 O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.  Works - Página 21por Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1838Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Bell - 1800 - 440 páginas
...if it be maliciously inspected, will not be found without its faults. The digressions are too long, the morality too frequent, and the sentiments sometimes...make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme i Tho'deep yet clear, tho' gentle yet not dull i • Strong without rage, ni;hout o'erfiov*inc full.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 páginas
...the morality too frequent, and tlic sentiments sometimes such as will not bear a rigorous enquiry. The four verses, -which, since Dryden has commended...theme '. " Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet net dull ; " Strong without rage, without o'crflo*ing full." The lines are in themselves not perfect... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 páginas
...if it be maliciously inspected, will not be found without its faults. The digressions are too long, the morality too frequent, and the sentiments sometimes...could I flow like thee, and make thy stream " My great exampTe, as it is my theme ! " Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull; " Strong without... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1807 - 446 páginas
...digressions are too long, the morality too frequent, and the sentiments sometimes such as will not hear a rigorous inquiry./ The four verses, which, since...generally known ; » O could I flow like thee, and male thy stream < My great example, as it is my theme ! ' Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 páginas
...plants. So that to us no thing, no place is strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange. . O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great...theme ! Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. Heaven her Erklanus no more shall boast; Whose... | |
 | Henry Headley - 1810 - 238 páginas
...thine only curse; Secure then of thy merit, thou didst hate That servile base dependence upon Fate ; O could I flow like thee ! and make thy stream My...theme ; Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull ; Strong, without rage ; without o'erflowing, full. Cooper's Hill. See an excellent parody... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 páginas
...if it be maliciously inspected, will not be found without its faults. The digressions are too long, the morality too frequent, and the sentiments sometimes...for a century past has imitated, are generally known : * By Garth, in his " Poem on Claremout ;" Jnxl by Pope, ia hit " Windsor Forest." H. " O could I... | |
 | E. Polehamton - 1815 - 470 páginas
...III. I> So that to us no thing , nit place is strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great...theme ! Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull} Strong without rage, without o'erftowing full. • Although it is the current opinion that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 páginas
...if it.be maliciously inspected, will not be found without its faults. The digressions are too long, the morality too frequent, and the sentiments sometimes...for a century past has imitated, are generally known : " 0 could I flow like thee, and make thy stream " My groat example, as it is my theme ! " Though... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 páginas
...if it be maliciously inspected, will not be found without its faults. The digressions are too long, the morality too frequent, and the sentiments sometimes...make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ' X * By Garth, in his " Poem on Claremont," and by Pope in his " Windsor Forest." Though deep, yet... | |
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