The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volume 631790 |
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Pagina 44
... smiles ferene A dewy radiance , brightening o'er the world . Gay daughter of the air , for ever young , For ever pleafing ! lo , fhe onward comes , In fluid gold and azure loose - array'd , Sun - tinctur'd , changeful hues . At her ...
... smiles ferene A dewy radiance , brightening o'er the world . Gay daughter of the air , for ever young , For ever pleafing ! lo , fhe onward comes , In fluid gold and azure loose - array'd , Sun - tinctur'd , changeful hues . At her ...
Pagina 101
... smile now wakes o'er earth's rekindling face The boundless blush of spring ; O , First and Best ! Thy effence , though from human fight and fearch , Though from the climb of all created thought , Ineffably remov'd ; yet man himself ...
... smile now wakes o'er earth's rekindling face The boundless blush of spring ; O , First and Best ! Thy effence , though from human fight and fearch , Though from the climb of all created thought , Ineffably remov'd ; yet man himself ...
Pagina 128
... smile is love , For all who joy or forrow , arm thy breast With that beft temperance , which from fond excess , When rapture lifts to dangerous height its powers , 480 Reflective guards . Know then - and let calm thought On wonder wait ...
... smile is love , For all who joy or forrow , arm thy breast With that beft temperance , which from fond excess , When rapture lifts to dangerous height its powers , 480 Reflective guards . Know then - and let calm thought On wonder wait ...
Pagina 129
... smile ; And heaven , approving , look'd delighted down . Nor theirs alone this blissful hour : the joy , With inftant flow , from shore to shore along Diffufive ran ; and all th ' exulting ifle About the new - arriv'd was pour'd abroad ...
... smile ; And heaven , approving , look'd delighted down . Nor theirs alone this blissful hour : the joy , With inftant flow , from shore to shore along Diffufive ran ; and all th ' exulting ifle About the new - arriv'd was pour'd abroad ...
Pagina 143
... smile . And now the clock had ftruck eleven : The meffenger must back to heaven ; But , juft as he his wings had ty'd , Look'd up Queen - Square , the North - eaft fide . A blooming creature there he found , With pen and ink , and books ...
... smile . And now the clock had ftruck eleven : The meffenger must back to heaven ; But , juft as he his wings had ty'd , Look'd up Queen - Square , the North - eaft fide . A blooming creature there he found , With pen and ink , and books ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
afcending amid Amyntor arts aſk beauty behold bleft bloom bluſhing bofom boundleſs breaſt charms cloud courſe croud delight diftant divine earth eternal facred fafe fair fame fancy fate fcenes fecret fenfe fhade fhall fhore fighs filence firft firſt fix'd flame fmiles foft fome fong fons forrow foul ftill ftorm ftream fublime fuch funk fupreme grace hand heart heaven himſelf honour hour human juft laft laſt lefs light LXIII lyre meaſure Megacles mind moft mortal moſt Mufe muſt nature nature's night o'er paffion pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pomp praife praiſe rais'd reafon ridiculous rife round ſcene ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhould ſky ſmile ſpace ſpeak ſphere ſpread ſpring ſtate ſteps ſtill taſk tears thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand toil truth univerfal uſe virtue voice weft whofe whoſe wiſdom youth
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