Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, 77–79. numberJohnson, 1810 - 220 pages |
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... trembling strings about her fingers crowd , and tell their joy for ev'ry kiss aloud . Small force there needs to make them tremble so : touch'd by that hand , who would not tremble too ? here Love takes stand , and while she charms the ...
... trembling strings about her fingers crowd , and tell their joy for ev'ry kiss aloud . Small force there needs to make them tremble so : touch'd by that hand , who would not tremble too ? here Love takes stand , and while she charms the ...
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... trembling notes ascend the sky , The and heavenly joys inspire . song began from Jove , who left his blissful seats above , ( such is the power of mighty love . ) A dragon's fiery form bely'd the god : sublime on ALEXANDER'S FEAST . 23.
... trembling notes ascend the sky , The and heavenly joys inspire . song began from Jove , who left his blissful seats above , ( such is the power of mighty love . ) A dragon's fiery form bely'd the god : sublime on ALEXANDER'S FEAST . 23.
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... trembling string , the sound and triumph of our song . 3 For ever consecrate the day , to music and Cecilia ; music , the greatest good that mortals know , and all of heaven we have below . Music can noble hints impart , engender fury ...
... trembling string , the sound and triumph of our song . 3 For ever consecrate the day , to music and Cecilia ; music , the greatest good that mortals know , and all of heaven we have below . Music can noble hints impart , engender fury ...
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... trembling lyre , the streams stands still , the stones admire ; the listening savages advance , the wolf and lamb around him trip , the bears in awkward measures leap , and tigers mingle in the dance . The moving woods attended as he ...
... trembling lyre , the streams stands still , the stones admire ; the listening savages advance , the wolf and lamb around him trip , the bears in awkward measures leap , and tigers mingle in the dance . The moving woods attended as he ...
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... trembling strings and melting voices , the tuneful ferment rises high , and works with mingled melody : quick divisions run their rounds , a thousand trills and quivering sounds in airy circles o'er us fly , till , wafted by a gentle ...
... trembling strings and melting voices , the tuneful ferment rises high , and works with mingled melody : quick divisions run their rounds , a thousand trills and quivering sounds in airy circles o'er us fly , till , wafted by a gentle ...
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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.