Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Números 77-79Johnson, 1810 - 220 páginas |
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Abraham Cowley. ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in London in the year 1618. His father who who was a grocer , dying before his birth , his mother procured his admission as a king's scholar , at West- minster school . While here the accidental ...
Abraham Cowley. ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in London in the year 1618. His father who who was a grocer , dying before his birth , his mother procured his admission as a king's scholar , at West- minster school . While here the accidental ...
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... father was Robert Waller , esq . of Buckinghamshire , his mother was sister to the cele- brated Hampden . Our poet was born at Coleshill near Amersham , in Hertfordshire , March 3 , 1605 . He was educated at Eton , and King's college ...
... father was Robert Waller , esq . of Buckinghamshire , his mother was sister to the cele- brated Hampden . Our poet was born at Coleshill near Amersham , in Hertfordshire , March 3 , 1605 . He was educated at Eton , and King's college ...
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... father was a res- pectable farmer , who had his son educated at Wor- cester . He was afterwards 6 or 7 years at Cambridge , but was never matriculated . He returned to his na- tive country , and became clerk to Mr. Jefferys , of Earl's ...
... father was a res- pectable farmer , who had his son educated at Wor- cester . He was afterwards 6 or 7 years at Cambridge , but was never matriculated . He returned to his na- tive country , and became clerk to Mr. Jefferys , of Earl's ...
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... fathers of the commonwealth that planted colonies in Rome itself ? When he that help'd his neighbours , and begot most Romans , was the noblest patriot ? for if a brave man , that preserv'd from death one citizen , was honour'd with a ...
... fathers of the commonwealth that planted colonies in Rome itself ? When he that help'd his neighbours , and begot most Romans , was the noblest patriot ? for if a brave man , that preserv'd from death one citizen , was honour'd with a ...
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... father chid and threatened him ; he grew repentant , and wrote , an Essay on Gaming , which he presented to his father . This effected a reconciliation . His father died in 1638. He again fell to gaming , and lost sev- eral thousand ...
... father chid and threatened him ; he grew repentant , and wrote , an Essay on Gaming , which he presented to his father . This effected a reconciliation . His father died in 1638. He again fell to gaming , and lost sev- eral thousand ...
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Página 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...
Página 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?
Página 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.
Página 22 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 21 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 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.
Página 7 - A watchtower once ; but now, so fate ordains. Of all the pile an empty name remains. From its...
Página 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.