Bell's Edition, Volúmenes27-28J. Bell, 1784 |
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Página xlix
... fight know them to be Mr. Waller's . Some of them where wrote very early , but not put into for mer collections , for reasons obvious enough , but which are now ceased . The play was altered to please the court : it is not to be doubted ...
... fight know them to be Mr. Waller's . Some of them where wrote very early , but not put into for mer collections , for reasons obvious enough , but which are now ceased . The play was altered to please the court : it is not to be doubted ...
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... fight , To danger , horrour , and unwelcome night . The gentle veffel , ( wont with itate and pride On the smooth back of filver Thames to ride ) Wanders aftonish'd in the angry main , As l'itan's car did , while the golden rein Fill'd ...
... fight , To danger , horrour , and unwelcome night . The gentle veffel , ( wont with itate and pride On the smooth back of filver Thames to ride ) Wanders aftonish'd in the angry main , As l'itan's car did , while the golden rein Fill'd ...
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... fight : our hero , fet In a small shallop , Fortune in his debt , So near a hope of crowns and fceptres , more ' T'han ever Priam , when he flourish'd wore ; His loins yet full of ungot princes , all His glory in the bud , lets nothing ...
... fight : our hero , fet In a small shallop , Fortune in his debt , So near a hope of crowns and fceptres , more ' T'han ever Priam , when he flourish'd wore ; His loins yet full of ungot princes , all His glory in the bud , lets nothing ...
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... fight , " What envious pow'r has plac'd this glorious light ? " Thus in a starry night fond children cry For the rich spangles that adorn the sky , Which , tho ' they fhine for ever fixed there , With light and influence relieve us here ...
... fight , " What envious pow'r has plac'd this glorious light ? " Thus in a starry night fond children cry For the rich spangles that adorn the sky , Which , tho ' they fhine for ever fixed there , With light and influence relieve us here ...
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... fight , So ill thou rhym'st against so fair a light . X. OF HER CHAMBER . THEY tafte of death that do at heav'n arrive , But we this paradise approach alive . Instead of Death , the dart of Love does ftrike , And renders all within ...
... fight , So ill thou rhym'st against so fair a light . X. OF HER CHAMBER . THEY tafte of death that do at heav'n arrive , But we this paradise approach alive . Instead of Death , the dart of Love does ftrike , And renders all within ...
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Términos y frases comunes
againſt Amoret beauty beſt boaſt bold brave breaſt bright Britiſh COUNTESS OF CARLISLE court crown'd dame defire deſtroy EDMUND WALLER Engliſh ev'ry eyes facred fair falutes fame fate fave feem fhade fhall fhine fhips fide fight fince fing firft firſt flain flame fleep foes fome foon foul ftill fuch fweet grace Heav'n herſelf himſelf Houſe increaſe itſelf Jove King LADY laft laſt lefs leſs loft Lord Lucretius Maid's Tragedy mind moſt Mufe Muſe muſt nobler numbers nymph o'er paffion peace plac'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent prince Queen rage reaſon reft reſt rife royal ſea ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhips ſhould ſpoil ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro Turks uſe verfe verſe vex'd Waller whofe whoſe wind youth
Pasajes populares
Página 42 - Then die, that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee; How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Página xxxv - There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults ; that is, so to cover them, that they were not taken notice of to his reproach, viz.
Página 80 - The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er ; So calm are we when passions are no more ; For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things so certain to be lost.
Página xlv - Andero ;" a piece which justifies the observation made by one of his editors, that he attained, by a felicity like instinct, a style which perhaps will never be obsolete ; and that, " were we to judge only by the wording, we could not know what was wrote at twenty, and what at fourscore.
Página 184 - WHY came I so untimely forth Into a world which, wanting thee, Could entertain us with no worth Or shadow of felicity, That time should me so far remove From that which I was born to love ? Yet, Fairest Blossom ! do not slight That age which you may know so soon : The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the noon ; And then what wonders shall you do Whose dawning beauty warms us so...
Página 137 - The beauties which adorn'd that age, The shining subjects of his rage, Hoping they should immortal prove, Rewarded with success his love. This was the generous poet's scope, And all an English pen can hope, To make the fair approve his flame, That can so far extend their fame.
Página 96 - And every man a Polypheme Does to his Galatea seem; None may presume her faith to prove; He proffers death that proffers love.
Página 143 - Pouring out treasure to supply his fleet; They vow with lives and fortunes to maintain Their King's eternal title to the main, And with a present to the Duke approve His valor, conduct, and his country's love.
Página xlvii - Among other improvements, we may reckon that of his rhymes, which are always good, and very often the better for being new.