The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Band 53Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... behold the pride of pomp , The throne of nations fall'n ; obscur'd in dust ; Ev'n yet majestical : the folemn fcene Elates the foul , while now the rifing Sun B 4 Flame Flames on the ruins in the purer air Towering aloft.
... behold the pride of pomp , The throne of nations fall'n ; obscur'd in dust ; Ev'n yet majestical : the folemn fcene Elates the foul , while now the rifing Sun B 4 Flame Flames on the ruins in the purer air Towering aloft.
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... behold Prepar'd for combat in the front of war The pious brothers ; jealous Alba stands In fearful expectation of the strife , And youthful Rome intent : the kindred foes Fall on each other's neck in filent tears ; In forrowful ...
... behold Prepar'd for combat in the front of war The pious brothers ; jealous Alba stands In fearful expectation of the strife , And youthful Rome intent : the kindred foes Fall on each other's neck in filent tears ; In forrowful ...
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... behold , Mountainous pile ! o'er whose capacious womb Pours the broad firmament its varied light ; While from the central floor the feats afcend Round above round , flow - widening to the verge , A circuit vast and high ; nor less had ...
... behold , Mountainous pile ! o'er whose capacious womb Pours the broad firmament its varied light ; While from the central floor the feats afcend Round above round , flow - widening to the verge , A circuit vast and high ; nor less had ...
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... Behold yon fteepy cliff ; the modern pile Perchance may now delight , while that , rever'd * In ancient day , the page alone declares , Or narrow coin through dim cærulean rust . The fane was Jove's , its spacious golden roof , O'er ...
... Behold yon fteepy cliff ; the modern pile Perchance may now delight , while that , rever'd * In ancient day , the page alone declares , Or narrow coin through dim cærulean rust . The fane was Jove's , its spacious golden roof , O'er ...
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... behold the pride of pomp , The throne of nations fall'n ; obfcur`d in dust ; Ev'n yet majestical : the folemn scene Elates the foul , while now the rifing Sun B 4 Flames air * Flames on the ruins in the purer Towering.
... behold the pride of pomp , The throne of nations fall'n ; obfcur`d in dust ; Ev'n yet majestical : the folemn scene Elates the foul , while now the rifing Sun B 4 Flames air * Flames on the ruins in the purer Towering.
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Ægyptus æther afcending Amyntor arife Aurelius behold beneath bofom boundleſs breaſt brow caft charms climes clouds coaft deep defcend diftant duft earth erft ev'n facred fafe fair Falernum fame fcene fecure feen fenfe fhade fhall fhepherd fhine fhore fide filence filk fink firſt flame fleece fleep flood fmile foft fome fong fons foul fpring ftill fuch funk fure fwains fweet fwell grace Grongar Hill groves hand heart heaven hills himſelf ifle juft laft laſt light loft Marine Society moſt Mufe Muſe muſt Nature's night nymphs o'er paffion plain pleaſe pleaſure praiſe proud rais'd reafon realms rife rocks rofe round ſcene ſhade ſhall ſheep ſhore ſkies ſkill ſky ſpread ſtate ſtep ſtill ſtorm ſtream thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand toil unnumber'd vafe vale vext waſte wave whofe whoſe wild wind wing wonder woods wool
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Seite 4 - Boafted their order which Callimachus (Reclining ftudious on Afopus' banks Beneath an urn of fome lamented nymph) Haply compos'd ; the urn with foliage curl'd Thinly conceal'd, the chapiter inform'd. See the tall obelifcs from Memphis old, One ftone enormous each, or Thebes convey'd ; Like Albion's fpires they rufh into the Ikies.
Seite 30 - The sturdy rustic, in the middle wave, Awaits to seize him rising ; one arm bears His lifted head above the limpid stream, While the full clammy fleece the other laves Around, laborious, with repeated toil ; And then resigns him to the sunny bank, Where, bleating loud, he shakes his dripping locks.
Seite 9 - Or the tall growth of glossy-rinded beech ; And where the burrowing rabbit turns the dust ; And where the dappled deer delights to bound. Such are the downs of...
Seite 1 - Hark how the mighty billows lash their vaults, And thunder; how they heave their rocks in vain; Though now incessant time has roll'd around A thousand winters o'er the changeful world, And yet a thousand, since th' indignant floods Roar loud in their firm bounds, and dash, and swell, In vain; convey'd to Tiber's lowest wave.
Seite 103 - Tore the wild-flying sails and tumbling masts; While flames, thick-flashing in the gloom, reveal'd Ruins of decks and shrouds, and sights of death. Yet on he far'd, with fortitude his cheer,— Gaining, at intervals, slow way, beneath Del Fuego's rugged cliffs ; and the white ridge Above all height, (by opening clouds...