The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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... While speechless o'er thy closing grave we bend , Accept these tears , thou dear departed friend ! Oh , gone for ever , take this long adieu ; And sleep in peace , next thy loved Montagu ! To strew fresh laurels , let the task be mine.
... While speechless o'er thy closing grave we bend , Accept these tears , thou dear departed friend ! Oh , gone for ever , take this long adieu ; And sleep in peace , next thy loved Montagu ! To strew fresh laurels , let the task be mine.
Page xvii
... thou warn poor mortals left behind , A task well suited to thy gentle mind ? Oh , if sometimes thy spotless form descend , To me thy aid , thou guardian Genius , lend ! When rage misguides me , or when fear alarms , When pain distresses ...
... thou warn poor mortals left behind , A task well suited to thy gentle mind ? Oh , if sometimes thy spotless form descend , To me thy aid , thou guardian Genius , lend ! When rage misguides me , or when fear alarms , When pain distresses ...
Page xvii
... thou to claim . Swift after him thy social spirit flies , And close to his , how soon ! thy coffin lies . Blest pair ! whose union future bards shall tell In future tongues : each other's boast ! farewell . Farewell ! whom joined in ...
... thou to claim . Swift after him thy social spirit flies , And close to his , how soon ! thy coffin lies . Blest pair ! whose union future bards shall tell In future tongues : each other's boast ! farewell . Farewell ! whom joined in ...
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... Thou mak'st . ] Vide after , Thou teachest . ] This way of using verbs of the present and imperfect tense , in the second person singular , should be utterly banished from our poetry . The sound is intolerable . Milton and others have ...
... Thou mak'st . ] Vide after , Thou teachest . ] This way of using verbs of the present and imperfect tense , in the second person singular , should be utterly banished from our poetry . The sound is intolerable . Milton and others have ...
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... thou still the noble task prolong , + Nor age nor sickness interrupt thy song ! Then may we wondering read , how human limbs Have watered kingdoms , and dissolved in streams ; Of those rich fruits that on the fertile mould Turned yellow ...
... thou still the noble task prolong , + Nor age nor sickness interrupt thy song ! Then may we wondering read , how human limbs Have watered kingdoms , and dissolved in streams ; Of those rich fruits that on the fertile mould Turned yellow ...
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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.