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... thine , Earth - born attractions , deck my varied line , If to my aid I call bright Fiction's pow'rs , And weave with Truth divine , Aonian flow'rs . The world , thou know'st , affects , with giddy joy , The flatt'ring bard , whom ...
... thine , Earth - born attractions , deck my varied line , If to my aid I call bright Fiction's pow'rs , And weave with Truth divine , Aonian flow'rs . The world , thou know'st , affects , with giddy joy , The flatt'ring bard , whom ...
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... thine First in command , in council first , to shine , To teach war's torrent when and where to flow , And laws to dictate to the vanquish'd foe : Thy equals late , now own thy sov'reign will , Respect each mandate , and each wish ...
... thine First in command , in council first , to shine , To teach war's torrent when and where to flow , And laws to dictate to the vanquish'd foe : Thy equals late , now own thy sov'reign will , Respect each mandate , and each wish ...
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... Thine arm must seize , and boldly must remove To thine own mosque ; there be the image laid ; While I with secret incantations aid , And spells so cogent , that no mortal pow'r , While there it stands , shall force fair Sion's tow'r ...
... Thine arm must seize , and boldly must remove To thine own mosque ; there be the image laid ; While I with secret incantations aid , And spells so cogent , that no mortal pow'r , While there it stands , shall force fair Sion's tow'r ...
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... ( and thou the while command Thine anger , and arrest thy people's hand , ) I come the secret treason to explain , And make the culprit known , ye seek in vain . " Aw'd by her courage , to no fear that bow'd 66 Cunto 2 . JERUSALEM DELIVERED .
... ( and thou the while command Thine anger , and arrest thy people's hand , ) I come the secret treason to explain , And make the culprit known , ye seek in vain . " Aw'd by her courage , to no fear that bow'd 66 Cunto 2 . JERUSALEM DELIVERED .
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... thine supreme command . " He spake . The dame return'd , with modest pride , Thanks for his courteous praise , and thus replied : " Strange may appear the boon I ask , and hard ; For service ever should precede reward . But to thy ...
... thine supreme command . " He spake . The dame return'd , with modest pride , Thanks for his courteous praise , and thus replied : " Strange may appear the boon I ask , and hard ; For service ever should precede reward . But to thy ...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 48 Ezekiel Sanford Visualização integral - 1822 |
The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 48 Ezekiel Sanford Visualização integral - 1822 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Æneid æther Aladine alarm Argantes Armida armour arms band beneath blood blow boast bold bosom brave breast breath bright Camp CANTO Chief Christian Circassian Clorinda command courser cried crowd Crusaders dare death deeds dread Dudon ev'ry eyes fair faithful falchion fame fate fav'ring fear fierce fight fir'd fire flame force fury gainst gallant gen'rous giv'n glory Godfrey Godfrey's hand haste heart Heav'n hero holy honour hope host house of Este Italian language JERUSALEM DELIVERED King Knight light lofty Lord maid martial mighty noble numbers o'er Pagan Pagan bands Peter the Hermit plain poem poet pow'r pride Prince proud pursue rage realms Rinaldo scorn shade skies smile Solyman soon soul spake spread steed stood sword Tancred Tancred's Tasso tears thee thine thou thoughts threat'ning throng toil tow'rs turn'd Twas valour vengeance voice warrior wound XLVIII youth
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Página iii - TASSO'S JERUSALEM DELIVERED: an Heroic' Poem; with Notes, and occasional Illustrations. Translated by the Rev.
Página 118 - Convened the inmates of th' eternal shade : Hell's gloomy caverns shook at every pore ; The murky air return'd the sullen roar : Not half so loud, from upper regions driven, Bursts on th...
Página 125 - In native curls her waving ringlets flow, Yet added curls the breathing gales bestow : Her eye was fix'd upon herself alone, As greedy of Love's treasures, and its own : Glow'd on her cheek the rose's purple light, Though soften'd by the blending ivory's white ; But on her lips, whence breezy fragrance blows. In all its genuine, lustre bloom'd the rose.
Página 338 - Godfrey91 divided a Turk from the shoulder to the haunch, and one half of the infidel fell to the ground, while the other was transported by his horse to the city gate. As Robert of Normandy rode against his antagonist, "I devote thy head...
Página 125 - With straining eyes assembled mortals gaze, And watch his wondrous progress with amaze ; So thronging crowds the stranger fair admired, Her errand, country, and her name inquired. Nor Argos, Delos, nor the Cyprian shore E'er saw a face, a dress, so fair of yore ; Gold were her locks, now beaming through the shade Of her white veil, now floating loose they play'd : So, when some tempest ends its shortlived reign, And brightening ether grows serene again, Now shines through fleecy clouds the solar...
Página 95 - With naked feet they pressed the rugged road ; Their glorious Chief the meek example show'd ; All pomp of dress, each vesture's gaudy fold, With silken drapery gay, or rich with gold. Quick they strip off, and ev'ry helm divest Of painted, plumage, and of nodding crest; Alike they quit their heart's proud guise, and pour Of penitential tears a pious shower.
Página 331 - These declarations, indeed, amount to no more than that gold is better than tinsel, and true wit than false ; a discovery which does no great honour to the author ; but those who are accustomed to take things in the gross and to adopt the judgment of others because they...
Página 230 - Aseends the lofly eitadel, where lie The weapons of the armies of the sky. There stood the spear, whose point the serpent quell'd That first against th...
Página 230 - Terehinthus' vale didst guide Unskilful arms to tame Goliath's pride, That he, the...