Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, 77–79. numberJohnson, 1810 - 220 pages |
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... tremble so : touch'd by that hand , who would not tremble too ? here Love takes stand , and while she charms the ear , empties his quiver on the list'ning deer . Music so softens and disarms the mind , that not an arrow does resistance ...
... tremble so : touch'd by that hand , who would not tremble too ? here Love takes stand , and while she charms the ear , empties his quiver on the list'ning deer . Music so softens and disarms the mind , that not an arrow does resistance ...
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... tremble at the head of armies flush'd with conquest ; O my Portius , could I but call that wondrous man my father , would but thy sister Marcia be propitious to thy friend's vows ; I might be bless'd indeed ! Por . Alas ! Sempronius ...
... tremble at the head of armies flush'd with conquest ; O my Portius , could I but call that wondrous man my father , would but thy sister Marcia be propitious to thy friend's vows ; I might be bless'd indeed ! Por . Alas ! Sempronius ...
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... tremble at the Roman name ? Syph . Gods ! where's the worth that sets this peo- above your own Numidia's tawny sons ? [ ple up do they with tougher sinews bend the bow ? or flies the javelin swifter to it's mark , launch'd from the ...
... tremble at the Roman name ? Syph . Gods ! where's the worth that sets this peo- above your own Numidia's tawny sons ? [ ple up do they with tougher sinews bend the bow ? or flies the javelin swifter to it's mark , launch'd from the ...
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... tremble at his vehemence of temper . Marcia Alas , poor youth ! how can'st thou throw him from thee ? Lucia , thou know'st not half the love he bears thee ; whene'er he speaks of thee , his heart's in flames , he sends out all his soul ...
... tremble at his vehemence of temper . Marcia Alas , poor youth ! how can'st thou throw him from thee ? Lucia , thou know'st not half the love he bears thee ; whene'er he speaks of thee , his heart's in flames , he sends out all his soul ...
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... tremble ? through those his guards .-- Ha , dastards , do you or act like men , or by yon azure heaven- Enter JUBA . Jub . What do I see ? who's this that dares usurp the guards and habits of Numidia's prince ? Sem . 7. * ACT IV . 73 ...
... tremble ? through those his guards .-- Ha , dastards , do you or act like men , or by yon azure heaven- Enter JUBA . Jub . What do I see ? who's this that dares usurp the guards and habits of Numidia's prince ? Sem . 7. * ACT IV . 73 ...
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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.