Poems on Several Subjects, Band 2G. Pearch, 1769 - 162 Seiten |
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... line , a child of dirt , stinging , ftinking , and having a buz that an- noys the fair and the witty , which yet wit ne'er taftes ! -With what con- tempt would this great Genius have looked upon an enemy , who applied to his poetry fuch ...
... line , a child of dirt , stinging , ftinking , and having a buz that an- noys the fair and the witty , which yet wit ne'er taftes ! -With what con- tempt would this great Genius have looked upon an enemy , who applied to his poetry fuch ...
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... Philofophy . He has preserved the first line of his Poem ; Ην ποτε χρονος στος εν ώ αμα παντ ' επεφυκει . Λαερτ . ἐν Πρασιμο • Herod . lib . i . c . 49 . He is handed down to us be fuppofed to do C 2 be POETRY OF THE ANCIENTS .
... Philofophy . He has preserved the first line of his Poem ; Ην ποτε χρονος στος εν ώ αμα παντ ' επεφυκει . Λαερτ . ἐν Πρασιμο • Herod . lib . i . c . 49 . He is handed down to us be fuppofed to do C 2 be POETRY OF THE ANCIENTS .
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... line . Yet ftay ! -one moment bid the whole unfold , Clear the bright gem from its furrounding mould : To warm the breast , and touch unthinking youth , An awful pause may cull fome useful truth ; May raise the paffions with becoming ...
... line . Yet ftay ! -one moment bid the whole unfold , Clear the bright gem from its furrounding mould : To warm the breast , and touch unthinking youth , An awful pause may cull fome useful truth ; May raise the paffions with becoming ...
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... Line 88. Where are the gales of Eden . ] This complaint of the ine- quality of the seasons ( which intro- duceth , as the reader will observe af- terwards , the firft Allegory ) has al- ternately been employed by different writers , as ...
... Line 88. Where are the gales of Eden . ] This complaint of the ine- quality of the seasons ( which intro- duceth , as the reader will observe af- terwards , the firft Allegory ) has al- ternately been employed by different writers , as ...
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... Line 107. Whence too thefe haunts , & c . ] Nemo unquam dixerit terram pulchriorem effe quod cavernofa fit , quod dehifcat in multis locis , quod difrupta caveis & fpatiis inani- bus ; ufque nullo ordine difpofitis , nulla forma : Nec ...
... Line 107. Whence too thefe haunts , & c . ] Nemo unquam dixerit terram pulchriorem effe quod cavernofa fit , quod dehifcat in multis locis , quod difrupta caveis & fpatiis inani- bus ; ufque nullo ordine difpofitis , nulla forma : Nec ...
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Seite xlvii - 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 46 - 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 ciii - True f wit i' nature to advantage drefs'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er fo well exprefs'd ; Something, whofe truth convinc'd at fight, we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Seite 113 - 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 110 - 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 112 - To him, ye graceful cedars, bow; Ye towering mountains, bending low, Your great Creator own! Tell, when affrighted nature shook, How Sinai kindled at his look, And trembled at his frown. Ye flocks that haunt the humble vale, Ye insects fluttering on the gale.
Seite 110 - Ye fields of light, celestial plains, Where gay transporting beauty reigns, Ye scenes divinely fair ; Your Maker's wondrous power proclaim, Tell how he form'd your shining frame, And breath'd the fluid air. Ye angels, catch the thrilling sound ; While all th...
Seite xlii - 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 cxiv - 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.
Seite ix - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. In poets as true genius...