions of his fear had given this false ...
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... heaven and earth command . Proceeding spirit , our defence , who dost the gifts of tongues dispense , and crown'st thy gift with eloquence ! Refine and purge our earthly parts ; but , oh , inflame and fire our hearts ! our frailties ...
... heaven and earth command . Proceeding spirit , our defence , who dost the gifts of tongues dispense , and crown'st thy gift with eloquence ! Refine and purge our earthly parts ; but , oh , inflame and fire our hearts ! our frailties ...
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... Heavens bless my son ! from Ireland let him reign to far Barbadoes on the western main ; of his dominion may no end be known , and greater than his father's be his throne ; beyond Love's kingdom let him stretch his pen ! ' He paus'd and ...
... Heavens bless my son ! from Ireland let him reign to far Barbadoes on the western main ; of his dominion may no end be known , and greater than his father's be his throne ; beyond Love's kingdom let him stretch his pen ! ' He paus'd and ...
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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.