Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Випуски 77 – 79Johnson, 1810 - 220 стор. |
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... delight ; be this my latest verse with which I now adorn his hearse ; and this my grief , without thy help , shall write . Had I a wreath of bays about my brow , I should contemn that flourishing honour now , condemn it to the fire ...
... delight ; be this my latest verse with which I now adorn his hearse ; and this my grief , without thy help , shall write . Had I a wreath of bays about my brow , I should contemn that flourishing honour now , condemn it to the fire ...
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... delight , who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st it quite ! thou bring'st us an estate , yet leav'st us poor , by clogging it with legacies before ! the joys which we entire should wed , come deflow'red virgins to our bed ...
... delight , who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st it quite ! thou bring'st us an estate , yet leav'st us poor , by clogging it with legacies before ! the joys which we entire should wed , come deflow'red virgins to our bed ...
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... delight the taste itself less than the smell and sight . Fruition more deceitful is than thou canst be when thou dost miss ; men leave thee by obtaining , and straight flee some other way again to thee : and that's a pleasant country ...
... delight the taste itself less than the smell and sight . Fruition more deceitful is than thou canst be when thou dost miss ; men leave thee by obtaining , and straight flee some other way again to thee : and that's a pleasant country ...
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... delight . Thy patron Bacchus , ' t is no wonder , was brought forth in flames and thunder ; in rage , in quarrels , and in fights , worse than his tigers , he delights ; in all our heaven I think there be no such ill - natur'd god as he ...
... delight . Thy patron Bacchus , ' t is no wonder , was brought forth in flames and thunder ; in rage , in quarrels , and in fights , worse than his tigers , he delights ; in all our heaven I think there be no such ill - natur'd god as he ...
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... delight , with the fair stamp , thy virtuoso sight . The only true and genuine use is this , to buy the things which Nature cannot miss without discomfort ; oil , and vital bread , and wine , by which the life of Life is fed , and all ...
... delight , with the fair stamp , thy virtuoso sight . The only true and genuine use is this , to buy the things which Nature cannot miss without discomfort ; oil , and vital bread , and wine , by which the life of Life is fed , and all ...
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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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Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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?
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 22 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 21 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 7 - A watchtower once ; but now, so fate ordains. Of all the pile an empty name remains. From its...
Сторінка 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.