Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Wydania 77-79Johnson, 1810 - 220 |
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... virtues there did come as to their chiefest seat conspicuous , and great ; so low , that for me too it made a room . He scorn'd this busy world below , and all that we , mistaken mortals , pleasure call ; was fill'd with innocent ...
... virtues there did come as to their chiefest seat conspicuous , and great ; so low , that for me too it made a room . He scorn'd this busy world below , and all that we , mistaken mortals , pleasure call ; was fill'd with innocent ...
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... virtues you despise : " fool ! that with such dull arrows strove , or hop'd to reach a flying dove : for you , that are in motion still , decline our force , and mock our skill ; who , like Don Quixote , do advance against a windmill ...
... virtues you despise : " fool ! that with such dull arrows strove , or hop'd to reach a flying dove : for you , that are in motion still , decline our force , and mock our skill ; who , like Don Quixote , do advance against a windmill ...
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... virtue as may preserve our esteem : wherever he is , or what- ever he does , he is made by matchless dexterity com- monly ridiculous but never contemptible . But for poor Hudibras , his poet had no tenderness : he chuses not that any ...
... virtue as may preserve our esteem : wherever he is , or what- ever he does , he is made by matchless dexterity com- monly ridiculous but never contemptible . But for poor Hudibras , his poet had no tenderness : he chuses not that any ...
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... virtue to renew his weary'd mind and body too , shou'd ( like the cyder - tree in Eden , which only grew to be forbidden ) no sooner came to be enjoy'd , but th ' owner's fatally destroy'd ; and that which she for good design'd ...
... virtue to renew his weary'd mind and body too , shou'd ( like the cyder - tree in Eden , which only grew to be forbidden ) no sooner came to be enjoy'd , but th ' owner's fatally destroy'd ; and that which she for good design'd ...
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... virtues , all our joys makes double , and into halves divides our trouble . But when th ' unlucky knot we tie , care , av'rice , fear , and jealousy , make friendship languish till it die . 1 The wolf , the lion , and the bear , when ...
... virtues , all our joys makes double , and into halves divides our trouble . But when th ' unlucky knot we tie , care , av'rice , fear , and jealousy , make friendship languish till it die . 1 The wolf , the lion , and the bear , when ...
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Addison Anacreon arms beauty behold blest blood bold breast bright brother Cæsar Cato Cato's Cecilia's charms DANIEL PURCELL death Decius delight dost dreadful Dryden e'er ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate father fear flame fools friends give gods grace griefs hand happy hast hear heart heaven honour hope Hudibras I've sounded immortal Juba king live Lord Lord Halifax lov'd Lucia Lucius maid majestic band mankind Marc Marcia Marcus mighty mind Muse nature ne'er never numbers Numidian nymph o'er once passion peace Pharsalia pleasure poet Portius pow'r praise prince rage ravish'd rise Roman Roman senate Rome scenes Sempronius senate shade shew shine sight smile song sorrows soul sound stream sung sweet swells sword Syph Syphax tears thee thine thoughts toil tongue tremble Utica verse virtue whilst winds would'st thou young youth
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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.