The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 12 |
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... seems to have been his business more than invention , His imitations are so apparent , that it is a part of his reader's employment to recal the verses of some former poet . Sometimes he copies the most popular writers , for he seems ...
... seems to have been his business more than invention , His imitations are so apparent , that it is a part of his reader's employment to recal the verses of some former poet . Sometimes he copies the most popular writers , for he seems ...
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... seems already half a ghost ; Wither'd , and wan , to earth he bows , A walking hospital of woes . Oh ! Happiness , thou empty name ! Say , art thou bought by gold or Fame ? What art thou , Gold , but shining earth ? Thou , common Fame ...
... seems already half a ghost ; Wither'd , and wan , to earth he bows , A walking hospital of woes . Oh ! Happiness , thou empty name ! Say , art thou bought by gold or Fame ? What art thou , Gold , but shining earth ? Thou , common Fame ...
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... Seems the royal youth Remiss ? ' tis not through indolence of soul , But deference to our power ; for our commands He waits , and follows when we lead the way . This night , disdaining rest , his steps he bent To our pavilion : now th ...
... Seems the royal youth Remiss ? ' tis not through indolence of soul , But deference to our power ; for our commands He waits , and follows when we lead the way . This night , disdaining rest , his steps he bent To our pavilion : now th ...
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... seems retiring , or retires ; Such transports as those saints in vision share , Who know not whether they are rapt through air , Or bring down Heaven to meet them in a prayer . Oh ! early lost ! yet stedfast to survey Envy , Disease ...
... seems retiring , or retires ; Such transports as those saints in vision share , Who know not whether they are rapt through air , Or bring down Heaven to meet them in a prayer . Oh ! early lost ! yet stedfast to survey Envy , Disease ...
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... seems here and there , in Earth and Hea- A dazzling brightness in refulgent streams : [ ven ! Flows from his locks inwreath'd with sunny beams : His roseate cheeks the bloom of Heaven display , And from his eyes dart glories , more than ...
... seems here and there , in Earth and Hea- A dazzling brightness in refulgent streams : [ ven ! Flows from his locks inwreath'd with sunny beams : His roseate cheeks the bloom of Heaven display , And from his eyes dart glories , more than ...
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Page 229 - Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way.
Page 161 - Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require...
Page 229 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than heaven pursue. What blessings thy free bounty gives Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives — T
Page 447 - Wisely regardful of the* embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit.
Page 243 - And when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown 125 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd.
Page 169 - What time would spare, from steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to fate ! Steel could the labour of the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial powers of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground.
Page 166 - What though no credit doubting wits may give, The fair and innocent shall still believe. Know then, unnumber'd spirits round thee fly, The light militia of the lower sky : These, though unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the box, and hover round the ring.
Page 105 - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation ; and those of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope. Poetry was not the sole praise of either; for both excelled likewise in prose ; but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden observes...
Page 219 - As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns : To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 230 - Through this day's life or death ! This day, be bread and peace my lot All else beneath the sun, Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not, And let Thy will be done. To thee, whose temple is all space, Whose altar, earth, sea, skies! One chorus let all Being raise ! All Nature's incense rise ! MOEAL ESSAYS, m FOUR EPISTLES TO SEVERAL PERSONS.