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... Such as by Nature to the Ancients shewn , Fancy improves , and judgment makes your own : For great men's fashions to be follow'd are , Although difgraceful ' tis their cloaths to wear , 20 S 10 15 } 25 Some Some in a polish'd style ...
... Such as by Nature to the Ancients shewn , Fancy improves , and judgment makes your own : For great men's fashions to be follow'd are , Although difgraceful ' tis their cloaths to wear , 20 S 10 15 } 25 Some Some in a polish'd style ...
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... Such as th ' Ambitious vainly think their due , When Prostitutes , or needy Flatterers fue . And fee the Chief ! before him laurels borne ; Trophies from undeferving temples torn ; Here Rage enchain'd reluctant raves , and there Pale ...
... Such as th ' Ambitious vainly think their due , When Prostitutes , or needy Flatterers fue . And fee the Chief ! before him laurels borne ; Trophies from undeferving temples torn ; Here Rage enchain'd reluctant raves , and there Pale ...
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... such as it was a credit to please . To what degree I have done this , I am really ignorant ; I had too much fondness for my productions to judge of them at firft , and too much judgment to be pleased with them at laft . But I have ...
... such as it was a credit to please . To what degree I have done this , I am really ignorant ; I had too much fondness for my productions to judge of them at firft , and too much judgment to be pleased with them at laft . But I have ...
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... such ; they have a wonderful variety in them , which the Greek was a stranger to * . He exceeds him in regularity and brevity , and falls fhort of him in nothing but fimplicity and propriety of ftyle ; the firft of which perhaps was the ...
... such ; they have a wonderful variety in them , which the Greek was a stranger to * . He exceeds him in regularity and brevity , and falls fhort of him in nothing but fimplicity and propriety of ftyle ; the firft of which perhaps was the ...
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... Such filence waits on Philomela's strains , 75 80 In some still evening , when the whispering breeze Pants on the leaves , and dies upon the trees . To thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy ...
... Such filence waits on Philomela's strains , 75 80 In some still evening , when the whispering breeze Pants on the leaves , and dies upon the trees . To thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy ...
Expressions et termes fréquents
beſt bluſh boaſt breaſt cauſe ceaſe charms cloſe crown'd cry'd Cynthus Dæmons Deucalion Dryope eaſe ev'n eyes facred faid fair fame fate feas feem fenfe fhades fhall fhining fide fighs filent filver fince fing fire firft firſt fix'd flain flames flowers foft fome fons foon foul fpring ftill fuch fung fure fwell Goddeſs grace groves heart heaven himſelf honours huſband IMITATION inſpire itſelf juft juſt laft laſt lefs loft lov'd mihi moſt Mufe Muſe muſt night numbers Nymph o'er paffions paſt Phaon Phoebus pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praiſe Pyrrha quae rage raiſe reft reſt rife riſe Sappho ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpouſe ſpread ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtrain ſtreams Sylphs tears Thebes thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tibi trembling Umbriel uſe VARIATIONS verſe whofe whoſe wife youth
Fréquemment cités
Page 85 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Page 111 - Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours...
Page 105 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Page 159 - How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Page 47 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the Bard...
Page 137 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take— and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; In various talk th...
Page 86 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, oh, quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying : Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature ! cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! Hark, they whisper ; angels say,
Page 132 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 103 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine, And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at ev'ry line; Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments their want of art.
Page 129 - And love of ombre, after death survive. For when the fair in all their pride expire, To their first elements their souls retire : The...