The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse, Tom 2John Sharpe, 1809 |
Z wnętrza książki
Strona 44
... prey , till we Too weary to take others be : . Alas ! ' t is folly to remain , And waste our army thus in vain , Before a city which will ne'er be ta'en . At several hopes wisely to fly , Ought not to be esteem'd inconstancy ; " T is ...
... prey , till we Too weary to take others be : . Alas ! ' t is folly to remain , And waste our army thus in vain , Before a city which will ne'er be ta'en . At several hopes wisely to fly , Ought not to be esteem'd inconstancy ; " T is ...
Strona 47
... prey ; Of very hopes a surfeit he ' ll sustain , Unless by fears he cast them up again : His spirit and sweetness dangers keep alone ; If once he lose his sting , he grows a drone . LOVE UNDISCOVERED . SOME others may with safety tell ...
... prey ; Of very hopes a surfeit he ' ll sustain , Unless by fears he cast them up again : His spirit and sweetness dangers keep alone ; If once he lose his sting , he grows a drone . LOVE UNDISCOVERED . SOME others may with safety tell ...
Strona 129
... prey , And sometimes basks in th ' open flames of day ; And sometimes too he shrowds His soaring wings among the clouds . Leave , wanton Muse ! thy roving flight ; To thy loud string the well - fletcht arrow put ; Let Agrigentum be the ...
... prey , And sometimes basks in th ' open flames of day ; And sometimes too he shrowds His soaring wings among the clouds . Leave , wanton Muse ! thy roving flight ; To thy loud string the well - fletcht arrow put ; Let Agrigentum be the ...
Strona 135
... soul , he squeezes out ! With their drawn swords In ran Amphitryo and the Theban lords ; With doubting wonder , and with troubled joy , They saw the conquering boy Laugh , and point downwards to his prey , Where FIRST NEMÆAN ODE . 135.
... soul , he squeezes out ! With their drawn swords In ran Amphitryo and the Theban lords ; With doubting wonder , and with troubled joy , They saw the conquering boy Laugh , and point downwards to his prey , Where FIRST NEMÆAN ODE . 135.
Strona 136
... prey , Where , in death's pangs and their own gore , they folding lay . When wise Tiresias this beginning knew , He told with ease the things t'ensue ; From what monsters he should free The earth , the air , and sea ; What mighty ...
... prey , Where , in death's pangs and their own gore , they folding lay . When wise Tiresias this beginning knew , He told with ease the things t'ensue ; From what monsters he should free The earth , the air , and sea ; What mighty ...
Inne wydania - Wyświetl wszystko
Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
angels appear beauteous beauty BISHOP OF WORCESTER blest blood body bold breast breath bright burning-glass canst Chromius clouds COWLEY curse danger David death dreadful e'er earth envy eternal ev'n eyes fair fame fantastick fate fear fear'd fire fix'd flame freedom call friends gentle God's Gods Goliah hand happy haste heart heaven honour inconstant Israel Joab jointure king light live lov'd Love's lovers lyre Michal mighty mighty Love mistress Moab Moloch Muse musick Naioth Nature's ne'er never night noble nought numbers o'er Ortygia Ovid pain Pindar plac'd pride Prince proud Pygmalion rage rich RICHARD HURD round sacred Saul Saul's scarce scorn seem'd shine sight slain soul stamp'd stars straight strong sun's swift sword tears thee Thersander thine things thou art thou dost thought thyself trees trembling tyrant verse virtue Whilst wise wondrous wound wretched youth
Popularne fragmenty
Strona 261 - His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand, He walked with.
Strona 54 - The merrier fool o" th' two, yet quite as mad : Sire of Repentance ! child of fond Desire ! That blow'st the chemics', and the lovers', fire, Leading them still insensibly on By the strange witchcraft of " Anon !" By thee the one does changing Nature, through Her endless labyrinths, pursue ; And th' other chases Woman, whilst she goes More ways and turns than hunted Nature knows.
Strona 151 - Ourselves then to survive ? Wise, subtle arts, and such as well befit That Nothing, Man's no wit ! — Some with vast costly tombs would purchase it, And by the proofs of death pretend to live. " Here lies the great" — false marble ! where ? Nothing but small and sordid dust lies there.
Strona 194 - Nothing is there To come, and nothing Past, But an Eternal Now does always last.
Strona 14 - I'll by that change so thrive, That Love in all my parts shall live. So powerful is this change, it render can, My outside Woman, and your inside Man, Clad all in White.
Strona 193 - Above the subtle foldings of the Sky, Above the well-set Orbs' soft harmony, Above those petty lamps that gild the night ; There is a place o'erflown with...
Strona 157 - With maravedies make the account, That single time might to a sum amount,. We grow at last by custom to believe That really we live ; Whilst all these shadows that for things we take, Are but the empty dreams which in Death's sleep we make. But these fantastic errors of our dream Lead us to solid wrong ; We pray God our friends...
Strona 243 - Wash'd from the morning beauties' deepest red; An harmless flaming meteor shone for hair, And fell adown his shoulders with loose care; He cuts out a silk mantle from the skies, Where the most sprightly azure...
Strona 184 - No dawning morn does her kind reds display; One slight weak beam would here be thought the day. No gentle stars with their fair gems of light Offend the tyrannous and unquestioned night. Here Lucifer, the mighty captive, reigns, Proud midst his woes and tyrant in his chains.
Strona 13 - LOve in her Sunny Eyes does basking play ; Love walks the pleasant Mazes of her Hair ; Love does on both her Lips for ever stray ; And sows and reaps a thousand kisses there.