The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volumen71790 |
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... benumbed the very feet of his verses . He is himself , methinks , like one of the ftories of his * Cic . de Clar . Orator . § 331 . Metam . L. xv . 871 . own i ewn Metamorphofis ; and , though there remain fome 12 AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
... benumbed the very feet of his verses . He is himself , methinks , like one of the ftories of his * Cic . de Clar . Orator . § 331 . Metam . L. xv . 871 . own i ewn Metamorphofis ; and , though there remain fome 12 AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
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... himself . Neither would I here be mifunderstood , as if I affected so much gravity as to be ashamed to be thought really in love . On the con- trary , I cannot have a good opinion of any man , who is not at least capable of being fo ...
... himself . Neither would I here be mifunderstood , as if I affected so much gravity as to be ashamed to be thought really in love . On the con- trary , I cannot have a good opinion of any man , who is not at least capable of being fo ...
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... himself . " These we sup- pofe a fufficient authority for our reviving them ; and fure there is no ingenuous Reader to whom the smallest remains of Mr. Cowley will be unwelcome . His Poems are every where the copy of his mind ; fo that ...
... himself . " These we sup- pofe a fufficient authority for our reviving them ; and fure there is no ingenuous Reader to whom the smallest remains of Mr. Cowley will be unwelcome . His Poems are every where the copy of his mind ; fo that ...
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... himself , because his woes Spring from himfelf , yet can no medicine find : He weeps to quench the fires that burn in him , But tears do fall to th ' earth , flames are within . No morning - banish'd darkness , nor black night By D 3 No ...
... himself , because his woes Spring from himfelf , yet can no medicine find : He weeps to quench the fires that burn in him , But tears do fall to th ' earth , flames are within . No morning - banish'd darkness , nor black night By D 3 No ...
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... himself , footh'd by his flattering ftate , He faid ; " How shall I thank thee for this gain , " O Cupid ! or reward my helping fate , " Which sweetens all my forrows , all my pain ? " What husbandman would any pains refuse , " To reap ...
... himself , footh'd by his flattering ftate , He faid ; " How shall I thank thee for this gain , " O Cupid ! or reward my helping fate , " Which sweetens all my forrows , all my pain ? " What husbandman would any pains refuse , " To reap ...
Términos y frases comunes
againſt Anacreon beauteous becauſe beſt beſtow bleffed bleft blood breaſt buſineſs cauſe curfe death defire divine doth e'er earth Engliſh ev'n facred fafe faid fair fame fate fear feen feven fhall fhew fhine fighs fight fince fing firft firſt flain flame fome foon foul ftar ftill ftrange fuch fure grief happineſs hath heart heaven himſelf honour houſes itſelf Juft juſt KATHARINE PHILIPS king laft laſt lefs leſs lyes mafter mighty miſtreſs moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt myſelf ne'er noble numbers o'er Orinda paffion paſt Philetus pleaſure poets pofy praiſe rage reaſon ſaid ſay ſcarce ſea ſee ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill tears thee themſelves theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou doft thouſand twas uſe verfe verſe Whilft whoſe wife
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Página 131 - Ye fields of Cambridge, our dear Cambridge, say, Have ye not seen us walking every day? Was there a tree about which did not know The love betwixt us two? Henceforth, ye gentle trees, for ever fade ; Or your sad branches thicker join, And into darksome shades combine, Dark as the grave wherein my friend is laid...
Página 107 - WHAT shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own ? I shall, like beasts or common people, die, Unless you write my elegy ; Whilst others great, by being born, are grown; Their mothers' labour, not their own. In this scale gold, in th' other fame does lie, The weight of that mounts this so high.
Página 195 - To thee of all things upon earth, Life is no longer than thy mirth. Happy insect! happy thou, Dost neither age nor winter know! But when thou'st drunk, and danced, and sung Thy fill, the flowery leaves among, (Voluptuous and wise withal, Epicurean animal!) Sated with thy summer feast, Thou retir'st to endless rest.
Página 21 - It is time to recover it out of the tyrant's hands, and to restore it to the kingdom of God, who is the father of it.
Página 86 - Thus would I double my life's fading space; For he that runs it well twice runs his race. And in this true delight. These unbought sports, this happy state. I would not fear, nor wish, my fate; But boldly say each night, "To-morrow let my sun his beams display, Or in clouds hide them, — I have lived to-day.
Página 133 - Knowledge he only sought, and so soon caught, As if for him knowledge had rather sought: Nor did more learning ever crowded lie In such a short mortality. Whene'er the skilful youth discoursed or writ, Still did the notions throng About his eloquent tongue, Nor could his ink flow faster than his wit.
Página 140 - But I will briefer with them be, Since few of them were long with me. An higher and a nobler strain My present Emperess does claim, Heleonora, first o...
Página 186 - THE thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks and gapes for drink again; The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair; The sea itself (which one would think Should have but little need of drink) Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup.
Página 111 - As in the ark, join'd without force or strife, All creatures dwelt; all creatures that had life. Or as the primitive forms of all (If we compare great things with small) Which without discord or confusion lie, In that strange mirror of the Deity.
Página 261 - Darkness' curtains he retires ; In sympathizing night he rolls his smoky fires. .When, Goddess! thou lift'st up thy waken'd head, Out of the morning's purple bed, Thy quire of birds about thee play, And all the joyful world salutes the rising day.