Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Ausgaben 77-79Johnson, 1810 - 220 Seiten |
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... swells into my eye , and doth itself present with such an easy and unforc'd ascent , that no stupendous precipice denies access , no horror turns away our eyes ; but such a rise as doth at once invite a pleasure and a rev'rence from the ...
... swells into my eye , and doth itself present with such an easy and unforc'd ascent , that no stupendous precipice denies access , no horror turns away our eyes ; but such a rise as doth at once invite a pleasure and a rev'rence from the ...
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... swells ; stronger and fiercer by restraint , he roars , and knows no bound , but makes his pow'r his shores FRIENDSHIP AND SINGLE LIFE . Love ! in what poison is thy dart dipp'd when it makes a bleeding heart ? none know but they who ...
... swells ; stronger and fiercer by restraint , he roars , and knows no bound , but makes his pow'r his shores FRIENDSHIP AND SINGLE LIFE . Love ! in what poison is thy dart dipp'd when it makes a bleeding heart ? none know but they who ...
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... swell'd with the pride of thy celestial charge ; and , big with hymn , commander of an host , the like was ne'er in Epsom blankets tost . Methinks I see the new Arion sail , the lute still trembling underneath thy nail , at thy well ...
... swell'd with the pride of thy celestial charge ; and , big with hymn , commander of an host , the like was ne'er in Epsom blankets tost . Methinks I see the new Arion sail , the lute still trembling underneath thy nail , at thy well ...
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... , fir'd another Troy . Thus , long ago , ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow , while orgáns yet were mute ; Timotheus , to his breathing flute , and sounding lyre , could swell the soul to rage , or kindle soft ALEXANDER'S FEAST .
... , fir'd another Troy . Thus , long ago , ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow , while orgáns yet were mute ; Timotheus , to his breathing flute , and sounding lyre , could swell the soul to rage , or kindle soft ALEXANDER'S FEAST .
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Abraham Cowley. could swell the soul to rage , or kindle soft desire . At last divine Cecilia came , inventress of the vocal frame ; the sweet enthusiast , from her sacred store , enlarg❜d the former narrow bounds , and added length to ...
Abraham Cowley. could swell the soul to rage , or kindle soft desire . At last divine Cecilia came , inventress of the vocal frame ; the sweet enthusiast , from her sacred store , enlarg❜d the former narrow bounds , and added length to ...
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.