Poems on Several Subjects, Band 2G. Pearch, 1769 - 162 Seiten |
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... look upon it as a paradox , to affirm , that the same causes which produced this advantage to Pastoral Poetry , con- tributed in an equal degree to make the first Lyric Poems the most vague , uncertain , and difproportioned ftandards ...
... look upon it as a paradox , to affirm , that the same causes which produced this advantage to Pastoral Poetry , con- tributed in an equal degree to make the first Lyric Poems the most vague , uncertain , and difproportioned ftandards ...
Seite xlvi
... fome verfes fo fimilar to thefe , that we may look on them as vouchers for their antiquity : Οι η περι φύλλων γενεή , τοιη δε και ανδρων , & c . Ιλιάδ . ζ . Like leaves on trees the race of men is found Like zlvi AN ESSAY ON THE LYRIC.
... fome verfes fo fimilar to thefe , that we may look on them as vouchers for their antiquity : Οι η περι φύλλων γενεή , τοιη δε και ανδρων , & c . Ιλιάδ . ζ . Like leaves on trees the race of men is found Like zlvi AN ESSAY ON THE LYRIC.
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... look for those marks of wildness and incoherence , which dif- cover the extent of that faculty , I HAVE acknowledged , in a former part of this Essay , that the shorter Ode not only admits of bold and spirited tranfitions , but that ...
... look for those marks of wildness and incoherence , which dif- cover the extent of that faculty , I HAVE acknowledged , in a former part of this Essay , that the shorter Ode not only admits of bold and spirited tranfitions , but that ...
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... look ( amid the countless store ) We mark'd fome feature unobferv'd before ; As in the cheek with opening rofes warm , Each piercing glance improves the growing charm . THEN " THEN fighing deep , diflracted at the view , 2 16 THE DAY OF ...
... look ( amid the countless store ) We mark'd fome feature unobferv'd before ; As in the cheek with opening rofes warm , Each piercing glance improves the growing charm . THEN " THEN fighing deep , diflracted at the view , 2 16 THE DAY OF ...
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... looks fuperior o'er the wrecks below ; Bursts the broad field ! -in wild confufion spread Hills , cities , rocks , fall thund'ring in the shade ; He bows ! and tott'ring o'er the verging gloom , Marks the stupendous wafte , and feeks ...
... looks fuperior o'er the wrecks below ; Bursts the broad field ! -in wild confufion spread Hills , cities , rocks , fall thund'ring in the shade ; He bows ! and tott'ring o'er the verging gloom , Marks the stupendous wafte , and feeks ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
æther Anacreon beam Beauty becauſe behold bleft bloom bofom boundleſs breaſt breath burft burſts circumftance cloud compofition darkneſs deep defcription diftant earth eaſe ev'ry faid fame Fancy fays fcene fentiment fhade fhall fighs fimple firft firſt fkies flame fmiling foft folemn fome fons form'd foul ftill ftream fubject fublime fuch fuperior fuppofed fwelling gale Genius hath heart Heav'n himſelf imagination juft laft laſt lefs likewife looſe lyre Lyric Poetry mark'd meaſure melting mind moft moſt mufic mufing muſt Nature o'er obferve occafion paffion pale perfons Philofopher Pindar pleaſure Poet pour'd praiſe prefent purpoſe raiſe reader Reaſon rifing rill rofe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhould ſkies ſmile ſome ſphere ſpoke ſpread ſtate ſtep ſtill ſtood ſtrain thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thro tranſport trembling truth voice waſte wave whofe whoſe wild wing Wiſdom δε εν και
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...