The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 5William Durell & Company, 1811 |
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Page 207
... charm an understanding age no more ; The long - spun allegories fulsome grow , While the dull moral lies too plain below . We view well pleas'd at distance all the sights Of arms and palfries , battles , fields , and fights , And ...
... charm an understanding age no more ; The long - spun allegories fulsome grow , While the dull moral lies too plain below . We view well pleas'd at distance all the sights Of arms and palfries , battles , fields , and fights , And ...
Page 209
... charms thou would'st rehearse , In smoother numbers and a softer verse ; Thy pen had well describ'd her graceful air , And Gloriana would have seem'd more fair . Nor must Roscommon pass neglected by , That makes ev'n rules a noble ...
... charms thou would'st rehearse , In smoother numbers and a softer verse ; Thy pen had well describ'd her graceful air , And Gloriana would have seem'd more fair . Nor must Roscommon pass neglected by , That makes ev'n rules a noble ...
Page 210
... charms in all . How might we fear our English poetry , That long has flourish'd , should decay with thee ; Did not the muses ' other hope appear , Harmonious Congreve , and forbid our fear : Congreve ! whose fancy's unexhausted store ...
... charms in all . How might we fear our English poetry , That long has flourish'd , should decay with thee ; Did not the muses ' other hope appear , Harmonious Congreve , and forbid our fear : Congreve ! whose fancy's unexhausted store ...
Page 219
... charms that their proud hearts subdu'd . Fain would I Raphael's godlike art rehearse , And show th ' immortal labours in my verse , Where from the mingled strength of shade and light A new creation rises to my sight ; Such heav'nly ...
... charms that their proud hearts subdu'd . Fain would I Raphael's godlike art rehearse , And show th ' immortal labours in my verse , Where from the mingled strength of shade and light A new creation rises to my sight ; Such heav'nly ...
Page 221
... charms of art , While proud oppression in her valleys reigns , And tyranny usurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant beholds in vain The red'ning orange and the swelling grain : Joyless he sees the growing oils and wines , And in ...
... charms of art , While proud oppression in her valleys reigns , And tyranny usurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant beholds in vain The red'ning orange and the swelling grain : Joyless he sees the growing oils and wines , And in ...
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