The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham, Página 127James Nichol, 1857 - 329 páginas |
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... mortal fire , The conquer'd ocean could not make expire ; Nor angry Thetis raise her waves above Th ' heroic Prince's courage or his love ; ' Twas indignation , and not fear he felt , The shrine should perish where that image dwelt ...
... mortal fire , The conquer'd ocean could not make expire ; Nor angry Thetis raise her waves above Th ' heroic Prince's courage or his love ; ' Twas indignation , and not fear he felt , The shrine should perish where that image dwelt ...
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... mortal with her deathless bed , And that his living eyes such beauty fed ; Had she been there , untimely joy , through all Men's hearts diffused , had marr'd the funeral . Those eyes were made to banish grief : as well Bright Phœbus ...
... mortal with her deathless bed , And that his living eyes such beauty fed ; Had she been there , untimely joy , through all Men's hearts diffused , had marr'd the funeral . Those eyes were made to banish grief : as well Bright Phœbus ...
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... mortal - making stars did shine , That there they cannot but for ever prove The monument and pledge of humble love ; His humble love whose hope shall ne'er rise higher , Than for a pardon that he dares admire . 15 20 20 30 OF THE LADY ...
... mortal - making stars did shine , That there they cannot but for ever prove The monument and pledge of humble love ; His humble love whose hope shall ne'er rise higher , Than for a pardon that he dares admire . 15 20 20 30 OF THE LADY ...
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... mortal parts , but these our soul ! Let her free spirit , whose unconquer'd breast Holds such deep quiet and untroubled rest , Know that though Venus and her son should spare Her rebel heart , and never teach her care , Yet Hymen may in ...
... mortal parts , but these our soul ! Let her free spirit , whose unconquer'd breast Holds such deep quiet and untroubled rest , Know that though Venus and her son should spare Her rebel heart , and never teach her care , Yet Hymen may in ...
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... mortal dame , None but those eyes could have o'erthrown ; The nymph I dare not , need not name , So high , so like herself alone . 3 Thus the tall oak , which now aspires Above the fear of private fires , Grown and design'd for nobler ...
... mortal dame , None but those eyes could have o'erthrown ; The nymph I dare not , need not name , So high , so like herself alone . 3 Thus the tall oak , which now aspires Above the fear of private fires , Grown and design'd for nobler ...
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Amoret Androgeus arms Atrides beauty behold bless'd blood bold bounty brave breast bright Charles CHLORIS clouds command COUNTESS OF CARLISLE Countess of Devonshire courage court crown'd dame death delight divine doth Dr Johnson earth EDMUND WALLER eyes fair fame fate fear fierce fire flame foes force friends give Gloriana glory gods grace grief hand happy haste hath heart heaven honour hope immortal Jove king LADY light live Lord Lucretius Maid's Tragedy matchless mighty mind mortal Muse noble nobler numbers nymph o'er once oppress'd passion peace Phoebus pleasure poem poetical poets praise Priam pride princes Pyrrhus Queen rage royal rude Saccharissa sacred shine sing song soul sweet sword taught tears tempest thee Theseus Thetis thine things thou thought THYRSIS trembling Troy Twas verse vex'd virtue Waller wind wise wonder wound youth
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Página 206 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Página 265 - That servile path thou nobly dost decline Of tracing word by word, and line by line : A new and nobler way thou dost pursue, To make translations, and translators too : They but preserve the ashes, thou the flame, True to his sense, but truer to his fame.
Página 47 - ON A GIRDLE. THAT which her slender waist confined Shall now my joyful temples bind : No monarch but would give his crown, His arms might do what this has done.
Página 216 - What barbarous invader sack'd the land ! But when he hears no Goth, no Turk, did bring This desolation, but a Christian king ; When nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs ; What does he think our sacrilege would spare, When such th...
Página 51 - Some other nymphs, with colours faint^ And pencil slow, may Cupid paint, And a weak heart in time destroy ; She has a stamp, and prints the boy; Can, with a single look, inflame The coldest breast, the rudest tame.
Página 209 - Horace his 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 159 - Go, lovely rose, Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired: Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired.
Página 160 - How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Página 196 - The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made ; Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home.
Página 216 - twixt anger, shame, and fear, Those for what's past, and this for what's too near, My eye, descending from the hill, surveys Where Thames among the wanton valleys strays. Thames, the most lov'd of all the Ocean's sons By his old sire, to his embraces runs ; Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity. Though with those streams he no resemblance hoi*. Whose foam is amber, and their gravel gold, His genuine and less guilty wealth t...