The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: With the Life of the AuthorR. Chapman, 1798 - 83 pagina's |
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Pagina 20
... gives it an equal claim to univerfal admiration . His Odes on The Progress of Poetry , and of The Bard , according to Mr. Mafon's account , " breathe the high spirit of lyric enthusiasm . The tranfitions are fudden and impetuous ; the ...
... gives it an equal claim to univerfal admiration . His Odes on The Progress of Poetry , and of The Bard , according to Mr. Mafon's account , " breathe the high spirit of lyric enthusiasm . The tranfitions are fudden and impetuous ; the ...
Pagina 24
... Give tranquil joys the breaft ne'er knew before , Or raise the foul on rapture's airy wing . 8 12 17 By grief impell'd , I heard her heave a figh , While thus the rapid strain refounded thro ' the sky : Hafte , ye fifter powers of Song ...
... Give tranquil joys the breaft ne'er knew before , Or raise the foul on rapture's airy wing . 8 12 17 By grief impell'd , I heard her heave a figh , While thus the rapid strain refounded thro ' the sky : Hafte , ye fifter powers of Song ...
Pagina 25
... give the paufe of joy . Ha ! what forms , with port fublime , ‡ Glide along in fullen mood , Scorning all the threats of time , High above misfortune's flood ? * Ode on Spring . ton College , 54 † Ode on the Prospect of E- Bard , an Ode ...
... give the paufe of joy . Ha ! what forms , with port fublime , ‡ Glide along in fullen mood , Scorning all the threats of time , High above misfortune's flood ? * Ode on Spring . ton College , 54 † Ode on the Prospect of E- Bard , an Ode ...
Pagina 38
... give to rapture all thy trembling strings ; From Helicon's harmonious fprings A thousand rills their mazy progress take ; * Awake , my glory ! awake , lute and harp . David's Pfalms . Pindar ftyles his own poetry , with it's mufical ac ...
... give to rapture all thy trembling strings ; From Helicon's harmonious fprings A thousand rills their mazy progress take ; * Awake , my glory ! awake , lute and harp . David's Pfalms . Pindar ftyles his own poetry , with it's mufical ac ...
Pagina 39
... gives life and luftre to all it touches , are here defcribed , as well in it's quiet ma- jeftic progrefs , enriching every fubject ( otherwife dry and barren ) with all the pomp of diction , and luxu- riant harmony of numbers , as in ...
... gives life and luftre to all it touches , are here defcribed , as well in it's quiet ma- jeftic progrefs , enriching every fubject ( otherwife dry and barren ) with all the pomp of diction , and luxu- riant harmony of numbers , as in ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Bard beauties beneath bleft blifs bluſhing bofom breaſt breath Caernarvonshire charms death defire Delia deſpair dreft effeminacy ELEGY ETON COLLEGE ev'ry eyes facred fame fays fcorn fecret feems feen fhade fhall fhining figh filent fing firft firſt fkies fleep flow'rs fmile foft folemn fome fong foon foothe forrow foul fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill ftrain ftream ftudy fublime fuch fweet golden grace Gray guife hand Hauberk heart Heav'n Henry VI himſelf houſe inſpire King laſt lefs loft Lord Lord Bute lover lyre Mafon maid Margaret of Anjou mind moſt Mufe numbers o'er ODIN paffion pain Petrarch Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Poet pow'r pride publiſhed reafon reft reſt rofe ſeem ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhould Sifters ſpeak ſpoil ſpread ſtate ſtep ſtrong tear thee theſe THOMAS GRAY thoſe thou thro weakneſs weep Weft whofe wiſh youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 81 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Pagina 43 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Pagina 49 - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes: Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm: Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.
Pagina 80 - On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th...
Pagina 78 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th
Pagina 53 - Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me : with joy I see The different doom our fates assign: Be thine Despair and sceptred Care, To triumph and to die are mine.
Pagina 36 - Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why should they know their fate ? Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies. Thought would destroy their paradise. No more ; where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
Pagina 6 - And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet Morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain. I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear And weep the more because I weep in vain.
Pagina 19 - ... always to mean more than he said. Would you have any more reasons? An interval of above forty years has pretty well destroyed the charm.
Pagina 45 - Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the sun : Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good how far — but far above the Great. THE BARD. A Pindaric Ode. I. i. seize thee, ruthless King ! Confusion on thy banners wait ; Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state.