The Works of the English Poets: J. Philips; Smith; PomfretH. Hughs, 1779 |
Términos y frases comunes
arms beauty beſt blefs bleft blood breaſt charms Crete crimes cyder dæmons death defcend Delia deſpair deſtruction eaſe eternal Ev'n eyes facred fafe fair falfe fame fate fave fear fecret fhade fhall fhew fighs fight fince fing firſt fkies flain flame foes foft fome foon forrows foul fpirits ftill ftream fuch fure fwain fword glory godlike gods grief happy Heaven himſelf HIPPOLITUS honour ISMENA juftice juſt labour laft laſt lefs live lord lov'd LYCON mifery mighty Minos moft moſt mourn Muft muſt ne'er nymph o'er paffion pain Phædra PINDARIC pity pleaſe pleaſure praiſe purſue queen rage raiſe Reafon refuſe rife ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhould ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill Strephon ſuch ſweet taſte thee Thefeus themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand trembling virtue Whilft whofe whoſe wife wretched youth
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Página 197 - The towering bard had fung in nobler lays, How the laft trumpet wakes the lazy dead, How faints aloft the crofs triumphant fpread . How...
Página 9 - My weary limbs, my fancy's still awake ; Thoughtful of drink, and eager, in a dream, Tipples imaginary pots of ale In vain; awake, I find the settled thirst Still gnawing, and the pleasant phantom curse.
Página 6 - Thus while my joyless minutes tedious flow, With looks demure, and silent pace, a Dun, Horrible monster! hated by gods and men, To my aerial citadel...
Página 6 - Cadwallador and Arthur, kings Full famous in romantic tale) when he, O'er many a craggy hill and barren cliff, Upon a cargo of fam'd Cestrian cheese, High over-shadowing rides, with a design To vend his wares, or at th' Avonian mart, Or Maridunum, or the ancient town Yclep'd Brechinia, or where Vaga's stream Encircles Ariconium, fruitful soil!
Página 7 - Disastrous acts forebode ; in his right hand Long scrolls of paper solemnly he waves, With characters and figures dire...
Página 222 - I'd shun, with as much studious care, As I would dens where hungry lions are ; And rather put up injuries, than be A plague to him, who'd be a plague to me. I value quiet at a price too great...
Página 8 - The wasp insidious, and the buzzing drone, And butterfly proud of expanded wings Distinct with gold, entangled in her snares...
Página 55 - Sylvan fhades, and filent groves, . .. (Haunt (Haunt of the Druids) whence the earth is fed With copious fuel ; whence the fturdy oak, A prince's refuge once, th...
Página 14 - How gay with all th' accoutrements of war The Britons come, with gold well fraught, they come Thus far our prey, and tempt us to fubdue Their recreant force ; how will their bodies ftript .Enrich the viftors, while the vultures fate Their maws with full repaft!
Página 56 - Fresh blooming in thy generous son ; whose lips, Flowing with nervous eloquence exact, Charm the wise senate, and attention win In deepest councils: Ariconium pleas'd, Him, as her chosen worthy, first salutes. Him on th...