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... fire , Which firft thro ' Chaos fhot a fudden light , And quicken'd Nature in its tranfient flight ; As the fond ear to catch the fleeting note , Which on the ravifh'd air was heard to float , When firft the Mufe her Epic ftrain began ...
... fire , Which firft thro ' Chaos fhot a fudden light , And quicken'd Nature in its tranfient flight ; As the fond ear to catch the fleeting note , Which on the ravifh'd air was heard to float , When firft the Mufe her Epic ftrain began ...
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... Shrink from those feats that fummon'd all her fire ? Or if , as courtly Theorifts maintain , The Mufes revel in a Monarch's reign ; 200 205 210 * Ver . 207. See NOTE III Why , Why , when young Ammon's foul , athirft for fame [ 12 ]
... Shrink from those feats that fummon'd all her fire ? Or if , as courtly Theorifts maintain , The Mufes revel in a Monarch's reign ; 200 205 210 * Ver . 207. See NOTE III Why , Why , when young Ammon's foul , athirft for fame [ 12 ]
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... fire , Who to thy fame attun'd his early lyre , Learn from thy Genius , when dull Fops decide , So to refute their fyftematic pride ! 330 Let him , at leaft , fucceeding Poets warn To view the Pedant's lore with doubt , or fcorn , And e ...
... fire , Who to thy fame attun'd his early lyre , Learn from thy Genius , when dull Fops decide , So to refute their fyftematic pride ! 330 Let him , at leaft , fucceeding Poets warn To view the Pedant's lore with doubt , or fcorn , And e ...
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... fire , Nor , like the Claffic Bigot , vainly deem 380 385 No modern Muse can challenge just esteem , Unless her robe in every fold be preft 390 To fall precifely like the Grecian veft ; If the blind notion he must boldly fhun , That ...
... fire , Nor , like the Claffic Bigot , vainly deem 380 385 No modern Muse can challenge just esteem , Unless her robe in every fold be preft 390 To fall precifely like the Grecian veft ; If the blind notion he must boldly fhun , That ...
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... fire Virgilian Verfe , 400 405 410 Prove that the Bard , a bold , yet trembling elf , Should find a Critic firmer than himself . But what fine Spirit will affume the Judge , Patient thro ' all this irkfome toil to drudge ? ' Tis here ...
... fire Virgilian Verfe , 400 405 410 Prove that the Bard , a bold , yet trembling elf , Should find a Critic firmer than himself . But what fine Spirit will affume the Judge , Patient thro ' all this irkfome toil to drudge ? ' Tis here ...
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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 194 - Caron dimonio con occhi di bragia Loro accennando tutte le raccoglie ; Batte col remo qualunque s
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...
Page 192 - Ed ecco verso noi venir per nave Un vecchio, bianco per antico pelo, Gridando: Guai a voi, anime prave: Non isperate mai veder lo cielo: l' vegno per menarvi all' altra riva Nelle tenebre eterne, in caldo e in gielo. E tu, che se' costì, anima viva, Partiti da cotesti che son morti.
Page 92 - And turn'd each fairer image in his brain To blank confusion and her crazy train, 'Twas thine, with constant love, through...
Page 294 - ... late critics have taken with them), I know not what other expedients the epic poet might have...
Page 184 - Di questo impedimento ov' io ti mando, Si che duro giudicio lassù frange. Questa chiese Lucia in suo dimando, K disse: Or abbisogna il tuo fedele Di te, ed io a te lo raccomando. Lucia, nimica -di ciascun crudele, Si mosse, e venne al loco dov
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.
Page 57 - NAVAL POET'S laureate head. Ye Nymphs of Tagus, from your golden cell, That caught the echo of his tuneful...
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...