 Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.  Works ... - Page 50by Arthur Murphy - 1786Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1743 - 352 pages
...in Loftinefs of Thought furpafs'd; The next in Majefty ; in both the lafl. The force of Nature cou'd no further go ; To make a Third fhe join'd the former two. SONGS. ASONG FOR St. CECILIA'S Day, 1 687. i. ROM Harmony, from Heav'nly Harmony This Univerfal Frame... | |
 | Johann Christoph Gottsched - Poetry - 1751 - 906 pages
...Ï)ry6en, ein anbrer епд^фег ^)oeí, jíe^e i^n bem Bornee unb \?irgil in einer ©inn^rift »or: The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third, fhe join'd the former two. <£rf)at ПФ aber апф nidjt a(fer$e^(er in biefem ©filcfeentfatten í ônnen , fo gro§e $a^ig!eit... | |
 | Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...England, did adorn. The firft in loftinefs of thought furpafs'd ; The next in majefty ; in both the laft : The force of nature could no further go, To make a third, fhe join'd the former two.— This great man died at has honfe at Bunhill, Nov. ic, 1674, and was interred near the body of his father,... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 488 pages
...loftinefs of thought furpafs'dj The next, in majefty ; in both the laft. The force of nature cou'd no further go ; To make a third, fhe join'd the former two. ON THE MONUMENT OFA FAIR MAIDEN LADY, Who dy'd at BATH, and is there interred. BELOW this marble monument... | |
 | John Toland - Christian literature, Early - 1761 - 278 pages
...ancients . t 1 The The firft in loftinefs of thought furpaft ; The next in * majejly ; in both the laft. The force of nature could no further go : To make a third, ftie join'd the former two. The firft edition of Paradife Loft was publifh'd in the year 1666 f, in... | |
 | Biography - 1762 - 668 pages
...adorn. " The firft in majefty of thought furpafle.d, " The next in gracefulnefs : in both the laft. " The force of nature could no further go, " To make a third, fhe joined the other two." From Florence he pafled through Sienna to Rome, where he (laid likewife two... | |
 | British - 1762 - 414 pages
...did adoni. The firft, in loftinels of thought furpafs'd ; The next- in majefty ; in both the laft : The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third, She join'd the former two. This great man died at his houfe at Bunhill on the fifteenth of November,... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 388 pages
...loftinefs of thought furpafs'd ; The next, in majefty ; in both the laft. The force of nature cou/d no further go ; To make a third, fhe join'd the former two. On the MONUMENT of a FAIR MAIDEN LADY', who died at BATH, and is there interred. BELOW this marble... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 664 pages
...did adorn. The firft, in loftinefs of thought furpafs'd ; The next, in majefty ; in both the laft. The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third, fhe join'd the former two. >Tp HREE Poets, in three diftant ages born, XII. On the MONUMENT of a fair Maiden Lady, who died at... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 328 pages
...did adorn. The firft, in loftinefs of thought furpafs'd ; The next, in majerty ; in both the laft. The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third, (tie join'd the former two* XII. On the MONUMENT of a fair Maiden Lady, wh« died at Bath, and is there... | |
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