The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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... fall of kings , Britain advanced , and Europe's peace restored , By Somers ' counsels , and by Nassau's sword . To you , my lord , these daring thoughts belong , Who helped to raise the subject of my song ; you the hero of my verse ...
... fall of kings , Britain advanced , and Europe's peace restored , By Somers ' counsels , and by Nassau's sword . To you , my lord , these daring thoughts belong , Who helped to raise the subject of my song ; you the hero of my verse ...
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... fall . Our British youth , unused to rough alarms , Careless of fame , and negligent of arms , Had long forgot to meditate the foe , And heard unwarmed the martial trumpet blow ; But now , inspired by thee , with fresh delight , Their ...
... fall . Our British youth , unused to rough alarms , Careless of fame , and negligent of arms , Had long forgot to meditate the foe , And heard unwarmed the martial trumpet blow ; But now , inspired by thee , with fresh delight , Their ...
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... Give strength to every blow , and edge his sword . Behold with what resistless force he falls On towns besieged , and thunders at thy walls ! Ask Villeroy ; for Villeroy beheld The town surrendered , POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS .
... Give strength to every blow , and edge his sword . Behold with what resistless force he falls On towns besieged , and thunders at thy walls ! Ask Villeroy ; for Villeroy beheld The town surrendered , POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS .
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... falling towers ; With hissing streams of fire the air they streak , And hurl destruction round them where they break ; The skies with long ascending flames are bright , And all the sea reflects a quivering light . pours Thus Etna , when ...
... falling towers ; With hissing streams of fire the air they streak , And hurl destruction round them where they break ; The skies with long ascending flames are bright , And all the sea reflects a quivering light . pours Thus Etna , when ...
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... fall ; Whilst griping tongs turn round the glowing ball . With puffing bellows some the flames increase , And some in waters dip the hissing mass ; Their beaten anvils dreadfully resound , And Ætna shakes all o'er , and thunders under ...
... fall ; Whilst griping tongs turn round the glowing ball . With puffing bellows some the flames increase , And some in waters dip the hissing mass ; Their beaten anvils dreadfully resound , And Ætna shakes all o'er , and thunders under ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.