The Works of the English Poets: Denham and YaldenSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... fecond honour to their diadem . Had thy great deftiny but given thee skill To know , as well as power to act her will , That from thofe kings , who then thy captives were , In after - times fhould spring a royal pair , Who fhould ...
... fecond honour to their diadem . Had thy great deftiny but given thee skill To know , as well as power to act her will , That from thofe kings , who then thy captives were , In after - times fhould spring a royal pair , Who fhould ...
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... our woes , As not to lend a tear ; then how can I Reprefs the horror of my thoughts , which fly The The fad remembrance ? Now th ' expiring night And [ 20 ] The Destruction of Troy, an Effay on the fecond Book of Virgil's Æneis.
... our woes , As not to lend a tear ; then how can I Reprefs the horror of my thoughts , which fly The The fad remembrance ? Now th ' expiring night And [ 20 ] The Destruction of Troy, an Effay on the fecond Book of Virgil's Æneis.
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... fecond honour to our prince we owe ; Next to wives , parents , children , fit respect , And to our friends and kindred we direct : Then we muft thofe who groan beneath the weight Of age , difeafe , or want , commiferate : ' Mongft those ...
... fecond honour to our prince we owe ; Next to wives , parents , children , fit respect , And to our friends and kindred we direct : Then we muft thofe who groan beneath the weight Of age , difeafe , or want , commiferate : ' Mongft those ...
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... fecond time , and there were ten between ? Therefore their argument ' s of little force , Who age from great employments would divorce , As in a fhip fome climb the fhrouds , t ' unfold The fail , fome fweep the deck , fome pump the ...
... fecond time , and there were ten between ? Therefore their argument ' s of little force , Who age from great employments would divorce , As in a fhip fome climb the fhrouds , t ' unfold The fail , fome fweep the deck , fome pump the ...
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... fecond grievance I must break , N & That lols of ftrength makes understanding weak . ” I grieve no more my youthful strength to want , Than , young , that of a bull or elephant ; Then with that force content which nature gave , Nor am I ...
... fecond grievance I must break , N & That lols of ftrength makes understanding weak . ” I grieve no more my youthful strength to want , Than , young , that of a bull or elephant ; Then with that force content which nature gave , Nor am I ...
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Página 13 - Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours : Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants ; So that to us no thing, no place is strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange.
Página 55 - Horace's wit and Virgil's state He did not steal, but emulate, And when he would like them appear, Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear ; He not from Rome alone, but Greece, Like Jason brought the golden fleece ; To him that language, though to none Of th' others, as his own was known.
Página 12 - But to be restless in a worse extreme ? And for that lethargy was there no cure But to be cast into a calenture ; Can knowledge have no bound, but...
Página 13 - But free and common as the sea or wind; When he to boast or to disperse his stores Full of the tributes of his grateful shores, Visits the world, and in his flying towers Brings home to us, and...
Página 55 - Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate! And when he would like them appear, •/ Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear...
Página 16 - All instruments, all arts of ruin met; He calls to mind his strength, and then his speed, His winged heels, and then his armed head; With these t' avoid, with that his fate to meet; But fear prevails and bids him trust his feet.
Página 11 - A real, or at least, a seeming good. Who fears not to do ill, yet fears the name, And, free from conscience, is a slave to fame. Thus he the church at once protects and spoils ; But princes' swords are sharper than their styles : And thus to th' ages past he makes amends, Their charity destroys, their faith defends.
Página 18 - Though prodigal of life, disdains to die By common hands; but, if he can descry Some nobler foe approach, to him he calls, And begs his fate, and then contented falls. So when the king a mortal shaft lets fly...
Página 49 - Prithee die and set me free, Or else be Kind and brisk, and gay like me; I pretend not to the wise ones, To the grave, to the grave, Or the precise ones. Tis not Cheeks, nor Lips nor Eyes, That I prize, Quick Conceits, or sharp Replies, If wise thou wilt appear, and knowing, Repartie, Repartie To what I'm doing. Prithee why the Room so dark? Not a Spark Left to light me to the mark ; I love day-light and a candle, And to see, and to see, As well as handle.
Página 11 - Th' adjoining abbey fell. (May no such storm Fall on our times, where ruin must reform!) Tell me, my Muse! what monstrous dire offence, What crime could any Christian king incense To such a rage ? Was't luxury or lust ? Was he so temperate, so chaste, so just ? Were these their crimes! they were his own much more; But wealth is crime enough to him that's poor...