The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volume 611790 |
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... fire 350 To reach the distant skies , and triumph there On thrones , which shall not mourn their mafters chang'd ; Though we from Earth ; Ethereal , they that fell . Such veneration due , O man , to man . 355 Who venerate themselves ...
... fire 350 To reach the distant skies , and triumph there On thrones , which shall not mourn their mafters chang'd ; Though we from Earth ; Ethereal , they that fell . Such veneration due , O man , to man . 355 Who venerate themselves ...
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... fires ; Chiming her faints to Cytherea's fane . 460 Know'ft thou , Lorenzo ! what a friend contains ? As bees mixt Nectar draw from fragrant flowers , So men from friendship , Wisdom and Delight ; Twins Twins ty'd by nature , if they ...
... fires ; Chiming her faints to Cytherea's fane . 460 Know'ft thou , Lorenzo ! what a friend contains ? As bees mixt Nectar draw from fragrant flowers , So men from friendship , Wisdom and Delight ; Twins Twins ty'd by nature , if they ...
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... fire ; Speech burnishes our mental magazine ; Brightens , for ornament ; and whets , for use . What numbers , fheath'd in erudition , lie , 475 Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tomes , And rusted in ; who might have borne an edge , And ...
... fire ; Speech burnishes our mental magazine ; Brightens , for ornament ; and whets , for use . What numbers , fheath'd in erudition , lie , 475 Plung'd to the hilts in venerable tomes , And rusted in ; who might have borne an edge , And ...
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... fire the breast . Celestial Happiness , whene'er fhe stoops To vifit earth , one shrine the goddess finds , And one alone , to make her sweet amends For abfent heaven - the bofom of a friend ; Where heart meets heart , reciprocally foft ...
... fire the breast . Celestial Happiness , whene'er fhe stoops To vifit earth , one shrine the goddess finds , And one alone , to make her sweet amends For abfent heaven - the bofom of a friend ; Where heart meets heart , reciprocally foft ...
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... fire , And , emulously , rapid in her race . C the foft enmity ! endearing ftrife ! This carries friendship to her noon - tide point , And gives the rivet of eternity . 525 530 From Friendship , which outlives my former themes ...
... fire , And , emulously , rapid in her race . C the foft enmity ! endearing ftrife ! This carries friendship to her noon - tide point , And gives the rivet of eternity . 525 530 From Friendship , which outlives my former themes ...
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æther againſt ambition angels art thou aſk Becauſe bleffings bleft blifs bliſs bluſh boundleſs cauſe chimæra dæmons dark darkneſs death defcend Deity divine Doft dread duft earth endleſs eternal Ev'n facred fafe fame fate fenfe fhall fhould figh fight fing fkies fleeps fmile foft fome fong fool foon foul immortal fpirit ftill ftrange fuch fupreme fure glory grave guilt happineſs heart heaven himſelf hope hour human illuftrious juft lefs life's loft Lorenzo man's mankind moft mortal moſt muft muſt Narciffa nature nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er paffion pain peace pleaſure praiſe prefent pride proud reafon rife ſcene ſcheme ſenſe ſhades ſhall ſhines ſkies ſmile ſpeak ſphere ſtars ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſuch thee thefe theme themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand throne tomb truth vaft virtue virtue's whofe whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh wretched
Passagens conhecidas
Página 16 - tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 40 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.
Página 32 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Página 4 - Fate! drop the curtain; I can lose no more. Silence and Darkness! solemn sisters! twins From ancient Night, who nurse the tender thought To reason, and on reason build resolve...
Página 5 - We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood.
Página 20 - Youth is not rich in time ; it may be poor ; Part with it as with money, sparing ; pay No moment, but in purchase of its worth ; And what its worth ask death-beds ; they can tell.
Página 3 - From short (as usual) and disturb'd repose I wake : how happy they who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams infest the grave.
Página 29 - But why on time so lavish is my song? On this great theme kind Nature keeps a school, To teach her sons herself.
Página 5 - Lead it through various scenes of life and death; And from each scene the noblest truths inspire. Nor less inspire my conduct than my song ; Teach my best reason, reason ; my best will...
Página 249 - All the black cares and tumults of this life, Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet, Excite his pity, not impair his peace.