The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse, Tom 1John Sharpe, 1809 |
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Strona xxxiv
... fire is join'd , A powerful brand prescrib'd the date Of thine , like Meleager's fate . Th ' antiperistasis of age More enflam'd thy amorous rage . In the following verses we have an allusion to a rabbinical opinion concerning manna ...
... fire is join'd , A powerful brand prescrib'd the date Of thine , like Meleager's fate . Th ' antiperistasis of age More enflam'd thy amorous rage . In the following verses we have an allusion to a rabbinical opinion concerning manna ...
Strona xlii
... of thy May . COWLEY . Upon a paper written with the juice of lemon , and read by the fire : Nothing yet in thee is seen , But when a genial heat warms thee within , A new - born wood of various lines there grows xlii COWLEY .
... of thy May . COWLEY . Upon a paper written with the juice of lemon , and read by the fire : Nothing yet in thee is seen , But when a genial heat warms thee within , A new - born wood of various lines there grows xlii COWLEY .
Strona xliv
... fire : He'd leave the trotting whipster , and prefer Our profound Vulcan ' bove that waggoner . For wants he heat , or light ? or would have store Of both ? ' tis here : and what can suns give more ? Nay , what's the sun but , in a ...
... fire : He'd leave the trotting whipster , and prefer Our profound Vulcan ' bove that waggoner . For wants he heat , or light ? or would have store Of both ? ' tis here : and what can suns give more ? Nay , what's the sun but , in a ...
Strona xlvi
... fire , And all is warmth , and light , and good desire . DONNE . THEY were in very little care to clothe their notions with elegance of dress , and therefore miss the notice and the praise which are often gained by those , who think ...
... fire , And all is warmth , and light , and good desire . DONNE . THEY were in very little care to clothe their notions with elegance of dress , and therefore miss the notice and the praise which are often gained by those , who think ...
Strona lvi
... fire . It is the odd fate of this thought to be worse for being true . The bay - leaf crackles re- markably as it burns ; as therefore this property was not assigned it by chance , the mind must be thought sufficiently at ease that ...
... fire . It is the odd fate of this thought to be worse for being true . The bay - leaf crackles re- markably as it burns ; as therefore this property was not assigned it by chance , the mind must be thought sufficiently at ease that ...
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Æneid Anacreon beauteous beauty birds play blessings blest breast bright CATULLUS colours Cowley Cowley's curse Davideis death delight didst divine Donne dost thou doth drink e'er earth ev'n fair fame fancy fantastick fate fire flame ganon gentle glory gold Gondibert grow hand happy hast heart heaven honour images Ismenus join'd KATHARINE PHILIPS king labour land land arts learned Lesbos less light live Lord lord Falkland lover metaphysical poets methinks mighty mind mistress Muse Nature ne'er never night noble numbers o'er once Orinda Pindar poem poesy poet poetical poetry praise Prince rage reign rich sacred sad cypress Sappho shew shine sing soul spirit Sprat stars sure thee thine things thou dost thought truth verse virtue Whilst WILLIAM DAVENANT wind wine wise wonders write
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Strona 166 - And bade to form her infant mind. Stern, rugged nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore ; What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know, And from her own she learn'd to melt at others...
Strona lxxxix - His spear, — to equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Strona lxxx - 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 81 - Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing, Happier than the happiest king ! All the fields which thou dost see, All the plants belong to thee ; All that summer hours produce, Fertile made with early juice. Man for thee does sow and plough ; Farmer he, and landlord thou ! Thou dost innocently joy ; Nor does thy luxury destroy.