Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1784 |
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... fweetly foft her awful beauty fhone , Than Juno grac'd with Cytherea's zone . As angels love , congenial fouls unite Their radiance , and refine each other's light : 15 20 The florid and sublime , the grave and gay ,
... fweetly foft her awful beauty fhone , Than Juno grac'd with Cytherea's zone . As angels love , congenial fouls unite Their radiance , and refine each other's light : 15 20 The florid and sublime , the grave and gay ,
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... light of whofe defire Waves threaten now , as that was fear'd by fire . Th ' impatient Sea grows impotent and raves , That , Night affifting , his impetuous waves Should find refiftance from fo light a thing ; Thefe furges ruin , those ...
... light of whofe defire Waves threaten now , as that was fear'd by fire . Th ' impatient Sea grows impotent and raves , That , Night affifting , his impetuous waves Should find refiftance from fo light a thing ; Thefe furges ruin , those ...
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... Light was the wound , the Prince's care unknown , She might not , would not , yet reveal her own , His glorious name had fo poffefs'd her ears , That with delight those antique tales she hears Of Jason , Thefeus , and such worthies old ...
... Light was the wound , the Prince's care unknown , She might not , would not , yet reveal her own , His glorious name had fo poffefs'd her ears , That with delight those antique tales she hears Of Jason , Thefeus , and such worthies old ...
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... Light feem the tales Antiquity hastold : Such beasts and monsters as their force oppreft , Some places only , and fome times , infest . Salle , that fcorn'd all pow'r and laws of men , Goods with their owners hurrying to their den , And ...
... Light feem the tales Antiquity hastold : Such beasts and monsters as their force oppreft , Some places only , and fome times , infest . Salle , that fcorn'd all pow'r and laws of men , Goods with their owners hurrying to their den , And ...
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... light which now informs our age Breaks from the court , indulgent to her rage , Thither my Mufe , like bold Prometheus , flies , To light her torch at Gloriana's eyes . 10 Thofe fov'reign beams which heal thewounded foul , And all our ...
... light which now informs our age Breaks from the court , indulgent to her rage , Thither my Mufe , like bold Prometheus , flies , To light her torch at Gloriana's eyes . 10 Thofe fov'reign beams which heal thewounded foul , And all our ...
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againſt beauty beſt blood boaſt bold brave breaſt bright cauſe cife court defign defire Earl EDMUND WALLER Engliſh ev'ry Exeter Exchange eyes facred fair falutes fame fate fays feems feen fenfe fhall fhining fhips fide fight fince fing firſt flain flame fleep foes fome foon foul ftill fuch fweet grace Heav'n herſelf himſelf Houſes iſland itſelf Jove King Lady laft laſt lefs leſs Lord Lucretius Maid's Tragedy meaſure mind moſt Mufe Muſe muſt noble numbers nymph o'er occafion paffion peace perfon Phoebus plac'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poet pow'r praiſe prefent Prince Queen rage raiſe reaſon reft rife royal ſea ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſpoil ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet taſte tempeft thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro uſe verfe verſes vex'd Waller whofe whoſe wind youth
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Strona 99 - A narrow compafs! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair ; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the reft the fun goes round. XXX. THE FALL.
Strona 35 - virtues which in parents fhine 15 Make not like progrefs thro' the line. *Tis not from whom, but where we live: The place does oft' thofe graces give. Great Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock perhaps, or herd had led.
Strona xliii - old coins, one muft go to an antiquary to underftand their true meaning and value. Such advances may a great genius make when it undertakes any thing in earneft. Some painters will hit the chief lines and mafterftrokes of a face fo truly, that thro' all the differences of age the
Strona xliii - out. Were we to judge barely by the wording, we could not know what was wrote at twenty, and what at fourfcore. He complains, indeed, of a tide of words that comes in upon the Englifh poet, and overflows whatever
Strona 41 - And, without planting, drink of ev'ry vine. To dig for wealth we weary not our limbs; Gold, tho' the heavieft metal, hither fwims. Ours is the harveft where the Indians mow ; We plough the deep, and reap what others
Strona 45 - Brutus thought to break their yoke, But cut the bond of union with that ftroke. That fun once fet, a thoufand meaner ftars Gave a dim light to violence and wars; To fuch a tempeft as now threatens all,
Strona 133 - there as much as ever diftempered with the fame fatal affection for play, which engaged him in one adventure that well deferves to be related. As he returned to his lodgings from a gaming-table he was attacked in the dark by three ruffians, who were employed to
Strona xxxiii - and in jeft, and therefore very grateful to all kind " of company, where he was not the lefs efteemed *' for being very rich. He had been even nurfed in *' parliaments, where he fat when he was very young,
Strona 85 - Ah, cruel Nymph! from whom her humble fwain Flies for relief unto the raging main, And from the winds and tempefts does expect A milder fate than from her cold neglect! Yet there he '11 pray that the unkind may prove