The Purple Island, a PoemBurton and Briggs, 1816 - 190 páginas |
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Página iv
... give offence . A second edition of this book appeared however in 1643 . Dr. Fletcher was appointed , subsequently to his mission to Russia , Secretary to the City of London , and one of the masters of the Court of Requests . In 1597 he ...
... give offence . A second edition of this book appeared however in 1643 . Dr. Fletcher was appointed , subsequently to his mission to Russia , Secretary to the City of London , and one of the masters of the Court of Requests . In 1597 he ...
Página vii
... give every bird of the Muses his proper feather ; " nor has he himself been backward in due acknowledg - V ment , as these instances sufficiently evince : " Two shepherds most I love with just adoring ; " That Mantuan swain , who chang ...
... give every bird of the Muses his proper feather ; " nor has he himself been backward in due acknowledg - V ment , as these instances sufficiently evince : " Two shepherds most I love with just adoring ; " That Mantuan swain , who chang ...
Página viii
... supplying deficiences , should be allowed . The mottos and impresses , which in general are very happily adapted , give Fletcher's figures an air of life , which in that particular renders them superior viii A Biographical Sketch of.
... supplying deficiences , should be allowed . The mottos and impresses , which in general are very happily adapted , give Fletcher's figures an air of life , which in that particular renders them superior viii A Biographical Sketch of.
Página x
... gives a religious air to the image ; had it but received the sanction of antiquity ' for its adoption , we might perhaps have heard more in its praise . On their coins , the ancients , we find , represented Hope in the character of a ...
... gives a religious air to the image ; had it but received the sanction of antiquity ' for its adoption , we might perhaps have heard more in its praise . On their coins , the ancients , we find , represented Hope in the character of a ...
Página xi
... give an individual and exclusive character to the personage , seems to have been the sole aim of the ancients . From the profusion of ornaments with which most modern allegorical figures are overwhelmed , we are as much at a loss to ...
... give an individual and exclusive character to the personage , seems to have been the sole aim of the ancients . From the profusion of ornaments with which most modern allegorical figures are overwhelmed , we are as much at a loss to ...
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armour arms bands beauty blood breast breath bright call'd Cant CANTO chang'd chyle colour death divers doth dwell Earth ev'ry eyes face fair fair ISLE fair mount fears fiends fierce fill'd fire flame Fletcher flow'rs foes foul fram'd frame gentle GILES FLETCHER glorious golden grace grief hand happy hath head heart heat Heav'n heav'nly Hell hellish Hepar HILGAY Isle light live liver lofty maid Methos mighty Muse ne'er never night nimble Ovid passage Pentarchy Peritoneum PHINEAS FLETCHER pipe plac'd pow'r praise prince Purple Island rage rest rise round seem'd shame shepherd shield shining show'rs side sight silver sing sleep song soon soul sparkling Spenser spite spleen sprite stands stars streams swain sweet swelling Tactus tears thee thence thin Thirsil thou thousand Thracian Thumos Tiphys tongue tow'rs tunicle Twixt unto veins Vex'd wall waves winds wondrous word wretched XXXIII
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Página xi - 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 168 - When courts are happiness, unhappy pawns! His cottage low and safely humble gate Shuts out proud Fortune, with her scorns and fawns. No feared treason breaks his quiet sleep ; Singing all day, his flocks he learns to keep, Himself as innocent as are his simple sheep. No Serian worms he knows, that with their thread Draw out their silken lives — nor silken pride: His lambs...
Página 94 - Fond man, that looks on earth for happiness, And here long seeks what here is never found ! For all our good we hold from Heaven by lease, With many forfeits and conditions bound ; Nor can we pay the fine, and...
Página x - An holy-water sprinkle dipt in dew, With which she sprinkled favours manifold On whom she list, and did great liking shew, Great liking unto many, but true love to few.
Página 151 - Upon her forehead Love his trophies fits, A thousand spoils in silver arch displaying : And in the midst himself full proudly sits, Himself in awful majesty arraying : Upon her brows lies his bent ebon bow, And ready shafts ; deadly those weapons show; Yet sweet the death appear'd, lovely that deadly blow.
Página 169 - His bed of wool yields safe and quiet sleeps, While by his side his faithful spouse hath place ; His little son into his bosom creeps, . The lively picture of his father's...
Página 131 - The cheerful lark, mounting from early bed, With sweet salutes awakes the drowsy light; The earth she left, and up to heav'n is fled ; There chants her maker's praises out of sight.
Página x - Gainst whom he always bent a brazen shield, Which his right hand unarmed fearfully did wield. With him went Hope in rank, a handsome maid, Of chearfull look and lovely to behold; In silken samite she was light array'd, And her fair locks...
Página 169 - His certain life, that never can deceive him, Is full of thousand sweets, and rich content : The smooth-leaved beeches in the field receive him With coolest shades, till...
Página 164 - Begins again her lively beauties spread, And with new pride her silken leaves display ; And while the sun doth now more gently play, Lays out her swelling bosom to the smiling day.