The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Band 401807 |
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... queen of Heav'n return'd ; ( With sudden grief her lab'ring bosom burn'd ) Must I , whose cares Phoroneus ' tow'rs defend , Must I , O Jove ! in bloody wars contend ? 345 351 355 Thou know'st those regions my protection claim , Glorious ...
... queen of Heav'n return'd ; ( With sudden grief her lab'ring bosom burn'd ) Must I , whose cares Phoroneus ' tow'rs defend , Must I , O Jove ! in bloody wars contend ? 345 351 355 Thou know'st those regions my protection claim , Glorious ...
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... queen control , Since still the lust of discord fires thy soul , Go , raise my Samos ! let Mycenè fall ! And level with the dust the Spartan wall ! Nor more let mortals Juno's pow'r invoke , 370 Her fanes no more with eastern incense ...
... queen control , Since still the lust of discord fires thy soul , Go , raise my Samos ! let Mycenè fall ! And level with the dust the Spartan wall ! Nor more let mortals Juno's pow'r invoke , 370 Her fanes no more with eastern incense ...
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... queen exprest The rage and grief contending in her breast ; Unmov'd remain'd the ruler of the sky , And from his throne return'd this stern reply : " Twas thus I deem'd thy haughty soul would bear The dire , though just , revenge which ...
... queen exprest The rage and grief contending in her breast ; Unmov'd remain'd the ruler of the sky , And from his throne return'd this stern reply : " Twas thus I deem'd thy haughty soul would bear The dire , though just , revenge which ...
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... queen of Night . ' Goddess of shades ! beneath whose gloomy reign Yon spangled arch glows with the starry train ; You who the cares of heav'n and carth allay , 585 Till nature , quicken'd by th ' inspiring ray , Wakes to new vigor with ...
... queen of Night . ' Goddess of shades ! beneath whose gloomy reign Yon spangled arch glows with the starry train ; You who the cares of heav'n and carth allay , 585 Till nature , quicken'd by th ' inspiring ray , Wakes to new vigor with ...
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... queen , nor Helen's fatal charms . Ev'n now , when silent scorn is all they gain , A thousand court you , though they court in vain ; A thousand sylvans , demi - gods , and gods , That haunt our mountains and our Alban woods . But if ...
... queen , nor Helen's fatal charms . Ev'n now , when silent scorn is all they gain , A thousand court you , though they court in vain ; A thousand sylvans , demi - gods , and gods , That haunt our mountains and our Alban woods . But if ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Author bard Bavius beauty Behold bless'd Boileau charms Cibber court Criticism dæmon dear Dennis divine Dryden dull Dulness Dunciad EPISTLE Eridanus Essay Essay on Criticism ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate flame folly fool Francis Atterbury genius gentle Gildon Goddess grace hath hear heart Heav'n hero Homer honor Horace Iliad IMITATIONS kings knave laws learned Leonard Welsted Letter LEWIS THEOBALD live Lord lov'd Matthew Concanen MIST'S JOURNAL moral Muse ne'er never numbers o'er octavo once Ovid person pleas'd Poem poet poet's poor Pope pow'r praise pride printed proud Queen rage REMARKS rhymes rise sacred saith Sappho satire shade shew shine sing SMIL soft soul Swift tell thee thine things thou thought Town truth Twas verse Virg Virgil virtue Whig wife words wretched writ write youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 132 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Seite 125 - A Clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a Stanza, when he should engross?
Seite 132 - Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying...
Seite 131 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 136 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Seite 126 - Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What Drop or Nostrum can this plague remove?
Seite 36 - Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor; This year a reservoir, to keep and spare : The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him till they burst.
Seite 125 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Seite 129 - And, when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own?
Seite 170 - Conspicuous scene ! another yet is nigh, (More silent far) where kings and poets lie ; Where MURRAY (long enough, his country's pride) Shall be no more than TULLY, or than HYDE ! Rack'd with sciatics,.