The Lives of the English PoetsJones and Company, 1848 - 365 pagina's |
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... poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , * seemed un- able to contest the palm with ...
... poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , * seemed un- able to contest the palm with ...
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Addison Æneid afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censure character Charles Dryden composition considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence Dorset Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay excellence faults favour friends genius Georgics honour Hudibras Iliad images imagination imitation kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Halifax ment mentioned Milton mind nature never night Night Thoughts nihil numbers observed occasion once opinion panegyric Paradise Lost passage passion performance perhaps Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise published Queen racter reader reason received remarks reputation rhyme satire Savage says seems sent sentiments sometimes supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thing thought tion told tragedy translation verses Virgil virtue Waller whigs write written wrote Young