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Pagina 16
... Leaves and Ten- " drils on all Sides , perfectly covers and shades them ; fo " that no Part of the bare Rock is feen ; but the whole is 66 hung with the Verdure of a thick , interwoven Herb- " age , prefenting the ... leave 16 LETTER III .
... Leaves and Ten- " drils on all Sides , perfectly covers and shades them ; fo " that no Part of the bare Rock is feen ; but the whole is 66 hung with the Verdure of a thick , interwoven Herb- " age , prefenting the ... leave 16 LETTER III .
Pagina 17
... leave you to fancy the reft for me . However fuch were my Expreffions of Pleafure upon the Occa- fion , that feveral of our Company , who had not an Unifon of Soul , began to re- gard my Enthufiafm with a cool air of Derifion . The next ...
... leave you to fancy the reft for me . However fuch were my Expreffions of Pleafure upon the Occa- fion , that feveral of our Company , who had not an Unifon of Soul , began to re- gard my Enthufiafm with a cool air of Derifion . The next ...
Pagina 34
... Defects as a Poet , give me leave to take the more pleasureable Part now to point out Inftances of his Capacity as a Tranflator , which I will felect from the Stories of NARCISSUS and ECHO , in the third I the 34 VI . LETTER.
... Defects as a Poet , give me leave to take the more pleasureable Part now to point out Inftances of his Capacity as a Tranflator , which I will felect from the Stories of NARCISSUS and ECHO , in the third I the 34 VI . LETTER.
Pagina 36
... Leaves fhe now repos'd her Limbs , " Now gather'd Flowers that grew about her Streams ; " And -Pueri rubor ora notavit Nefcia quid fit amor : fed et erubuiffe decebat . Hic color aprica pendentibus arbore pomis , Aut ebori tincto eft ...
... Leaves fhe now repos'd her Limbs , " Now gather'd Flowers that grew about her Streams ; " And -Pueri rubor ora notavit Nefcia quid fit amor : fed et erubuiffe decebat . Hic color aprica pendentibus arbore pomis , Aut ebori tincto eft ...
Pagina 37
... leave to tranfcribe two Paf- fages from the Story of NARCISSUS , and I will refer you to the Whole for a more entire Satisfaction . " But why fhould I complain , I'm fure he burns " With equal Flames , and languishes by turns , " Whene ...
... leave to tranfcribe two Paf- fages from the Story of NARCISSUS , and I will refer you to the Whole for a more entire Satisfaction . " But why fhould I complain , I'm fure he burns " With equal Flames , and languishes by turns , " Whene ...
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Pagina 128 - The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active.
Pagina 193 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Pagina 37 - Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ? For lo ! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, And Rome again is free...
Pagina 24 - Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove : the pensive sage, Heedless of sleep, or midnight's harmful...
Pagina 126 - And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him. Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure, unreproved.
Pagina 38 - Attentive turn ; from dim oblivion call Her fleet, ideal band ; and bid them, go ! Break through Time's barrier, and o'ertake the hour That saw the heavens created : then declare If aught were found in those external scenes To move thy wonder now.
Pagina 51 - When first with fresh-born vigour he inhales The balmy breeze, and feels the blessed sun Warm at his bosom, from the springs of life Chasing oppressive damps and languid pain!
Pagina 14 - Were destin'd ; some within a finer mould She wrought, and temper'd with a purer flame. To these the Sire omnipotent unfolds The world's harmonious volume, there to read The transcript of himself.
Pagina 24 - What need words To paint its power? For this the daring youth Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove...
Pagina 17 - Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth, In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre, to run The great career of justice...