Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Wydania 77-79Johnson, 1810 - 220 |
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... mankind ; and " this posthumous praise may be safely credited , " says Johnson , as it has never been contradicted by either envy or faction . He wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or un- skilful selection ; with much thought ...
... mankind ; and " this posthumous praise may be safely credited , " says Johnson , as it has never been contradicted by either envy or faction . He wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or un- skilful selection ; with much thought ...
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... betray . It grieves me when I see what fate does on the best of mankind wait . Poets , or lovers , let them be , ' t is neither love nor poesy can arm against death's smallest dart the poet's head , 3 * ELEGY ON ANACREON . 27.
... betray . It grieves me when I see what fate does on the best of mankind wait . Poets , or lovers , let them be , ' t is neither love nor poesy can arm against death's smallest dart the poet's head , 3 * ELEGY ON ANACREON . 27.
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... mankind preach : the little drudge does trot about and sweat , nor does he straight devour all he can get , but in his temp'rate mouth carries it home , a stock for winter , which he knows must come ; and when the rolling world to ...
... mankind preach : the little drudge does trot about and sweat , nor does he straight devour all he can get , but in his temp'rate mouth carries it home , a stock for winter , which he knows must come ; and when the rolling world to ...
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... mankind , that for a little vain excess runs out of all its happiness , and makes the friend of Truth and Love their greatest adversary prove ; t ' abuse a blessing she bestow'd so truly essentially to his good , to countervail his ...
... mankind , that for a little vain excess runs out of all its happiness , and makes the friend of Truth and Love their greatest adversary prove ; t ' abuse a blessing she bestow'd so truly essentially to his good , to countervail his ...
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... mankind , one by one , than all the flood before had done . SATIRE UPON MARRIAGE . Sure marriages were never so well fitted , as when to matrimony ' men were committed , like thieves by justices , and to a wife bound , like to good ...
... mankind , one by one , than all the flood before had done . SATIRE UPON MARRIAGE . Sure marriages were never so well fitted , as when to matrimony ' men were committed , like thieves by justices , and to a wife bound , like to good ...
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Strona 24 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble...
Strona 20 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Strona 82 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Strona 22 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Strona 19 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Strona 21 - And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — the style is excellent; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found...
Strona 21 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Strona 19 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Strona 7 - A watchtower once ; but now, so fate ordains. Of all the pile an empty name remains. From its...
Strona 4 - CREATOR spirit, by whose aid The world's foundations first were laid, Come visit every pious mind ; Come pour thy joys on human kind ; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make thy temples worthy thee.