The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Том 301790 |
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... gods , And frighted at himself , ran howling through the woods . O may'ft thou still the noble task prolong , Nor age , nor fickness , interrupt thy fong : Then may we wondering read , how human limbs Have water'd kingdoms , and diffolv ...
... gods , And frighted at himself , ran howling through the woods . O may'ft thou still the noble task prolong , Nor age , nor fickness , interrupt thy fong : Then may we wondering read , how human limbs Have water'd kingdoms , and diffolv ...
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... wars , Inur'd to noon - day fweats , and mid - night cares ! But ftill the God - like man , by some hard fate , Receives the glory of his toils too late ; Too late the verse the mighty act fucceeds , age [ 9 ] To the King.
... wars , Inur'd to noon - day fweats , and mid - night cares ! But ftill the God - like man , by some hard fate , Receives the glory of his toils too late ; Too late the verse the mighty act fucceeds , age [ 9 ] To the King.
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... gods . And here , perhaps , by fate's unerring doom , Some mighty bard lies hid in years to come , That shall in William's god - like acts engage , And with his battles warm a future age ; Hibernian fields shall here thy conquests show ...
... gods . And here , perhaps , by fate's unerring doom , Some mighty bard lies hid in years to come , That shall in William's god - like acts engage , And with his battles warm a future age ; Hibernian fields shall here thy conquests show ...
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... gods conspire to make him great . Thy navy rides on feas before unpreft , And strikes a terror through the haughty East : Algiers and Tunis from their fultry shore With horror hear the British engines roar ; Fain from the neighbouring ...
... gods conspire to make him great . Thy navy rides on feas before unpreft , And strikes a terror through the haughty East : Algiers and Tunis from their fultry shore With horror hear the British engines roar ; Fain from the neighbouring ...
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... God - like acts refuse , Ormond the theme of every Oxford Muse ? Fain would I here his mighty worth proclaim , Attend him in the noble chace of fame , Through all the noise and hurry of the fight , Obferve each blow , and keep him still ...
... God - like acts refuse , Ormond the theme of every Oxford Muse ? Fain would I here his mighty worth proclaim , Attend him in the noble chace of fame , Through all the noise and hurry of the fight , Obferve each blow , and keep him still ...
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ÆNEID æther againſt amidſt arms atque behold blood bluſhes breaſt Britiſh Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe death DECIUS deſcribed deſcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fhall fhining fide fight fire firft firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftorms ftreams ftrength fubject fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf Jove JUBA laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet PORTIUS praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife riſe Roman Rome ſcenes ſee SEMPRONIUS ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſuch SYPHAX tears thee theſe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder toils verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue Whilft winds wiſh youth
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Сторінка 232 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Сторінка 338 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Сторінка 236 - Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around...
Сторінка 232 - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Сторінка 337 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Сторінка 284 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Сторінка 259 - And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome" Our father's death Would fill up all the guilt of civil war, And close the scene of blood.
Сторінка 117 - Their stated course, and leave the beaten track. The youth was in a maze, nor did he know Which way to turn the reins, or where to go ; Nor wou'd the horses, had he known, obey.
Сторінка 233 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Сторінка 261 - Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors : Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search : Nor sees with how much art the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends.