The Works of the English Poets: AddisonH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... and different natures try'd . Then will thy Ovid , thus transform'd , reveal A nobler change than he himself can tell . Magd . College , Oxon . June 2 , 1693 . The Author's age 22 . A POEM A POE M HIS M 1 то AJESTY * . ADDISON'S POEMS .
... and different natures try'd . Then will thy Ovid , thus transform'd , reveal A nobler change than he himself can tell . Magd . College , Oxon . June 2 , 1693 . The Author's age 22 . A POEM A POE M HIS M 1 то AJESTY * . ADDISON'S POEMS .
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... tell what tempefts rife . By turns they ease the loaden fwarms , or drive The drone , a lazy infect , from their hive . " The work is warmly ply'd through all the cells , And ftrong with thyme the new - made honey fmels . So in their ...
... tell what tempefts rife . By turns they ease the loaden fwarms , or drive The drone , a lazy infect , from their hive . " The work is warmly ply'd through all the cells , And ftrong with thyme the new - made honey fmels . So in their ...
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... and verfe To them that practise them with more fuccefs . Of greater truths I'll now prepare to tell , And fo at once , dear friend and Mufe , farewel . A LETTER D4 A LETTER FROM ITALY . TO THE RIGHT HON . ON THE ENGLISH POETS . 39.
... and verfe To them that practise them with more fuccefs . Of greater truths I'll now prepare to tell , And fo at once , dear friend and Mufe , farewel . A LETTER D4 A LETTER FROM ITALY . TO THE RIGHT HON . ON THE ENGLISH POETS . 39.
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... taste the fweets of English liberty : But who can tell the joys of thofe that lie Beneath the constant influence of her eye ! Whilft in diffufive fhowers her bounties fall Like heaven's indulgence Whilft 66 ADDISON'S POEMS .
... taste the fweets of English liberty : But who can tell the joys of thofe that lie Beneath the constant influence of her eye ! Whilft in diffufive fhowers her bounties fall Like heaven's indulgence Whilft 66 ADDISON'S POEMS .
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... tell pofterity the wondrous tale . When actions , unadorn'd , are faint and weak , Cities and countries must be taught to speak ; Gods may defcend in factions from the fkies , And rivers from their oozy beds arife ; Fiction may deck the ...
... tell pofterity the wondrous tale . When actions , unadorn'd , are faint and weak , Cities and countries must be taught to speak ; Gods may defcend in factions from the fkies , And rivers from their oozy beds arife ; Fiction may deck the ...
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Æneid æther Afide arms atque behold beſt bleft bluſhes breaſt Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's caufe charms courſe CYCNUS death DECIUS defcribe defcription Ev'n eyes fafe faid fame fate father fays fecret fhade fhall fhining fide fight fire firſt fome forrows foul fpring friends ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fure 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 ſay ſcenes ſee SEMPRONIUS ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtory ſtreams Syphax tears thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder verfe view'd Virgil virgin virtue Whilft youth САТО
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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 229 - Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around...
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 44 - On foreign mountains may the Sun refine The grape's soft juice, and mellow it to wine, With citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat olive swell with floods of oil : We envy not the warmer clime, that lies...
Página 107 - The god sits high, exalted on a throne Of blazing gems, with purple garments on ; The hours, in order rang'd on either hand, And days, and months, and years, and ages stand. Here spring appears with...
Página 253 - Put forth thy utmost strength, work every nerve, And call up all thy father in thy soul : To quell the tyrant Love, and guard thy heart On this weak side, where most our nature fails, Would be a conquest worthy Cato's son.
Página 248 - Commanding tears to stream through every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they wept. Our author shuns...
Página 223 - To all my weak Complaints and Cries Thy Mercy lent an Ear, Ere yet my feeble Thoughts had learnt To form themselves in Pray'r. Unnumber'd Comforts to my Soul Thy tender Care bestow'd, Before my Infant Heart conceiv'd From whom those Comforts flow'd. When in the slipp'ry Paths of Youth With heedless Steps I ran, Thine Arm unseen convey'd me safe And led me up to Man...
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 281 - This sober conduct is a mighty virtue In lukewarm patriots. Cato. Come! no more, Sempronius, All here are friends to Rome, and to each other. Let us not weaken still the weaker side By our divisions. Sem. Cato, my resentments Are sacrificed to Rome — I stand reproved.