The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Band 121790 |
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... winds that hold them play , An amber fcent of odorous perfume 720 Her harbinger , a damsel train behind ; Some rich Philiftian matron fhe may seem , And now at nearer view , no other certain Than Dalila thy wife . [ near me . SAMS . My ...
... winds that hold them play , An amber fcent of odorous perfume 720 Her harbinger , a damsel train behind ; Some rich Philiftian matron fhe may seem , And now at nearer view , no other certain Than Dalila thy wife . [ near me . SAMS . My ...
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... winds and feas , yet winds to feas Are reconcil'd at length , and sea to shore : Thy anger , unappeafable , ftill rages , Eternal tempeft never to be calm'd . Why do I humble thus myself , and fuing For peace , reap nothing but repulse ...
... winds and feas , yet winds to feas Are reconcil'd at length , and sea to shore : Thy anger , unappeafable , ftill rages , Eternal tempeft never to be calm'd . Why do I humble thus myself , and fuing For peace , reap nothing but repulse ...
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... wind and rain . CHO . But this another kind of tempeft brings . SAMS . Be lefs abstruse , my riddling days are past . 1066 CHO . Look now for no inchanting voice , nor fear The bait of honied words ; a rougher tongue Draws hitherward ...
... wind and rain . CHO . But this another kind of tempeft brings . SAMS . Be lefs abstruse , my riddling days are past . 1066 CHO . Look now for no inchanting voice , nor fear The bait of honied words ; a rougher tongue Draws hitherward ...
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English poets. Hath paid his ranfome now and full discharge . What windy joy this day had I conceiv'd Hopeful of his delivery , which now proves Abortive as the first - born bloom of spring Nipt with the lagging rear of winter's froft ...
English poets. Hath paid his ranfome now and full discharge . What windy joy this day had I conceiv'd Hopeful of his delivery , which now proves Abortive as the first - born bloom of spring Nipt with the lagging rear of winter's froft ...
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... winds and waters pent , When mountains tremble , thofe two maffy pillars With horrible convulfion to and fro , 1645 He tugg'd , he shook , till down they came , and drew The whole roof after them , with burst of thunder Upon the heads ...
... winds and waters pent , When mountains tremble , thofe two maffy pillars With horrible convulfion to and fro , 1645 He tugg'd , he shook , till down they came , and drew The whole roof after them , with burst of thunder Upon the heads ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
aëre Ætatis aftra againſt agni Amor Atque beft beſt carmina cauſe choro cœli cœlo Dagon darkneſs Deos Deûm doft domino jam domum impaſti doth etiam fæpe fafe fame fatis fave feaſt fhall fibi fing firft firſt foes folemn fome fonos foon foul fræna ftill ftrength fuch fuis habet hæc hath Heav'n himſelf hinc Hofts houſe Ifrael igne illa ille ipfa ipfe itſelf jam non vacat Jamque Jehovah Jovis juft juſt laſt lefs licet Lord lumina malè mifer mihi moſt Mufa muſt noftri numina Nunc o'er Olympo Phoebe poft praiſe preſent procul PSAL Quà quæ Quàm quid quis quoque reſt Samfon SAMS ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſtill ſuch tamen thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou Thyrfis tibi Tu quoque Tuque ulmo urbe uſe verſe whofe whoſe wife
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 163 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed. And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Seite 102 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade, And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...
Seite 106 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Seite 181 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Seite 160 - The air was calm, and on the level brine Sleek Panope with all her sisters played. It was that fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark, That sunk so low that sacred head of thine.
Seite 167 - Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill, While the jolly hours lead on propitious May ; Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day, First heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill, Portend success in love ; O if Jove's will Have linked that amorous power to thy soft lay, Now timely sing, ere the rude bird of hate...
Seite 10 - Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon. When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Seite 106 - But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak.
Seite 159 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Seite 308 - But here the main skill and groundwork will be to temper them such lectures and explanations upon every opportunity as may lead and draw them in willing obedience; inflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God and famous to all ages...