The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Band 53Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... fails to guard , when the bold bird of prey Alights , and hops in many turns around , And tires her alfo turning to her aid Be nimble , and the weakeft , in thine arms , Gently convey to the warm cote , and oft , Between the lark's note ...
... fails to guard , when the bold bird of prey Alights , and hops in many turns around , And tires her alfo turning to her aid Be nimble , and the weakeft , in thine arms , Gently convey to the warm cote , and oft , Between the lark's note ...
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... fails Skim o'er the billows of the foamy flood , Fancy they fee the leffening fhores retire , And figh a farewel to the finking hills . Could I recall thofe notes , which once the Muse Heard at a fhearing , near the woody fides Of blue ...
... fails Skim o'er the billows of the foamy flood , Fancy they fee the leffening fhores retire , And figh a farewel to the finking hills . Could I recall thofe notes , which once the Muse Heard at a fhearing , near the woody fides Of blue ...
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... the deep - divided glebe : the flood , And trading bark with low contracted fail , Linger among the reeds and copfy banks To listen ; and to view the joyous scene , THE 翌年 [ 56 THE FLE E C воок II . ARGU Book I. THE FLEECE . $ 5.
... the deep - divided glebe : the flood , And trading bark with low contracted fail , Linger among the reeds and copfy banks To listen ; and to view the joyous scene , THE 翌年 [ 56 THE FLE E C воок II . ARGU Book I. THE FLEECE . $ 5.
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... fails , difpenfe the downy freight To copfy villages on either fide , And fpiry towns , where ready diligence , The grateful burden to receive , awaits , Like ftrong Briareus , with his hundred hands . In the fame fleece diverfity of ...
... fails , difpenfe the downy freight To copfy villages on either fide , And fpiry towns , where ready diligence , The grateful burden to receive , awaits , Like ftrong Briareus , with his hundred hands . In the fame fleece diverfity of ...
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... fails full - fwelling ; to the chiefs Unwonted objects : now first , now they learn'd Their bolder steerage over ocean wave , Led by the golden stars , as Chiron's art Had mark'd the sphere celestial . Wide abroad Expands the purple ...
... fails full - fwelling ; to the chiefs Unwonted objects : now first , now they learn'd Their bolder steerage over ocean wave , Led by the golden stars , as Chiron's art Had mark'd the sphere celestial . Wide abroad Expands the purple ...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1779 |
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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...