Watts, A. Philips, West, Collins, Dyer, Shenstone, YoungAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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Pagina 17
... toil and expense might a Dryden , an Otway , a Congreve , or a Dennis , furnish out a Christian poem , than a modern play ! There is nothing among all the ancient fables , or later romances , that have two such extremes united in them ...
... toil and expense might a Dryden , an Otway , a Congreve , or a Dennis , furnish out a Christian poem , than a modern play ! There is nothing among all the ancient fables , or later romances , that have two such extremes united in them ...
Pagina 30
... toil to reach this height ,. To vanquish self is a laborious art ; What manly courage to sustain the fight , To bear the noble pain , and part [ heart ! With those dear charming tempters rooted in the ' Tis hard to stand when all the ...
... toil to reach this height ,. To vanquish self is a laborious art ; What manly courage to sustain the fight , To bear the noble pain , and part [ heart ! With those dear charming tempters rooted in the ' Tis hard to stand when all the ...
Pagina 38
... toil , and seek salvation there ; Look to the flames that Moses saw , And shrink , and tremble , and despair . But I'll retire beneath the cross : Saviour , at thy dear feet I lie ; And the keen sword that justice draws , Flaming and ...
... toil , and seek salvation there ; Look to the flames that Moses saw , And shrink , and tremble , and despair . But I'll retire beneath the cross : Saviour , at thy dear feet I lie ; And the keen sword that justice draws , Flaming and ...
Pagina 54
... toil , to purchase wealth and fame , A bubble or a dust : then call thy thoughts Up to thyself to feed on joys unknown , Rich without gold , and great without renown . And lay her shining honours at thy sovereign feet . But when Old Age ...
... toil , to purchase wealth and fame , A bubble or a dust : then call thy thoughts Up to thyself to feed on joys unknown , Rich without gold , and great without renown . And lay her shining honours at thy sovereign feet . But when Old Age ...
Pagina 55
... toil of men : How they grow gray in trifling cares , Or waste the motions of the spheres Upon delights as vain ! A puff of honour fills the mind , And yellow dust is solid good ; Thus , like the ass of savage kind , We snuff the breezes ...
... toil of men : How they grow gray in trifling cares , Or waste the motions of the spheres Upon delights as vain ! A puff of honour fills the mind , And yellow dust is solid good ; Thus , like the ass of savage kind , We snuff the breezes ...
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ANTISTROPHE Aristagoras art thou beauty behold beneath bless blest bliss bloom boast bosom breast breath bright Camarina charms dark dear death deep delight divine dreadful e'en Earth ECLOGUE EPODE Ergoteles eternal eyes fair fame fate fear fire flame flowers fond genius glory grace grief Grongar Hill grove hand happy heart Heaven heavenly honour immortal king labour Lord Lorenzo lov'd lyre maid mighty mind mortal mourn Muse Nature Nature's ne'er night Night Thoughts numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace Pelops Pindar plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet praise pride proud rage reign rise round sacred scene shade shine shore sigh sing skies smile soft song soul strain stream STROPHE swain sweet swell tears tempest terrour thee thine thou thought throne Tlepolemus toil truth vale verse virtue WILLIAM SHENSTONE wind wing wise Xenocrates youth
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