An Essay on the Application of Natural History to PoetryW. Eyres, 1777 - 156 Seiten |
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... Poems , by Mrs. Barbauld , 5th Edit . price 38. fewed . Mifcellaneous Pieces in Profe , by J. Aikin and A. L. Barbauld , 2d Edit . price 3s . fewed . Devotional Pieces , with Thoughts on the devotional Tafte , by Mrs. Barbauld . Price ...
... Poems , by Mrs. Barbauld , 5th Edit . price 38. fewed . Mifcellaneous Pieces in Profe , by J. Aikin and A. L. Barbauld , 2d Edit . price 3s . fewed . Devotional Pieces , with Thoughts on the devotional Tafte , by Mrs. Barbauld . Price ...
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... poets of a higher order , the hand of a copyist may be traced much oftener than the ftrokes of an observer . Has a picturesque cir- cumstance been imagined by fome one original genius ? Every fucceeding com- pofer introduces it on a ...
... poets of a higher order , the hand of a copyist may be traced much oftener than the ftrokes of an observer . Has a picturesque cir- cumstance been imagined by fome one original genius ? Every fucceeding com- pofer introduces it on a ...
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... of original obfervations of na- 910 ture . THE want of variety and novelty is not , however , the only defect of thofe poets who have occafionally introdu- JAЯTV 2 , céd ced the description of natural objects . It is no NATURAL HISTORY .
... of original obfervations of na- 910 ture . THE want of variety and novelty is not , however , the only defect of thofe poets who have occafionally introdu- JAЯTV 2 , céd ced the description of natural objects . It is no NATURAL HISTORY .
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... THE genius of the eastern poets , bold , ardent , and precipitate , was peculiar- ly averfe to precifion and accuracy . Hurried away by the warm emotions arifing 1 } 9 arifing from an idea forcibly impressed upon their NATURAL HISTORY . it.
... THE genius of the eastern poets , bold , ardent , and precipitate , was peculiar- ly averfe to precifion and accuracy . Hurried away by the warm emotions arifing 1 } 9 arifing from an idea forcibly impressed upon their NATURAL HISTORY . it.
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... poets of every age have a- dopted . Such are , the fong of the dy- ing fwan ; the halcyon's neft ; the cro- codile's tears ; the pelican's feeding her young with her blood ; and the whole existence of the phoenix . When we re- collect ...
... poets of every age have a- dopted . Such are , the fong of the dy- ing fwan ; the halcyon's neft ; the cro- codile's tears ; the pelican's feeding her young with her blood ; and the whole existence of the phoenix . When we re- collect ...
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Seite 109 - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes: Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm: Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.
Seite 68 - Kilda's* shore ; whose lonely race Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds, The royal eagle draws his vigorous young, Strong-pounc'd, and ardent with paternal fire ^ Now fit to raise a kingdom of their own, He drives them from his fort, the towering seat, For ages, of his empire ; which, in peace, Unstain'd he holds, while many a league to sea He wings his course, and preys in distant isles.
Seite 50 - In jointed armour watch : on smooth the seal And bended dolphins play ; part, huge of bulk, Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean : there Leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretch'd like a promontory, sleeps or swims, And seems a moving land, and at his gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out a sea.
Seite 62 - Philomela deigns To let them joy, and purposes, in thought Elate, to make her night excel their day. The blackbird whistles from the thorny brake; The mellow bullfinch answers from the grove; Nor are the linnets, o'er the flowering furze Pour'd out profusely, silent.
Seite 146 - Bear me, Pomona ! to thy citron groves ; To where the lemon and the piercing lime, With the deep orange, glowing through the green, Their lighter glories blend.
Seite 66 - Intent. And often, from the careless back Of herds and flocks, a thousand tugging bills Pluck hair and wool ; and oft, when...
Seite 131 - Atlantic surge Pours in among the stormy Hebrides; Who can recount what transmigrations there Are annual made? what nations come and go? And how the living clouds on clouds arise? Infinite wings ! till all the plume-dark air And rude resounding shore are one wild cry.
Seite 66 - Commit their feeble offspring : the cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few, Their food its infefts, and its mofs their nefts. Others apart far in the grafTy dale, Or roughening wafte, their humble texture weave.
Seite 70 - The careful hen Calls all her chirping family around, Fed and defended by the fearless cock; Whose breast with ardour flames, as on he walks, Graceful, and crows defiance.
Seite 51 - In common, rang'd in figure wedge their way, Intelligent of feafons, and fet forth Their aery caravan high over feas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing...