Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, 77–79. numberJohnson, 1810 - 220 pages |
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... sights removes out of thy way . , At thy appearance , Grief itself is said to shake his wings , and rouse his head ... sight of thee , to the cheek colour comes , and firmness to the knee . Ev'n Lust , the master of a harden'd face ...
... sights removes out of thy way . , At thy appearance , Grief itself is said to shake his wings , and rouse his head ... sight of thee , to the cheek colour comes , and firmness to the knee . Ev'n Lust , the master of a harden'd face ...
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... sight , in the sun's busy and impert'nent light . Then down I laid my head , down on cold earth , and for awhile was dead , and my freed soul to a strange somewhere fled . Ah ! sottish soul ! said I , when back to ' its cage again I saw ...
... sight , in the sun's busy and impert'nent light . Then down I laid my head , down on cold earth , and for awhile was dead , and my freed soul to a strange somewhere fled . Ah ! sottish soul ! said I , when back to ' its cage again I saw ...
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... sight . Fruition more deceitful is than thou canst be when thou dost miss ; men leave thee by obtaining , and straight flee some other way again to thee : and that ' s a pleasant country , without doubt , to which all soon return that ...
... sight . Fruition more deceitful is than thou canst be when thou dost miss ; men leave thee by obtaining , and straight flee some other way again to thee : and that ' s a pleasant country , without doubt , to which all soon return that ...
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... sight disturb his rest ) by fools desir'd , by wicked men possess'd ; thus , thus ( and this deserv'd great Virgil's praise ) the old Corycian yeomen pass'd his days : thus his wise life Abdolonymus spent : th ' ambassadors , which the ...
... sight disturb his rest ) by fools desir'd , by wicked men possess'd ; thus , thus ( and this deserv'd great Virgil's praise ) the old Corycian yeomen pass'd his days : thus his wise life Abdolonymus spent : th ' ambassadors , which the ...
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... sight , and godlike honours won ? is it some man of endless wealth ? said he . None , none of these . Who can this Aglaüs be ? after long search and vain inquiries past , in an obscure Arcadian vale at last , ( th ' Arcadian life has ...
... sight , and godlike honours won ? is it some man of endless wealth ? said he . None , none of these . Who can this Aglaüs be ? after long search and vain inquiries past , in an obscure Arcadian vale at last , ( th ' Arcadian life has ...
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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.