The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 50. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... theme to try , And find the thought of man could rise so high ? Beyond this world the labour to pursue , And open all ETERNITY to view ? But thou art best delighted to rehearse Heaven's holy dictates in exalted verfe : O thou haft power ...
... theme to try , And find the thought of man could rise so high ? Beyond this world the labour to pursue , And open all ETERNITY to view ? But thou art best delighted to rehearse Heaven's holy dictates in exalted verfe : O thou haft power ...
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... theme , his towering Mufe , With gen'rous zeal , a nobler fame pursues : Religion's caufe her ravish'd heart inspires , And with a thousand bright ideas fires ; Tranfports her quick , impatient , piercing eye , O'er the ftrait limits of ...
... theme , his towering Mufe , With gen'rous zeal , a nobler fame pursues : Religion's caufe her ravish'd heart inspires , And with a thousand bright ideas fires ; Tranfports her quick , impatient , piercing eye , O'er the ftrait limits of ...
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... theme , their facred fongs with mine . Again the trumpet's intermitted sound Rolls the wide circuit of creation round , An univerfal concourfe to prepare Of all that ever breath'd the vital air : In fome wide field , which active ...
... theme , their facred fongs with mine . Again the trumpet's intermitted sound Rolls the wide circuit of creation round , An univerfal concourfe to prepare Of all that ever breath'd the vital air : In fome wide field , which active ...
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... theme , Diffolving elements , and worlds , in flame . 230 235 The fatal period , the great hour , is come , And nature shrinks at her approaching doom ; Loud peals of thunder give the fign , and all Heaven's terrors in array furround ...
... theme , Diffolving elements , and worlds , in flame . 230 235 The fatal period , the great hour , is come , And nature shrinks at her approaching doom ; Loud peals of thunder give the fign , and all Heaven's terrors in array furround ...
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... themes , from thoughts that foar'd on FROM high , And open'd wondrous fcenes above the sky , My Mufe defcend : Indulge my fond defire ; With fofter thoughts my melting foul inspire , And smooth my numbers to a female's praise : A ...
... themes , from thoughts that foar'd on FROM high , And open'd wondrous fcenes above the sky , My Mufe defcend : Indulge my fond defire ; With fofter thoughts my melting foul inspire , And smooth my numbers to a female's praise : A ...
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Page 210 - Tis dreadful to behold his nostrils blaze ; To paw the vale he proudly takes delight, And triumphs in the fulness of his might ; High rais'd he snuffs the battle from afar, And burns to plunge amid the raging war ; And mocks at death, and throws his foam around, And in a storm of fury shakes the ground.
Page 223 - Rome swift thunder flew, And headlong from his throne the tyrant threw : Thrown headlong down, by Rome in triumph led, For this night's deed his perjur'd bosom bled : His brother's ghost each moment made him start, And all his father's anguish rent his heart.
Page 86 - Is there a man of an eternal vein, "Who lulls the town in winter with his strain, At Bath, in summer, chants the reigning...
Page 110 - Such shining expletives of human kind, Who want, while through blank life they dream along, Sense to be right and passion to be wrong.
Page 210 - But, fiercer still, the lordly lion stalks, Grimly majestic in his lonely walks ; When round he glares, all living creatures fly; He clears the desert with his rolling eye.
Page 139 - tis on plenty your poor lovers starve. But with a modern fair, meridian merit Is a fierce thing they call a nymph of spirit. Mark well the rollings of her flaming eye, And tread on tiptoe if you dare draw nigh: 50 "Or if you take a lion by the beard, Or dare defy the fell Hyrcanian pard, Or arm'd rhinoceros, or rough Russian bear," First make your will, and then converse with her.
Page 221 - Views the pale cheek and the distorted mien ; He drains off life by drops, and, deaf to cries, Examines every spirit as it flies : He studies torment, dives in mortal woe, To rouse up every pang repeats his blow ; Each rising agony, each dreadful grace, Yet warm transplanting to his Saviour's face.
Page 89 - But found at length that it reduc'd his rent ; His farms were flown ; when, lo ! a sale comes on, A choice collection ! what is to be done ? He sells his last ; for he the whole will buy ; Sells...
Page 79 - It aids the dancer's heel, the writer's head, And heaps the plain with mountains of the dead ; Nor ends with life ; but nods in sable plumes, Adorns our hearse, and flatters on our tombs.
Page 169 - The naval crown Is all his own ! Our fleet, if War or Commerce call, His will performs Through waves and storms, And rides in triumph round the ball.