Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's GeorgicsJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... fall of Kings , Britain advanc'd , and Europe's peace restor❜d , By SOMERS ' Counfels , and by NASSAU's word . To you , my Lord , thefe daring thoughts belong Who help'd to raise the fubject of my fong ; To you the Hero of my verfe ...
... fall of Kings , Britain advanc'd , and Europe's peace restor❜d , By SOMERS ' Counfels , and by NASSAU's word . To you , my Lord , thefe daring thoughts belong Who help'd to raise the fubject of my fong ; To you the Hero of my verfe ...
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... d Give ftrength to ev'ry blow , and edge his fword . Behold with what refiftlefs force he falls On towns befieg'd , and thunders at thy walls ! Afk Afk Villeroy , for Villeroy beheld The town furrender'd , POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 15.
... d Give ftrength to ev'ry blow , and edge his fword . Behold with what refiftlefs force he falls On towns befieg'd , and thunders at thy walls ! Afk Afk Villeroy , for Villeroy beheld The town furrender'd , POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 15.
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... falling tow'rs ; With hiffing ftreams of fire the air they streak , And hurl deftruction round ' em where they break , The skies with long afcending flames are bright , And all the fea reflects a quivering light . Thus Etna , when in ...
... falling tow'rs ; With hiffing ftreams of fire the air they streak , And hurl deftruction round ' em where they break , The skies with long afcending flames are bright , And all the fea reflects a quivering light . Thus Etna , when in ...
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... And all th ' unshapen thunder - bolt compleat ; Alternately their hammers rife and fall ; Whilft griping tongs turn round the glowing ball . With puffing bellows fome the flames increase , And some With ૩૦ POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
... And all th ' unshapen thunder - bolt compleat ; Alternately their hammers rife and fall ; Whilft griping tongs turn round the glowing ball . With puffing bellows fome the flames increase , And some With ૩૦ POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
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... They muzzle up , and beat his limbs to death . With violence to life and ftifling pain He flings and spurns , and tries to fnort in vain , Loud Loud heavy mows fall thick on every side , ' 38 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
... They muzzle up , and beat his limbs to death . With violence to life and ftifling pain He flings and spurns , and tries to fnort in vain , Loud Loud heavy mows fall thick on every side , ' 38 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
Términos y frases comunes
Æneid Aëre æther amidſt arms atque BAROMETRI bleft bluſhes breaſt bright Cadmus caft courfe courſe Cycnus defcription diftant eaſe ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fecret feven fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide fight fince fire firft firſt fkies flain fome fong foul fpring ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fuci Gaul Georgic goddeſs Gods Gulfton heav'n herſelf himſelf itſelf Jove laft laſt loft maid mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt neighb'ring Nimbis numbers Nunc nymph o'er omne Ovid Ovid's paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure poem poet purſue Quæ rage raiſe reft rife rifu riſe round ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhow ſkies ſky ſmoke ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſteeds ſtill ſtood ſtory ſtreams thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thunder transform'd turba verfe verſe view'd Virgil Whilft whofe winds woods wou'd youth
Pasajes populares
Página xxx - Proud names, who once the reins of empire held ; In arms who triumph'd, or in arts excell'd ; Chiefs, grac'd with scars, and prodigal of blood; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints who taught, and led, the way to Heaven...
Página xxxii - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Página 65 - Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours pray'r.
Página 87 - While to exalt thy doom, th' aspiring Gaul Shares thy destruction, and adorns thy fall. Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Temp'ring each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete. Long did he strive th...
Página 87 - That proudly set thee on a fancy'd throne, And made imaginary realms thy own ! Thy troops, that now behind the Danube join, .Shall...
Página 304 - ... to a bee than to an inanimate plant. He who reads over the...
Página 67 - I've already troubled you too long, Nor dare attempt a more advent'rous song. My humble verse demands a softer theme, A painted mea,dow, or a purling stream ; Unfit for heroes; whom immortal lays, And lines like Virgil's, or like yours, should praise.
Página 63 - On foreign mountains may the Sun refine The grape's soft juice, and mellow it to wine, With citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat olive swell with floods of oil : We envy not the warmer clime, that lies...
Página 55 - I look for streams immortaliz'd in song. That lost in silence and oblivion lie, (Dumb are their fountains and their channels dry), Yet run for ever by the muse's skill, And in the smooth description murmur still.
Página xl - How thy own laurel firft began to grow ; How wild Lycaon, chang'd by angry Gods, And frighted at himfelf, ran howling thro