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... equal wing , Whofe different flight may form a perfect ring , And , at the point where Sense and Fancy meet , There fafely bold , and though fublime difcreet , His fame's foundation let him firmly lay , Nor dread the danger of difputed ...
... equal wing , Whofe different flight may form a perfect ring , And , at the point where Sense and Fancy meet , There fafely bold , and though fublime difcreet , His fame's foundation let him firmly lay , Nor dread the danger of difputed ...
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... his bold rivals to an equal height .. Of all the Grecian Bards in Glory's race ,. " Tis thine alone , by thy unequall'd pace ,. * Ver . 119. See . NOTE IL 1:20 To To reach the goal with loud applause , and hear [ 32 ]
... his bold rivals to an equal height .. Of all the Grecian Bards in Glory's race ,. " Tis thine alone , by thy unequall'd pace ,. * Ver . 119. See . NOTE IL 1:20 To To reach the goal with loud applause , and hear [ 32 ]
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... equal tribute , in their fimpler flowers ,. The Poets offer to your separate powers ; , For all poetic eyes delight to view Your different forms , and with devotion due In each the radiant Delphic God they own ,, By beauteous majefty ...
... equal tribute , in their fimpler flowers ,. The Poets offer to your separate powers ; , For all poetic eyes delight to view Your different forms , and with devotion due In each the radiant Delphic God they own ,, By beauteous majefty ...
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... equal to the whole Aonian quire . Impetuous Poet ! whofe full brain supplied Such floods of Verfe , and in fo quick a tide , Their rapid fwell , by its unrivall'd height , Pleas'd , yet produc'd more wonder than delight : Tho ' thy free ...
... equal to the whole Aonian quire . Impetuous Poet ! whofe full brain supplied Such floods of Verfe , and in fo quick a tide , Their rapid fwell , by its unrivall'd height , Pleas'd , yet produc'd more wonder than delight : Tho ' thy free ...
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... equal energy the points her aim ; By pure exalted Sentiment fhe draws 35 From Judgment's fteady voice no light applaufe ; By Nature's fimple and pathetic ftrains , The willing homage of the Heart she gains ; The The precious tribute the ...
... equal energy the points her aim ; By pure exalted Sentiment fhe draws 35 From Judgment's fteady voice no light applaufe ; By Nature's fimple and pathetic ftrains , The willing homage of the Heart she gains ; The The precious tribute the ...
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Æneid afferts againſt Araucanians Bard bleft Boccacio breaſt CANTO Caupolican celebrated Chieftains cloſe compofition confiderable courſe Critic Dante darkneſs death defign defire deſcribed difplayed diſcover Engliſh Epic poem Epic poetry EPISTLE Ercilla eſcape eyes faid fame Fancy Fancy's fate fays feems fhall fingular fink fire firft firſt foldiers fome fond foon foul fplendid ftill ftrikes fubject fublime fuch fufficiently fuperior fuppofed Genius heart Heroic herſelf himſelf Homer honour Indian juft juſt Lantaro laſt Lope de Vega Lucan lyre mind moft moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt noble NOTE numbers o'er occafion paffage paffed paffion Petrarch pleaſe pleaſure Poet poetical poetry praiſe prefent pride purſue raiſe reafon ſcene ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Spaniards Spaniſh ſpeak ſpirit ſpread ſtate ſtill ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Tucapel uſe verfe Verſe Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe William of Apulia
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Page 134 - ... that philosophical, that geometrical, and systematical spirit so much in vogue, which has spread itself from the sciences even into polite literature, by consulting only reason, has not diminished and destroyed sentiment ; and made our poets write from and to the head, rather than the heart...
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Page 294 - ... late critics have taken with them), I know not what other expedients the epic poet might have...
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Page 120 - Milton was the emulator of both. He found Homer possessed of the province of MORALITY ; Virgil of POLITICS : and nothing left for him, but that of RELIGION.
Page 172 - Guardai in alto e vidi le sue spalle Vestite già de' raggi del pianeta Che mena dritto altrui per ogni calle.
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Page 211 - Voltaire himself and others, but the positive en:husiasm and the omission of any real negative criticism are new. Indeed, after making these statements, Hayley proceeds to translate almost 900 lines of the poem. The Essay on Epic Poetry soon came to be regarded...