The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 32–34. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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Page xi
... scenes our busy thoughts engage ! The pompous scenes in all their pride appear , Fresh in the page , as in the ... scene is in the Muse's glass . Nor sweeter notes the echoing Forests chear , When Philomela. 25 Nor 55 Thence [ xi ]
... scenes our busy thoughts engage ! The pompous scenes in all their pride appear , Fresh in the page , as in the ... scene is in the Muse's glass . Nor sweeter notes the echoing Forests chear , When Philomela. 25 Nor 55 Thence [ xi ]
Page xii
... scene of shade and light , And give at once the day , at once the night ! And here again what sweet confufion reigns , In dreary deferts mix'd , with painted plains ! And fee ! the deferts cast a pleasing gloom , And shrubby heaths ...
... scene of shade and light , And give at once the day , at once the night ! And here again what sweet confufion reigns , In dreary deferts mix'd , with painted plains ! And fee ! the deferts cast a pleasing gloom , And shrubby heaths ...
Page xiii
... scene , The awful dome , the groves eternal green : Where facred Hough long found his fam'd retreat , And brought the Muses to the fylvan feat , Reform'd the wits , unlock'd the Claffic store , And made that Music which was noise before ...
... scene , The awful dome , the groves eternal green : Where facred Hough long found his fam'd retreat , And brought the Muses to the fylvan feat , Reform'd the wits , unlock'd the Claffic store , And made that Music which was noise before ...
Page xix
... scene , There the wide landscape smiles with livelier green , The floating glass reflects the distant sky , And o'er the whole the glancing fun - beams fly ; Buds open , and disclose the inmost shade ; 80 The ripen'd harvest crowns the ...
... scene , There the wide landscape smiles with livelier green , The floating glass reflects the distant sky , And o'er the whole the glancing fun - beams fly ; Buds open , and disclose the inmost shade ; 80 The ripen'd harvest crowns the ...
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... scene or profpect is to be pre- fented to our view , which should likewife have its va- riety * . This variety is obtained in a great degree by frequent comparisons , drawn from the most agreeable objects of the country ; by ...
... scene or profpect is to be pre- fented to our view , which should likewife have its va- riety * . This variety is obtained in a great degree by frequent comparisons , drawn from the most agreeable objects of the country ; by ...
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beſt bleſt cauſe charms cloſe Court Dæmon deſign Dulneſs Dunciad eaſe EPISTLE eſt ev'n eyes facred faid fair fame fate fatire filent fince fing fire firſt flame fome fool foul fuch fure grace heart Heaven Hero honour houſe inſpire itſelf juſt King laſt leſs Lord lov'd mihi moſt Muſe muſic muſt Nature numbers Nymph o'er obſerve Paffion paſs Paſſion paſt perſons pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poet Pope praiſe preſent pride publiſhed quae Quid quod rage raiſe Reaſon reſt rife riſe roſe Sappho Satire ſay ſcarce ſcene ſcorn ſee ſeem ſeen ſenſe ſet ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhine ſhore ſhort ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſmile ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtrain ſtreams ſtrong ſubject ſuch ſwell taſte thee theſe thoſe thou tibi Twas uſe VARIATION verſe Virtue whoſe wife
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Page 64 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 89 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Page 163 - How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Page 36 - Nor think, in Nature's state they blindly trod; The state of Nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man.
Page 125 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Page 175 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 15 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Page 109 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Page 5 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot Folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Page 140 - If on a pillory, or near a throne, He gain his prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit...