Poems on Several Subjects, Band 2G. Pearch, 1769 - 162 Seiten |
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... gale the ruffling feathers play . WEST . Homer never touches this fublime fubject , without em- ploying the utmoft reach of his invention to excite ad- miration in his reader : Ζευς δε Πατηρ ιδηθεν εύτροχον άρμα καὶ ιππους Ολυμπονδ ...
... gale the ruffling feathers play . WEST . Homer never touches this fublime fubject , without em- ploying the utmoft reach of his invention to excite ad- miration in his reader : Ζευς δε Πατηρ ιδηθεν εύτροχον άρμα καὶ ιππους Ολυμπονδ ...
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... gale ; The echoing hills with louder notes rebound , And all th ' illumin'd landscape rings around . Charm'd and furpriz'd we faw the fair abode , The plains with beauty's flow'ry offspring strow'd , Beheld the city's diftant fpires ...
... gale ; The echoing hills with louder notes rebound , And all th ' illumin'd landscape rings around . Charm'd and furpriz'd we faw the fair abode , The plains with beauty's flow'ry offspring strow'd , Beheld the city's diftant fpires ...
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... d to this ? —a feather , and a gale ! Rous'D from their fleep unnumber'd myriads come , All wak'd at once , and burft the yielding tomb ; 381 O'er O'er the broad deep the loofen'd members swim ; Each THE DAY OF JUDGMENT . 27.
... d to this ? —a feather , and a gale ! Rous'D from their fleep unnumber'd myriads come , All wak'd at once , and burft the yielding tomb ; 381 O'er O'er the broad deep the loofen'd members swim ; Each THE DAY OF JUDGMENT . 27.
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... gale ? To death's destructive dart an easy prey , That funk , and feebly figh'd the foul away ? 430 THIS clouded fcene attempt not to explore ; Where Reason finks , ' twere madness then to foar : Heav'n that to each the juft proportion ...
... gale ? To death's destructive dart an easy prey , That funk , and feebly figh'd the foul away ? 430 THIS clouded fcene attempt not to explore ; Where Reason finks , ' twere madness then to foar : Heav'n that to each the juft proportion ...
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... gale that skims the ruffling ftream , " Nor flies more quick the vifionary dream . Hail , heav'nly Piety , fupremely fair ! " Whose smiles can calm the horrors of despair ; " Bid in each breaft unusual transports flow , 645 And wipe the ...
... gale that skims the ruffling ftream , " Nor flies more quick the vifionary dream . Hail , heav'nly Piety , fupremely fair ! " Whose smiles can calm the horrors of despair ; " Bid in each breaft unusual transports flow , 645 And wipe the ...
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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...