Poems on Several Subjects, Band 2G. Pearch, 1769 - 162 Seiten |
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Seite lix
... Behold Soracte's airy height , See how it ftands an heap of fnow ; Behold the winter's hoary height Oppress the labouring woods below ; And , by the season's icy hand Congeal'd , the lazy rivers stand . Now melt away the winter's cold ...
... Behold Soracte's airy height , See how it ftands an heap of fnow ; Behold the winter's hoary height Oppress the labouring woods below ; And , by the season's icy hand Congeal'd , the lazy rivers stand . Now melt away the winter's cold ...
Seite lxi
... Behold thy naked decks ; the wounded mast , And fail - yards groan beneath the fouthern blaft , Nor without ropes thy keel can longer brave The rufhing fury of th ' imperious wave ; Torn are thy fails , & c . FRANCIS . As the genius of ...
... Behold thy naked decks ; the wounded mast , And fail - yards groan beneath the fouthern blaft , Nor without ropes thy keel can longer brave The rufhing fury of th ' imperious wave ; Torn are thy fails , & c . FRANCIS . As the genius of ...
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... behold , Th'eternal Thunderer , fate thron'd in gold ; High heav'n the footftool of his feet He makes , And wide beneath him all Olympus fhakes . POPE . I HAVE mentioned thefe examples , as they fhew the light in which a great object ...
... behold , Th'eternal Thunderer , fate thron'd in gold ; High heav'n the footftool of his feet He makes , And wide beneath him all Olympus fhakes . POPE . I HAVE mentioned thefe examples , as they fhew the light in which a great object ...
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... behold , in dreadful league combin'd , At once great Etna and Vefuvius join'd ; Two mighty rivals from their center rock , Surround the deep , and hide the clouds in smoke : Their burning bowels rent , and ( dire to name ! ) 376 Ev'n ...
... behold , in dreadful league combin'd , At once great Etna and Vefuvius join'd ; Two mighty rivals from their center rock , Surround the deep , and hide the clouds in smoke : Their burning bowels rent , and ( dire to name ! ) 376 Ev'n ...
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... behold the teeming earth Pour all at once her millions at a birth ! They start with terror thro ' the opening ground , Flames all beneath , and thunders all around , What manly vigour reigns in ev'ry part , 415 Fires the broad breast ...
... behold the teeming earth Pour all at once her millions at a birth ! They start with terror thro ' the opening ground , Flames all beneath , and thunders all around , What manly vigour reigns in ev'ry part , 415 Fires the broad breast ...
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Beliebte Passagen
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...