Poems on Several Subjects: In Two Volumes, Band 1George Pearch, 1769 - 172 Seiten |
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... display'd ; No pow'r , but that which wakes the fleeping dead . My theme how vaft ! The fun's extinguish'd rays ; Ten thousand ftars in one devouring blaze ; 5 10 That That doom , the guilty wretch muft dread to hear.
... display'd ; No pow'r , but that which wakes the fleeping dead . My theme how vaft ! The fun's extinguish'd rays ; Ten thousand ftars in one devouring blaze ; 5 10 That That doom , the guilty wretch muft dread to hear.
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... blaze amid the general fire , " C And funs and ftars with all their hofts expire . " The long - delay'd , th ' important day is come , tr ( All nature quake with terror at the doom . ) 50 " For which creation rose supremely fair ...
... blaze amid the general fire , " C And funs and ftars with all their hofts expire . " The long - delay'd , th ' important day is come , tr ( All nature quake with terror at the doom . ) 50 " For which creation rose supremely fair ...
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... blaze ; The earth no more its central fire contains , It rag'd and fwell'd refiftless o'er the plains . Now in a broader range the deluge raves , And rolls triumphant thro ' the boiling waves ; O'er all the hills the rifing flames ...
... blaze ; The earth no more its central fire contains , It rag'd and fwell'd refiftless o'er the plains . Now in a broader range the deluge raves , And rolls triumphant thro ' the boiling waves ; O'er all the hills the rifing flames ...
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... blaze , and oceans boil . 180 SUCH , man ! thy life , when Death's relentless rage Crops thy gay bloom , or chils thy with'ring Age ; In vain thy wish would stop th ' invader's pow'r , Who spares the leaf to revel on the flow'r . C 2 O ...
... blaze , and oceans boil . 180 SUCH , man ! thy life , when Death's relentless rage Crops thy gay bloom , or chils thy with'ring Age ; In vain thy wish would stop th ' invader's pow'r , Who spares the leaf to revel on the flow'r . C 2 O ...
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... blaze , ' Twas all confufion , tumult , and amaze . When lo ! a cloud juft opening on the view Illum'd with dazzling light th ' etherial blue ! 300 On its broad breaft a mighty Angel came , His eyes were lightning , and his robes of ...
... blaze , ' Twas all confufion , tumult , and amaze . When lo ! a cloud juft opening on the view Illum'd with dazzling light th ' etherial blue ! 300 On its broad breaft a mighty Angel came , His eyes were lightning , and his robes of ...
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addreffed Anacreon beamy beauty becauſe bloom bofom breaft breath burfts burſt cifed circumftance cloud compofition Criticiſm darkneſs deſcription deſpair diverfified dreadful Effay ev'ry expreffion faid fame fays fcene felect fentiment fhade fhall fighs fimple firft firſt fkies flame foar folemn fome foul fpecies ftand ftill ftrain fubject fublime fuch fuperior Genius glow heav'n heav'nly himſelf Iliad illuftration imagination infpire laſt leaſt likewife looſe Lord Lordship lyre Lyric Poetry meaſure melting mind moſt mufic mufing muſt nature neceffary o'er obferve occafion Orpheus paffage paffion pale perfons Pindar pleaſure Poem Poet poetic pow'r praiſe prefent purpoſe purſue racter raiſe reader reaſon rifing roſe Sappho ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhould ſkies ſky ſmiling ſome ſphere ſtood ſtream thefe theme theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro throng tow'ring tranſport trembling uſe waſte whofe whoſe wild wing γαρ δε εν και μεν
Beliebte Passagen
Seite xxxix - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Seite xi - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Seite cxxiii - Verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis Offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit Aut humana parum cavit natura.
Seite c - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Seite 39 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Seite 101 - Nurs'd on the downy lap of ease, Fall prostrate at His throne : Ye princes, rulers, all adore ; Praise Him, ye kings, who makes your power An image of His own. Ye fair, by nature form'd to move, O praise th...
Seite 98 - Join, ye loud spheres, the vocal choir ; Thou dazzling orb of liquid fire, The mighty chorus aid : Soon as grey ev'ning gilds the plain, Thou, moon, protract the melting strain.
Seite xxxiii - Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed glorioufly ; the horfe and his rider hath he thrown into the fea.
Seite xxxiv - And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, The floods stood upright as an heap, And the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Seite cvi - But wrapt in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure : Know we what fortune yet remains behind ? Know we how long the present shall endure ? WIST.