The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... look too near the shades decay , And all the pleasing landscape fades away . Great Cowley then ( a mighty genius ! ) wrote , O'er - run with wit , and lavish of his thought : His turns too closely on the reader press ; He more had ...
... look too near the shades decay , And all the pleasing landscape fades away . Great Cowley then ( a mighty genius ! ) wrote , O'er - run with wit , and lavish of his thought : His turns too closely on the reader press ; He more had ...
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... Look after Gallic towns and forts in vain ; No more his wonted marks he can descry , But sees a long unmeasured ruin lie , Whilst , pointing to the naked coast , he shows His wondering mates where towns and steeples Where crowded ...
... Look after Gallic towns and forts in vain ; No more his wonted marks he can descry , But sees a long unmeasured ruin lie , Whilst , pointing to the naked coast , he shows His wondering mates where towns and steeples Where crowded ...
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... look , Which such confusion and amazement strook Through Gallic hosts ; but , oh ! let us descry Mirth in thy brow , and pleasure in thine eye ; Let nothing dreadful in thy face be found , But for a while forget the trumpet's sound ...
... look , Which such confusion and amazement strook Through Gallic hosts ; but , oh ! let us descry Mirth in thy brow , and pleasure in thine eye ; Let nothing dreadful in thy face be found , But for a while forget the trumpet's sound ...
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... look and godlike mind , And Cæsar's power with Cato's virtue join'd . Meanwhile , bright Princess ! who with graceful And native majesty art form'd to please , [ ease Behold those arts with a propitious eye , That suppliant to their ...
... look and godlike mind , And Cæsar's power with Cato's virtue join'd . Meanwhile , bright Princess ! who with graceful And native majesty art form'd to please , [ ease Behold those arts with a propitious eye , That suppliant to their ...
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... , Between whose floods such pathless forests grow , Such mountains rise , so many rivers flow : The toil looks lovely in the hero's eyes , And danger serves but to enhance the prize . Big with the fate of Europe , he renews His 86 ADDISON .
... , Between whose floods such pathless forests grow , Such mountains rise , so many rivers flow : The toil looks lovely in the hero's eyes , And danger serves but to enhance the prize . Big with the fate of Europe , he renews His 86 ADDISON .
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Términos y frases comunes
Addison admired ÆNeid Aëre æther amidst ancient apple arms atque behold Blenheim bless'd blood boast Britannia's British Britons Cato charms Chevy Chase Cider Danube death delight dire dreadful eyes fame fate fear fields fierce fight fire flow force friends fruits fuci Gallic Gaul genius Georgics gods grace ground hand heart Heaven hero hive immortal ingens JOSEPH ADDISON Juba juice kings labours Lord lord Halifax Marlborough mighty mœnia Muse native numbers nunc o'er omne Ovid Philips pleased poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise prince quæ rage reader reign rise scenes Sempronius shades shine shore sing smiles soil song soul sound Spectator Splendid Shilling Steele storms streams superbit sweet sword Syphax taste Tatler thee thou thought Thrice throne thunder Tickell tion toils turba verse vestigia Virgil virtue Whig Whilst winds wine wings write
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Página 105 - 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 106 - When all Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Página 107 - In midst of dangers, fears, and death, Thy goodness I'll adore, And praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee.
Página 106 - HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, omnipotence.
Página 30 - Button had been a servant in the Countess of Warwick's family, who, under the patronage of Addison, kept a coffee-house on the south side of Russell Street, about two doors from Covent Garden. Here it was that the wits of that time used to assemble.
Página 107 - O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear, I see my Maker, face to face ; O, how shall I appear . 2 If yet, while pardon may be found, And mercy may be sought, My heart with inward horror shrinks, And trembles at the thought ; 3 When thou, O Lord, shalt stand disclosed In majesty severe, And sit in judgment on my soul, O, how shall I appear...
Página 85 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Página 106 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 93 - Where western gales eternally reside, And all the Seasons lavish all their pride ; Blossoms, and fruits, and flowers, together rise, And the whole year in gay confusion lies.
Página 56 - All the enchantment of fancy and all the cogency of argument are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being.