Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Ausgaben 77-79Johnson, 1810 - 220 Seiten |
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... passion , and approve his song . Like Phoebus thus , acquiring unsought praise , he catch'd at love , and fill'd his arms with bays . ON MY LADY ISABELLA PLAYING ON THE LUTE . Such moving sounds from such a careless touch ! so unconcern ...
... passion , and approve his song . Like Phoebus thus , acquiring unsought praise , he catch'd at love , and fill'd his arms with bays . ON MY LADY ISABELLA PLAYING ON THE LUTE . Such moving sounds from such a careless touch ! so unconcern ...
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... passion there in my free breast should move , none but the sweet and best of passions , Love . There while I sing , if gentle Love be by , that tunes my lute , and winds the string so high , with the sweet sound of Sacharissa's name , I ...
... passion there in my free breast should move , none but the sweet and best of passions , Love . There while I sing , if gentle Love be by , that tunes my lute , and winds the string so high , with the sweet sound of Sacharissa's name , I ...
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... passion that I had for thee , the faith , the love , the constancy ! and , that I may successful prove , transform myself to what you love . Fool that I was ! so much to prize those simple virtues you despise : " fool ! that with such ...
... passion that I had for thee , the faith , the love , the constancy ! and , that I may successful prove , transform myself to what you love . Fool that I was ! so much to prize those simple virtues you despise : " fool ! that with such ...
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... passion . From such remarks pro- ceeded that great number of sententious distichs which have passed into conversation , and are added as pro- verbial axioms to the general stock of practical know- ledge . But human works are not easily ...
... passion . From such remarks pro- ceeded that great number of sententious distichs which have passed into conversation , and are added as pro- verbial axioms to the general stock of practical know- ledge . But human works are not easily ...
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... passion cannot Music raise and quell ! when Jubal struck the chorded shell , his listening brethren stood around , and , wond'ring , on their faces fell to worship that celestial sound . Less than a God they thought there could not ...
... passion cannot Music raise and quell ! when Jubal struck the chorded shell , his listening brethren stood around , and , wond'ring , on their faces fell to worship that celestial sound . Less than a God they thought there could not ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Addison Anacreon arms beauty behold blest blood bold breast bright brother Cæsar Cato Cato's Cecilia's charms DANIEL PURCELL death Decius delight dost dreadful Dryden e'er ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate father fear flame fools friends give gods grace griefs hand happy hast hear heart heaven honour hope Hudibras I've sounded immortal Juba king live Lord Lord Halifax lov'd Lucia Lucius maid majestic band mankind Marc Marcia Marcus mighty mind Muse nature ne'er never numbers Numidian nymph o'er once passion peace Pharsalia pleasure poet Portius pow'r praise prince rage ravish'd rise Roman Roman senate Rome scenes Sempronius senate shade shew shine sight smile song sorrows soul sound stream sung sweet swells sword Syph Syphax tears thee thine thoughts toil tongue tremble Utica verse virtue whilst winds would'st thou young youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 24 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble...
Seite 20 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Seite 82 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Seite 22 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Seite 19 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Seite 21 - And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — the style is excellent; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found...
Seite 21 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Seite 19 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Seite 7 - A watchtower once ; but now, so fate ordains. Of all the pile an empty name remains. From its...
Seite 4 - CREATOR spirit, by whose aid The world's foundations first were laid, Come visit every pious mind ; Come pour thy joys on human kind ; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make thy temples worthy thee.