English poems, ed. with life, intr. and selected notes by R.C. Browne, Volumen2 |
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Página 6
But knowledge is as food , and needs no less Her temperance over appetite , to
know In measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit ,
and soon turns Wisdom to folly , as nourishment to wind . " Know then , that after ...
But knowledge is as food , and needs no less Her temperance over appetite , to
know In measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit ,
and soon turns Wisdom to folly , as nourishment to wind . " Know then , that after ...
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220 They view ' d the vast immeasurable abyss Outrageous as a sea , dark ,
wasteful , wild , Up from the bottom turn ' d by furious winds And surging waves ,
as mountains to assault Heav ' ns highth , and with the centre mix the pole .
220 They view ' d the vast immeasurable abyss Outrageous as a sea , dark ,
wasteful , wild , Up from the bottom turn ' d by furious winds And surging waves ,
as mountains to assault Heav ' ns highth , and with the centre mix the pole .
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... so steers the prudent crane 430 Her annual voyage , borne on winds ; the air
Floats , as they pass , fann ' d with unnumber ' d plumes : From branch to branch
the smaller birds with song Solac ' d the woods , and spread their painted wings ...
... so steers the prudent crane 430 Her annual voyage , borne on winds ; the air
Floats , as they pass , fann ' d with unnumber ' d plumes : From branch to branch
the smaller birds with song Solac ' d the woods , and spread their painted wings ...
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Let us divide our labours , thou where choice Leads thee , or where most needs ,
whether to wind The woodbine round this arbour , or direct The clasping ivy
where to climb , while I In yonder spring of roses intermixt With myrtle , find what
to ...
Let us divide our labours , thou where choice Leads thee , or where most needs ,
whether to wind The woodbine round this arbour , or direct The clasping ivy
where to climb , while I In yonder spring of roses intermixt With myrtle , find what
to ...
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As when a ship by skilful steersman wrought Nigh river ' s mouth or foreland ,
where the wind Veers off , as oft so steers , and shifts her sail ; So varied he , and
of his tortuous train Curld many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve , To lure her eye
...
As when a ship by skilful steersman wrought Nigh river ' s mouth or foreland ,
where the wind Veers off , as oft so steers , and shifts her sail ; So varied he , and
of his tortuous train Curld many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve , To lure her eye
...
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Pasajes populares
Página 60 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Página 4 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drowned Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Página 207 - Retiring from the popular noise, I seek This unfrequented place to find some ease, • Ease to the body some, none to the mind From restless thoughts, that, like a deadly swarm Of hornets arm'd, no sooner found alone, But rush upon me thronging, and present Times past, what once I was, and what am now.
Página 318 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Página 210 - And buried ; but, O yet more miserable ! Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave ; Buried, yet not exempt, By privilege of death and burial, From worst of other evils, pains, and wrongs ; But made hereby obnoxious more To all the miseries of life, Life in captivity Among inhuman foes.
Página 16 - But grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends, thither with heart, and voice, and eyes Directed in devotion, to adore And worship God supreme, who made him chief •Of all his works : therefore the omnipotent Eternal Father, for where is not he Present?
Página 207 - A LITTLE onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark steps, a little further on; For yonder bank hath choice of sun or shade. There I am wont to sit, when any chance Relieves me from my task of servile toil, Daily...
Página 208 - Eyeless in Gaza, at the mill with slaves, Himself in bonds under Philistian yoke. Yet stay, let me not rashly call in doubt Divine prediction...
Página 35 - Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best.
Página 142 - Henceforth I learn that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...