The Works of the English Poets: AddisonH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... See mighty Naffau through the battle ride , And fee thy fubjects gasping by his fide : Fain would the pious prince refuse th ' alarm , Fain would he check the fury of his arm ; But , when thy cruelties his thoughts engage , The hero ...
... See mighty Naffau through the battle ride , And fee thy fubjects gasping by his fide : Fain would the pious prince refuse th ' alarm , Fain would he check the fury of his arm ; But , when thy cruelties his thoughts engage , The hero ...
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... our rising mirth destroys , Darkens our triumphs , and forbids our joys . But see , at length , the British ships appear ! Our Naffau comes and as his fleet draws near , The The rifing mafts advance , the fails grow white , TO THE KING .
... our rising mirth destroys , Darkens our triumphs , and forbids our joys . But see , at length , the British ships appear ! Our Naffau comes and as his fleet draws near , The The rifing mafts advance , the fails grow white , TO THE KING .
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... see the bees repair , Borne on the wind , through distant tracts of air , And view the winged cloud all blackening from afar ; While fhady coverts and fresh fteams they chufe , " Milfoil and common honey - fuckles bruife , And sprinkle ...
... see the bees repair , Borne on the wind , through distant tracts of air , And view the winged cloud all blackening from afar ; While fhady coverts and fresh fteams they chufe , " Milfoil and common honey - fuckles bruife , And sprinkle ...
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... See ! fee ! he upwards fprings , and towering high Spurns the dull province of mortality , Shakes heaven's eternal throne with dire alarms , And fets th ' Almighty thunderer in arms . What e'er his pen describes I more than fee , Whilft ...
... See ! fee ! he upwards fprings , and towering high Spurns the dull province of mortality , Shakes heaven's eternal throne with dire alarms , And fets th ' Almighty thunderer in arms . What e'er his pen describes I more than fee , Whilft ...
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... see the Mincio draw his watery store , Through the long windings of a fruitful fhore , And hoary Albula's infected tide O'er the warm bed of smoking sulphur glide . Fir'd with a thousand raptures , I furvey Eridanus through flowery ...
... see the Mincio draw his watery store , Through the long windings of a fruitful fhore , And hoary Albula's infected tide O'er the warm bed of smoking sulphur glide . Fir'd with a thousand raptures , I furvey Eridanus through flowery ...
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Aëre æther arms aſk atque behold beſt blood bluſhes breaſt bright Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe CYCNUS death DECIUS defcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fenate fhall fhining fight fire firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftory ftrength fubject fuccefs fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf itſelf Jove JUBA laft laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid Marcia Marcus mighty moſt muſt myſelf numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet Portius praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife rifu riſe Roman Rome SEMPRONIUS ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtreams Syphax tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder verfe verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue waſte Whilft youth САТО
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Página 225 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 329 - 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.
Página 330 - ... 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 — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Página 45 - Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours pray'r.
Página 153 - Who now appear'd but one continu'd wound. With dropping tears his bitter fate he moans, And fills the mountain with his dying groans. His servants with a piteous look he spies, And turns about his supplicating eyes.
Página 35 - Through pathless fields, and unfrequented floods, To dens of dragons and enchanted woods. But now the mystic tale, that pleased of yore, Can charm an understanding age no more; The long-spun allegories fulsome grow, While the dull moral lies too plain below.
Página 100 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Página 210 - Virgil seems no where so well pleased, as when he is got among his Bees in the Fourth Georgic; and ennobles the actions of so trivial a creature, with metaphors drawn from the most important concerns of mankind. His verses...
Página 249 - ... storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. While Cato gives his little senate laws...
Página 278 - Rome will rejoice, and cast its eyes on Cato, As on the second of mankind. CATO. No more! I must not think of life on such conditions. DEC. Caesar is well acquainted with your virtues, And therefore sets this value on your life: Let him but know the price of Cato's friendship, And name your terms.