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... presents the lyre , When her ftrong plumes his foaring spirit lift , 420 425 430 When Friendship , Heaven's more high and holy gift , With zeal angelic prompts his daring flight , 435 And round him darts her doubt - difpelling light ...
... presents the lyre , When her ftrong plumes his foaring spirit lift , 420 425 430 When Friendship , Heaven's more high and holy gift , With zeal angelic prompts his daring flight , 435 And round him darts her doubt - difpelling light ...
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... present ease prefers to future fame , 150 Thy nobler maxims I with pride embrace , That Verfe fhou'd ever rife on Virtue's bafe , And every mafter of this matchlefs art Exalt the Spirit , and improve the Heart ; And many a Youth , now ...
... present ease prefers to future fame , 150 Thy nobler maxims I with pride embrace , That Verfe fhou'd ever rife on Virtue's bafe , And every mafter of this matchlefs art Exalt the Spirit , and improve the Heart ; And many a Youth , now ...
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... Bard who ftarts for Glory's goal , Can fate with present fame his ardent foul , Poetic ftory can with truth attest This rareft , richest prize in life poffest . 285 2:90 See See the GAY POET of Italia's fhore , Whom with [ 84 ]
... Bard who ftarts for Glory's goal , Can fate with present fame his ardent foul , Poetic ftory can with truth attest This rareft , richest prize in life poffest . 285 2:90 See See the GAY POET of Italia's fhore , Whom with [ 84 ]
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... present to every tra- veller who has once feen them . To a fuperftitious mind , the thin cruft , vaft cavities , fulphureous fteams , poisonous exhalations , and fiery tor- rents , may seem to trace out the narrow confine of the two ...
... present to every tra- veller who has once feen them . To a fuperftitious mind , the thin cruft , vaft cavities , fulphureous fteams , poisonous exhalations , and fiery tor- rents , may seem to trace out the narrow confine of the two ...
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... present it to the English reader in the words of Gordon : - Lucan , " while his blood iffued in ftreams ,, perceiving his feet and hands to grow cold and stiffen , and life to retire by little and little to the extremities , while his ...
... present it to the English reader in the words of Gordon : - Lucan , " while his blood iffued in ftreams ,, perceiving his feet and hands to grow cold and stiffen , and life to retire by little and little to the extremities , while his ...
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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...