The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham, Página 127James Nichol, 1857 - 329 páginas |
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... royal demand . Charles , who had personally requested Waller to second the motion for instantly granting the supplies , was not , we imagine , parti- cularly pleased with his " volunteer " laureate's conduct ; and his temporary ...
... royal demand . Charles , who had personally requested Waller to second the motion for instantly granting the supplies , was not , we imagine , parti- cularly pleased with his " volunteer " laureate's conduct ; and his temporary ...
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... royal cause , and they determined to try and unite the royalists together in a peaceful but strong combination against the parliament . They appointed confidential agents to make out , in the different parishes and wards , lists of ...
... royal cause , and they determined to try and unite the royalists together in a peaceful but strong combination against the parliament . They appointed confidential agents to make out , in the different parishes and wards , lists of ...
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... royal cause , would throw napkins at her , and say that he would not dispute with his aunt , al- though afterwards , as we have seen , her spirit of political intrigue compelled him to make her a prisoner in her own house . The poet ...
... royal cause , would throw napkins at her , and say that he would not dispute with his aunt , al- though afterwards , as we have seen , her spirit of political intrigue compelled him to make her a prisoner in her own house . The poet ...
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... Royal ; together with the Battle and Victory obtained over the Dutch , June 3 , 1665 Of English Verse • Tasso of Her Royal Highness On the Duke of Monmouth's Expedition into Scotland in · PAGE 96 97 89885 66 99 · 101 the Summer Solstice ...
... Royal ; together with the Battle and Victory obtained over the Dutch , June 3 , 1665 Of English Verse • Tasso of Her Royal Highness On the Duke of Monmouth's Expedition into Scotland in · PAGE 96 97 89885 66 99 · 101 the Summer Solstice ...
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... Royal Highness . 157 • 140 To Mr Creech , on his Transla- · 140 tion of Lucretius ' 158 • 143 SONGS : - • • 144 Stay , Phoebus 159 • 144 Peace , Babbling Muse 160 • 160 • 161 162 • • 163 · 163 145 To the King , upon His Ma- jesty's ...
... Royal Highness . 157 • 140 To Mr Creech , on his Transla- · 140 tion of Lucretius ' 158 • 143 SONGS : - • • 144 Stay , Phoebus 159 • 144 Peace , Babbling Muse 160 • 160 • 161 162 • • 163 · 163 145 To the King , upon His Ma- jesty's ...
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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...