The Art of English Poetry: Containing. Rules for making verses. A collection of the most natural, agreeable, and sublime thoughts ... that are to be found in the best English poets. A dictionary of rhymes. I.. II.. III.Hitch and Hawes, 1762 |
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Pagina 11
... d and fearful to appear , 2 They freen their horrid Shapes with the black Hemisphere ; With them there haftes , and wildly takes th ' Alarm , Of painted Dreams a bufy Swarm , At At the firft op'ning of the Eye , The various Light .
... d and fearful to appear , 2 They freen their horrid Shapes with the black Hemisphere ; With them there haftes , and wildly takes th ' Alarm , Of painted Dreams a bufy Swarm , At At the firft op'ning of the Eye , The various Light .
Pagina 12
... firft op'ning of the Eye , The various Clufters break , the antick Atoms fly . The guilty Serpents , and obfcener Beafts , Creep confcious to their fecret Refts : Nature to Thee does Rev'rence pay , Ell Omens and ill Sights remove out ...
... firft op'ning of the Eye , The various Clufters break , the antick Atoms fly . The guilty Serpents , and obfcener Beafts , Creep confcious to their fecret Refts : Nature to Thee does Rev'rence pay , Ell Omens and ill Sights remove out ...
Pagina 21
... firft or laft . This both by others and myfelf I know , For I have ferv'd their Sov'reign long ago ; Oft have been caught within the winding Train Of female Snares , and felt the Lover's Pain ; And learn'd how far the God can human ...
... firft or laft . This both by others and myfelf I know , For I have ferv'd their Sov'reign long ago ; Oft have been caught within the winding Train Of female Snares , and felt the Lover's Pain ; And learn'd how far the God can human ...
Pagina 22
... firft quite out of Reason's View , And now am lost above it . Dryd . All for Love . In Love what Ufe of Prudence can there be ? More perfect I , and yet more pow'rful she ! One Look of hers my Refolution breaks ; Reason itself turns ...
... firft quite out of Reason's View , And now am lost above it . Dryd . All for Love . In Love what Ufe of Prudence can there be ? More perfect I , and yet more pow'rful she ! One Look of hers my Refolution breaks ; Reason itself turns ...
Pagina 26
... firft her Eyes I faw , As I were ftung with fome Tarantula : Arms and the dufty Field I lets admire , And foften ftrangely in fome new Defire ; Honour burns in me not fo fiercely bright , But pale , as Fires when mafter'd by the Light ...
... firft her Eyes I faw , As I were ftung with fome Tarantula : Arms and the dufty Field I lets admire , And foften ftrangely in fome new Defire ; Honour burns in me not fo fiercely bright , But pale , as Fires when mafter'd by the Light ...
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