Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Volumen3John Aikin Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1821 - 807 páginas |
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... bore , And whate'er else to chivalry belongs , He would not cease , till he reveng'd their wrongs : That Greece should see perform'd what he declar'd ; And cruel Creon find his just reward . He said no more , but , shunning all delay ...
... bore , And whate'er else to chivalry belongs , He would not cease , till he reveng'd their wrongs : That Greece should see perform'd what he declar'd ; And cruel Creon find his just reward . He said no more , but , shunning all delay ...
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... bore the sleep - compelling rod : Such as he seem'd , when , at his sire's command , On Argus ' head he laid the snaky wand . " Arise , " he said , " to conquering Athens go , There Fate appoints an end to all thy woe . " The fright ...
... bore the sleep - compelling rod : Such as he seem'd , when , at his sire's command , On Argus ' head he laid the snaky wand . " Arise , " he said , " to conquering Athens go , There Fate appoints an end to all thy woe . " The fright ...
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... 'd his chains , and scarcely seen the light : Lost liberty , and love , at once he bore : His prison pain'd him much , his passion more : Nor dares he hope his fetters to remove , Nor D 2 BOOK II . 27 PALAMON AND ARCITE . II.
... 'd his chains , and scarcely seen the light : Lost liberty , and love , at once he bore : His prison pain'd him much , his passion more : Nor dares he hope his fetters to remove , Nor D 2 BOOK II . 27 PALAMON AND ARCITE . II.
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... other , arm'd with sword and lance : They lash , they foin , they pass , they strive to bore Their corslets , and the thinnest parts explore . Thus two long hours in equal arms they stood , BOOK II . 35 PALAMON AND ARCITE .
... other , arm'd with sword and lance : They lash , they foin , they pass , they strive to bore Their corslets , and the thinnest parts explore . Thus two long hours in equal arms they stood , BOOK II . 35 PALAMON AND ARCITE .
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... bore , Supply'd with arrows bright and keen , a deadly store . But in the dome of mighty Mars the red With different figures all the sides were spread ; This temple , less in form , with equal grace , Was imitative of the first in ...
... bore , Supply'd with arrows bright and keen , a deadly store . But in the dome of mighty Mars the red With different figures all the sides were spread ; This temple , less in form , with equal grace , Was imitative of the first in ...
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Ah willow Arcite arm'd arms beauteous behold blood bore breast breath call'd Chanticleer charms coursers Creon crown'd cry'd Cymon dame death dream dy'd Earth Emily ev'n eyes fair fame fate fear fight fire flames forc'd Fortune Gaul grace green ground grove hand happy heart Heaven Hesiod honour horrour join'd JOSEPH ADDISON Jove kind king knight labour ladies laurel light liv'd look'd lord lov'd Lysimachus maid mind mortal Muse Nature's never numbers nymphs o'er pain Palamon pass'd Philostratus Pirithous plac'd plain pleas'd pointed lance prepar'd prescience prey pride prince proud queen race rais'd ravish'd renown'd resolv'd rest Reynard Rhodian rich rise secret seem'd shade shine sigh'd sight sing slain song soul sound Splendid Shilling steed stood sung sweet sword Thebes thee Theseus thine THOMAS PARNELL thou thought troop turn'd Twas virtue vows wind wine wood youth
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Página 2 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Página 3 - Flush'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face; Now give the hautboys breath: he comes! he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus...
Página 104 - Though harsh the precept, yet the preacher charm'd. For letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky; And oft, with holy hymns, he charm'd their ears: (A music more melodious than the spheres.) For David left him, when he went to rest, His lyre; and after him he sung the best.
Página 213 - My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts, By time subdued (what will not time subdue !) An horrid chasm...
Página 6 - The princes applaud with a furious joy: And the King seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen fired another Troy...
Página 323 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia...
Página 276 - Murmuring he lifts his eyes, and thinks it hard That generous actions meet a base reward. While thus they pass, the sun his glory shrouds, The changing skies hang out their sable clouds ; A sound in air presag'd approaching rain, And beasts to covert scud across the plain. Warn'd by the signs, the wandering pair retreat To seek for shelter at a neighboring seat.
Página 209 - Happy the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling: he nor hears with pain New oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful ale; But with his friends, when nightly mists arise, To Juniper's Magpie or...
Página 169 - And listen'd for the queen of all the quire ; Fain would I hear her heavenly voice to sing, And wanted yet an omen to the spring. " Attending long in vain, I took the way, Which through a path, but scarcely printed, lay ; In narrow mazes oft it seem'd to meet, . And look'd as lightly ^press'd by fairy feet.
Página 274 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.