The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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... 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 in fierce eruptions broke , Fills heaven with ashes , and the earth with smoke ; Here ...
... 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 in fierce eruptions broke , Fills heaven with ashes , and the earth with smoke ; Here ...
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... round with mud , And leaves most thinly on your work be strowed ; But let no baleful yew - tree flourish near , Nor rotten marshes send out steams of mire ; Nor burning crabs grow red , and crackle in the fire . Nor neighbouring caves ...
... round with mud , And leaves most thinly on your work be strowed ; But let no baleful yew - tree flourish near , Nor rotten marshes send out steams of mire ; Nor burning crabs grow red , and crackle in the fire . Nor neighbouring caves ...
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... round ; Then all will hastily retreat , and fill The warm resounding hollow of their cell . If once two rival kings their right debate , And factions and cabals embroil the state , The people's actions will their thoughts declare ; All ...
... round ; Then all will hastily retreat , and fill The warm resounding hollow of their cell . If once two rival kings their right debate , And factions and cabals embroil the state , The people's actions will their thoughts declare ; All ...
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... round , nor e'er indulge thy sloth , But water them , and urge their shady growth . And here , perhaps , were not I giving o'er , And striking sail , and making to the shore , I'd show what art the gardener's toils require , Why rosy ...
... round , nor e'er indulge thy sloth , But water them , and urge their shady growth . And here , perhaps , were not I giving o'er , And striking sail , and making to the shore , I'd show what art the gardener's toils require , Why rosy ...
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... 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 - ground . Thus , if great things ...
... 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 - ground . Thus , if great things ...
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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.