The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, 2. köideLewis A. Lewis, 1830 |
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... great monarch of the British lays , The tribute song an humble subject pays . So tries the artless lark her early flight , And soars , to hail the god of verse and light . Unrival'd as thy merit be thy fame , And thy 4 TO THE AUTHOR.
... great monarch of the British lays , The tribute song an humble subject pays . So tries the artless lark her early flight , And soars , to hail the god of verse and light . Unrival'd as thy merit be thy fame , And thy 4 TO THE AUTHOR.
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... gods themselves has rais'd the hero's fame ; The Roman stage did ne'er his image see , Drawn at full length ; a task reserv'd for thee . 1 Tender Husband , dedicated to Mr. Addison . VERSES TO THE AUTHOR , ETC. By thee we view VERSES ...
... gods themselves has rais'd the hero's fame ; The Roman stage did ne'er his image see , Drawn at full length ; a task reserv'd for thee . 1 Tender Husband , dedicated to Mr. Addison . VERSES TO THE AUTHOR , ETC. By thee we view VERSES ...
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... gods , " I'm satisfied . ” See ! how your lays the British youth inflame ! They long to shoot , and ripen into fame ; Applauding theatres disturb their rest , And unborn Catos heave in every breast ; Their nightly dreams their daily ...
... gods , " I'm satisfied . ” See ! how your lays the British youth inflame ! They long to shoot , and ripen into fame ; Applauding theatres disturb their rest , And unborn Catos heave in every breast ; Their nightly dreams their daily ...
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... gods of Rome , Like old acquaintance at their native home , In thee we find : each deed , each word exprest , And every thought that swell'd a Roman breast . We trace each hint that could thy soul inspire With Virgil's judgment , and ...
... gods of Rome , Like old acquaintance at their native home , In thee we find : each deed , each word exprest , And every thought that swell'd a Roman breast . We trace each hint that could thy soul inspire With Virgil's judgment , and ...
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... gods , what havoc does ambition make Among your works ! MARCUS . -Thy steady temper , Portius , Can look on guilt , rebellion , fraud , and Cæsar , In the calm lights of mild philosophy ; I'm tortur'd , even to madness , when I think On ...
... gods , what havoc does ambition make Among your works ! MARCUS . -Thy steady temper , Portius , Can look on guilt , rebellion , fraud , and Cæsar , In the calm lights of mild philosophy ; I'm tortur'd , even to madness , when I think On ...
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Page 64 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 129 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 65 - A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. While Cato gives his little senate laws, What bosom beats not in his country's cause ? Who sees him act, but envies every deed ? Who hears him groan, and does not wish to bleed?
Page 88 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Page 130 - 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 130 - ... there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when ! or where ! — This world was made for Caesar.
Page 86 - My voice is still for war. Gods ! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death ! No, let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And, at the head of our remaining troops, Attack the foe, break through the thick array Of his throng'd legions, and charge home upon him.
Page 129 - The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us (And that there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 128 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
Page 67 - And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome" Our father's death Would fill up all the guilt of civil war, And close the scene of blood. Already...