Poems on Several Subjects, Band 2G. Pearch, 1769 - 162 Seiten |
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... rise ; So generations in their courfe decay . - POPE . The Ancients in general seem to have entertained a very high opinion of his Genius and writings , as he is said to have been the first person who compofed a regular The- ogony , and ...
... rise ; So generations in their courfe decay . - POPE . The Ancients in general seem to have entertained a very high opinion of his Genius and writings , as he is said to have been the first person who compofed a regular The- ogony , and ...
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... rise , 201 The pompous streamers waving as the flies ! I fee the fhudd'ring hosts that round her fall , 205 The * haughty Spaniard here , and there † the Gaul . I fee great BOURBON fainting and difmay'd , ' And view the laurel blafted ...
... rise , 201 The pompous streamers waving as the flies ! I fee the fhudd'ring hosts that round her fall , 205 The * haughty Spaniard here , and there † the Gaul . I fee great BOURBON fainting and difmay'd , ' And view the laurel blafted ...
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... rise , " And mine the flight that reach'd the flarry skies . " He ceas'd : —for fudden on the wond'ring gaze , From heav'n's broad concave burft the rapid blaze ! At once descending from the realms on high , An angel - shape arrests the ...
... rise , " And mine the flight that reach'd the flarry skies . " He ceas'd : —for fudden on the wond'ring gaze , From heav'n's broad concave burft the rapid blaze ! At once descending from the realms on high , An angel - shape arrests the ...
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... rise , Thick clouds and whirlwinds blacken all the skies ; Tremble the poles , -in wild confusion thrown Sink the steep Hills , -th'eternal Mountains groan . WHAT dire portents my wond'ring foul affright ! What scenes of terror fwim ...
... rise , Thick clouds and whirlwinds blacken all the skies ; Tremble the poles , -in wild confusion thrown Sink the steep Hills , -th'eternal Mountains groan . WHAT dire portents my wond'ring foul affright ! What scenes of terror fwim ...
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... rise to fo many extra vagant Theories , that an impartial Reader who would examine this matter , finds himself bewildered in the Labyrinth of Conjecture . Some of these gentlemen ( otherwife re- spectable for their learning ) indulge ...
... rise to fo many extra vagant Theories , that an impartial Reader who would examine this matter , finds himself bewildered in the Labyrinth of Conjecture . Some of these gentlemen ( otherwife re- spectable for their learning ) indulge ...
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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...