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... soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows , and the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; but when loud surges lash the sounding shore , the hoarse , rough verse should like the torrent roar . When Ajax strives some rock's vast ...
... soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows , and the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; but when loud surges lash the sounding shore , the hoarse , rough verse should like the torrent roar . When Ajax strives some rock's vast ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acts Addison appear arms bear beauty behold blood bright Cæsar Cato Cato's cause charms dead death Enter ev'n eyes face fair fall fame fate father fear fields fools force fortune friends give gods grace griefs grow hand happy hast head hear heart heaven honour hope immortal it's Italy Juba kind king light live looks Lord lost Lucia Marcia Marcus mind move Muse nature never o'er once pain passion peace plain pleasure poet Portius praise prince rest rise Roman Rome round scenes Sempronius senate sense shades shine sight smile soft song soul sound stand stream sure sweet Syph Syphax tears thee things thou thoughts trembling true turn virtue whole winds young youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 25 - On the bare earth exposed he lies With not a friend to close his eyes. — With downcast looks the joyless victor sate Revolving in his alter'd soul The various turns of Chance below; And now and then a sigh he stole And tears began to flow.
Seite 24 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes ! Sound the trumpets, beat the...
Seite 84 - 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.
Seite 14 - Go lovely rose, Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows When I resemble her to thee How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide Thou must have uncommended died.
Seite 23 - 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...
Seite 8 - Cooper's Hill, My eye, descending from the Hill, surveys Where Thames among the wanton valleys strays ; Thames ! the most loved of all the Ocean's sons, By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity. Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold, His genuine and less guilty wealth t...
Seite 15 - Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose. Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Seite 26 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Seite 21 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Seite 21 - 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.
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Poems Band 78 von Lit. misc Band 9 von Works of the English poets from Chaucer to Cowper |
| Autor/in | Joseph Addison |
| Verlag | Johnson, 1810 |
| Original von | Oxford University |
| Digitalisiert | 19. Okt. 2006 |
| Länge | 597 Seiten |
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