The Works of the British Poets, Volume 5John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh., 1795 - 1157 páginas |
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... Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With ever - burning fulphur unconfum'd : Such place eternal Juftice had prepar'd For thofe rebellious , here their prison ordain'd In utter darknefs , and their portion fet As far remov'd from God ...
... Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With ever - burning fulphur unconfum'd : Such place eternal Juftice had prepar'd For thofe rebellious , here their prison ordain'd In utter darknefs , and their portion fet As far remov'd from God ...
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... still amidst the hall Of that infernal court . But far within , And in their own dimenfions like themselves , The great feraphic lords and cherubim In clofe recefs and fecret conclave , fat A thousand demi - gods on golden feats ...
... still amidst the hall Of that infernal court . But far within , And in their own dimenfions like themselves , The great feraphic lords and cherubim In clofe recefs and fecret conclave , fat A thousand demi - gods on golden feats ...
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... still with vain defign New Babels , had they wherewithal , would build : Others came fingle ; he who , to be deem'd A god , leapt fondly into Ætna flames , Empedocles ; and he who to enjoy Plato's Elyfium , leapt into the fca ...
... still with vain defign New Babels , had they wherewithal , would build : Others came fingle ; he who , to be deem'd A god , leapt fondly into Ætna flames , Empedocles ; and he who to enjoy Plato's Elyfium , leapt into the fca ...
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... still paying , ftill to owe , Forgetful what from him I still receiv'd , And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not , but still pays , at once Indebted and discharg'd ; what burden then ? O had his pow'rful destiny ordain ...
... still paying , ftill to owe , Forgetful what from him I still receiv'd , And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not , but still pays , at once Indebted and discharg'd ; what burden then ? O had his pow'rful destiny ordain ...
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... still that distance keeps Till night ; then in the east her turns the shines , Revolv'd on Heav'n's great axle , and her reign With thoufand leffer lights'dividual holds , With thousand thoufand ftars , that then appear'd Spangling the ...
... still that distance keeps Till night ; then in the east her turns the shines , Revolv'd on Heav'n's great axle , and her reign With thoufand leffer lights'dividual holds , With thousand thoufand ftars , that then appear'd Spangling the ...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 5 Robert Anderson Visualização integral - 1795 |
The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 5 Robert Anderson Visualização integral - 1795 |
The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 5 Robert Anderson Visualização integral - 1795 |
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againſt angels beafts becauſe befides beft beſt breaſt bright caft call'd caufe death defire doft e'er earth elfe ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair falfe falute fame fate fear feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhould fide fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain flame fleep flow'rs fome foon foul fpirits ftand ftill fuch fure fweet fword glory gods hafte hand hath heart Heav'n himſelf honour Hudibras itſelf juft juſt King laft laſt lefs light loft mighty moſt Mufe muft muſt ne'er night numbers nymph o'er Pindar pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent Quoth rage reft rife rofe Satan ſhall ſhe ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood thee thefe themſelves theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tree uſe vex'd virtue Whilft whofe whoſe wife worfe
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Página 152 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Página 76 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Página 11 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; th...
Página 151 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 25 - I visit; nor sometimes forget Those other two equalled with me in fate, So were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old. Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note.
Página 151 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade, And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...
Página 151 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides: Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Página 26 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Página 224 - This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high.
Página 25 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.