The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volumen 23Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
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... vain have the throne and the pulpit cried reformation ; while the stage and licentious poems have waged open war with the pious design of church and state . The press has spread the poison far , and scattered wide the mor- tal infection ...
... vain have the throne and the pulpit cried reformation ; while the stage and licentious poems have waged open war with the pious design of church and state . The press has spread the poison far , and scattered wide the mor- tal infection ...
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... vain and dangerous . All that arises a degree above Mr. Sternhold is too airy for worship , and hardly escapes the sentence of ' unclean and abominable . " ' Tis strange , that persons that have the Bible in their hands should be led ...
... vain and dangerous . All that arises a degree above Mr. Sternhold is too airy for worship , and hardly escapes the sentence of ' unclean and abominable . " ' Tis strange , that persons that have the Bible in their hands should be led ...
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... vain in our own ? Yet I must confess , that the Davideis , and the two Arthurs , have so far answered Boileau's objection , in English , as that the obstacles of attempting Christian poësy are broken down , and the vain pretence of its ...
... vain in our own ? Yet I must confess , that the Davideis , and the two Arthurs , have so far answered Boileau's objection , in English , as that the obstacles of attempting Christian poësy are broken down , and the vain pretence of its ...
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... vain as to think there are no faults , nor so blind as to espy none : though I hope the multitude of alterations in this second edition are not without amendment . There is so large a difference between this and the former , in the ...
... vain as to think there are no faults , nor so blind as to espy none : though I hope the multitude of alterations in this second edition are not without amendment . There is so large a difference between this and the former , in the ...
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... vain . Created powers how weak they be ! How short our praises fall ! So much akin to nothing we , And thou the ' Eternal All . ASKING LEAVE TO SING . YET , mighty GoD , indulge my tongue , Nor let thy thunders roar , Whilst the young ...
... vain . Created powers how weak they be ! How short our praises fall ! So much akin to nothing we , And thou the ' Eternal All . ASKING LEAVE TO SING . YET , mighty GoD , indulge my tongue , Nor let thy thunders roar , Whilst the young ...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volumen 23 Ezekiel Sanford Vista completa - 1819 |
The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volumen 23 Ezekiel Sanford,Robert Walsh Vista de fragmentos - 1823 |
The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 27 Ezekiel Sanford,Robert Walsh, Jr. No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Página 379 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound ; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Página 377 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Página 378 - Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul : And dashing soft from rocks around Bubbling runnels join'd the sound ; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.
Página ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 378 - And, though sometimes, each dreary pause between. Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unalter'd mien, While each strain'd ball of sight seem'd bursting from his head.
Página 383 - No wither'd witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew ; The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew. The redbreast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid.
Página 377 - tis said, when all were fired, Filled with fury, rapt, inspired, From the supporting myrtles round They snatched her instruments of sound...
Página 22 - Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou?
Página 380 - IN yonder grave a Druid lies, Where slowly winds the stealing wave ! The year's best sweets shall duteous rise, To deck its Poet's sylvan grave ! In yon deep bed of whispering reeds His airy harp* shall now be laid ; That he, whose heart in sorrow bleeds, May love through life the soothing shade.
Página 362 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.