 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 lehte
...our hearts allow, And what Timotheus was, is Drydcn now. to CHARACTER OF DRYDEN. ; AH oot or ORAY'S. BEHOLD, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...fields of glory bear, Two coursers of ethereal race, . CPaccWith necks in thunder clo.,th 'd, and long.resoundi ng Hark, hishands the lyre explore) 5 B.'ght-ey'd... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 lehte
...i. 20, 26, 28. He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light [9], Clos'd his eyes in endless night (y), Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide...fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race (z), With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace (a). III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 lehte
...sapphire blaze. He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light [9], Clos'd his eyes in endless night (y). Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide...fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race (z), With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace (a). III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre... | |
 | William Pitt - 1804 - 330 lehte
...forth and adapts the expressions of that prophet, and with more than mortal rapture, exclaims, " The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble...excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night." Surely the simple allusion to the loss of sight in Homer (the op6av«» ^ a^™) by Gray himself, or... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 lehte
...of the r,lory of the Lord. J?ze*zWL20,2638. He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light [8], Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's...fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race y, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resoundinj pace z. III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 lehte
...hearts allow, And what Timotheus was, is Dryden now. CHARACTER OF DRYDEN. FROM GRAY'S PROGRESS OF POESY. BEHOLD, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! [pace. Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 lehte
...sapphire-blaze*, Where angels tremble while they gaze, He saw, but blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night, Behold where Dryden's less...Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of etherial racet, With necks in thunder cloth' d+ and long resounding pace. III. 3. Hark ! his hands... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 lehte
...characterise Dryden. He, indeed, furnishes his car with but two horses ; but they are of " ethereal race:" " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, " Wide...coursers of ethereal race, '• With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long resounding pace." Ode <m ttt fr<$mt efften. " With secret course, which no loud... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 lehte
...Dryden. He, indeed, furnishes his car • with but two horses; but they are of " ethereal race :" " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, " Wide...coursers of ethereal race, " With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long resounding pace." Ode on the Progress of Potty. *B!e part of that poem. Much, no... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 lehte
...sapphire-blaze, Where Angels tremble, while they gaze, He saw; but blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold where Dryden's less...presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear * Shakespeare. t Milton. Two Coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long-resounding... | |
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He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night. 
