The Works of the English Poets: Denham and SprattH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... verses of mine the evening before ( being thofe to Sir R. Fanfhaw ) ; and asking me when I made them , I told him two or three years fince ; he was pleafed to say , that having never seen them before , he was afraid I had written them ...
... verses of mine the evening before ( being thofe to Sir R. Fanfhaw ) ; and asking me when I made them , I told him two or three years fince ; he was pleafed to say , that having never seen them before , he was afraid I had written them ...
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... verse Ruftic philosophy rehearse . When heroes , gods , or god - like kings , They praise , on their exalted wings To the celeftial orbs they climb , And with th ' harmonious spheres keep time : Nor did their actions fall behind Their ...
... verse Ruftic philosophy rehearse . When heroes , gods , or god - like kings , They praise , on their exalted wings To the celeftial orbs they climb , And with th ' harmonious spheres keep time : Nor did their actions fall behind Their ...
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... verses to you , Who make better poems by far of the two ? For all those pretty knacks you compose , Alas , what are they but poems in profe ? And between thofe and ours there's no difference , But that yours want the rhyme , the wit ...
... verses to you , Who make better poems by far of the two ? For all those pretty knacks you compose , Alas , what are they but poems in profe ? And between thofe and ours there's no difference , But that yours want the rhyme , the wit ...
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... verses far out - do : To praise the Welsh the world must now combine , Since to their leeks you do your laurel join : Such lofty ftrains your country's ftory fit , Whose mountain nothing equals but your wit . Bonduca , were the fuch as ...
... verses far out - do : To praise the Welsh the world must now combine , Since to their leeks you do your laurel join : Such lofty ftrains your country's ftory fit , Whose mountain nothing equals but your wit . Bonduca , were the fuch as ...
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... verse builds a fame for thee , Which fire cannot devour , nor purify , Which fword and thunder doth defy , As round , and full , as the great circle of eternity . VI . To thee the English tongue doth owe , That it need not feek For ...
... verse builds a fame for thee , Which fire cannot devour , nor purify , Which fword and thunder doth defy , As round , and full , as the great circle of eternity . VI . To thee the English tongue doth owe , That it need not feek For ...
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Página 57 - Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate! And when he would like them appear, •/ Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear...
Página 21 - First to a Torrent, then a Deluge swells: Stronger, and fiercer by restraint he roars, And knows no bound, but makes his power his shores.
Página 15 - Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours : Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants ; So that to us no thing, no place is strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange.
Página 14 - Can knowledge have no bound, but must advance So far, to make us wish for ignorance, And rather in the dark to grope our way Than, led by a...
Página 18 - All instruments, all arts of ruin met; He calls to mind his strength, and then his speed, His winged heels, and then his armed head; With these t' avoid, with that his fate to meet; But fear prevails and bids him trust his feet.
Página 293 - Like transitory dreams given o'er, Whose images are kept in store By memory alone. The time that is to come is not; How can it then be mine? The present moment's all my lot; And that, as fast as it is got, Phillis, is only thine. Then talk not of inconstancy, False hearts, and broken vows; If I by miracle can be This live-long minute true to thee, 'Tis all that Heaven allows.
Página 314 - Likes me abundantly ; but you take care Upon this point, not to be too severe. Perhaps my muse were fitter for this part, For I profess I can be very smart On wit, which I abhor with all my heart.
Página 335 - If those gross faults his choice pen doth commit Proceed from want of judgment, or of wit ? Or if his lumpish fancy does refuse Spirit and grace to his loose slattern Muse ? Five hundred verses every morning writ, Prove him no more a poet than a wit...
Página 53 - How unconcern'd in things to come ! if here uneasy, finds at Rome, at Paris, or Madrid, his home. Secure from low and private ends, his life, his zeal, his wealth attends his prince, his country, and his friends.
Página 58 - Horace's wit and Virgil's state He did not steal, but emulate, And when he would like them appear, Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear} He not from Rome alone, but Greece, Like Jason brought the golden fleece ; To him that language, though to none Of th' others, as his own was known.