Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, 77–79. numberJohnson, 1810 - 220 pages |
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... mind , with a degree of sensibility that is very delightful . pleasant , easy manners , the enthusiasm of his imagi nation have many charms in them ; and when he His speaks of rural life , and the retired enjoyment of LIFE OF COWLEY . 5.
... mind , with a degree of sensibility that is very delightful . pleasant , easy manners , the enthusiasm of his imagi nation have many charms in them ; and when he His speaks of rural life , and the retired enjoyment of LIFE OF COWLEY . 5.
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... charms could not incline to stay . Yet what he sung in his immortal strain , tho ' unsuccessful , was not sung in vain : all but the nymph that should redress his wrong , attend his passion , and approve his song . Like Phœbus thus ...
... charms could not incline to stay . Yet what he sung in his immortal strain , tho ' unsuccessful , was not sung in vain : all but the nymph that should redress his wrong , attend his passion , and approve his song . Like Phœbus thus ...
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... mistress eating a black pudding ; and when imprisoned air escap'd her it puff'd him with poetic rapture . His sonnets charm'd th ' attentive croud , by wide - mouth'd moral troll'd aloud , * Mr. Waller . 8 LIFE OF BUTLER .
... mistress eating a black pudding ; and when imprisoned air escap'd her it puff'd him with poetic rapture . His sonnets charm'd th ' attentive croud , by wide - mouth'd moral troll'd aloud , * Mr. Waller . 8 LIFE OF BUTLER .
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... ; there the last numbers flow'd from Cowley's tongue . Who now shall charm the shades where Cowley strung his living harp , and lofty Denham sung ? POPE . SSSSSSSS COOPER'S HILL . ام Sure ure there are poets LIFE OF DENHAM . 3.
... ; there the last numbers flow'd from Cowley's tongue . Who now shall charm the shades where Cowley strung his living harp , and lofty Denham sung ? POPE . SSSSSSSS COOPER'S HILL . ام Sure ure there are poets LIFE OF DENHAM . 3.
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... charms , that blooming grace , the well - proportion'd shape , and beauteous face , shall never more be seen by mortal eyes ; in earth the much - lamented virgin lies . Not wit , nor piety , could fate prevent ; nor was the cruel ...
... charms , that blooming grace , the well - proportion'd shape , and beauteous face , shall never more be seen by mortal eyes ; in earth the much - lamented virgin lies . Not wit , nor piety , could fate prevent ; nor was the cruel ...
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Page 20 - 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 16 - 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 78 - 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 18 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Page 15 - 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 17 - 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 17 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 15 - 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 3 - A watchtower once ; but now, so fate ordains. Of all the pile an empty name remains. From its...
Page 18 - 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.