The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 16J. Johnson, 1810 - 526 páginas |
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... vain . All glory to th ' Eternal , to th ' Immense ,. All glory to th ' Omniscient and Good , [ tense , Whose powr's uncircumscrib'd , whose love's in- But yet whose justice ne'er could be withstood . Except thro ' him - thro ' him ...
... vain . All glory to th ' Eternal , to th ' Immense ,. All glory to th ' Omniscient and Good , [ tense , Whose powr's uncircumscrib'd , whose love's in- But yet whose justice ne'er could be withstood . Except thro ' him - thro ' him ...
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... vain ye swell ; will a few drops suffice To quench the inextinguishable fire ? Ye mountains , on whose cloud - crown'd tops the cedars Are lessen'd into shrubs , magnific piles , That prop the painted chambers of the Heav'ns And fix the ...
... vain ye swell ; will a few drops suffice To quench the inextinguishable fire ? Ye mountains , on whose cloud - crown'd tops the cedars Are lessen'd into shrubs , magnific piles , That prop the painted chambers of the Heav'ns And fix the ...
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... Vain were th ' attempt , and impious to trace Thro ' all his works th ' Artificer divine- And tho ' nor shining sun , nor twinkling star Bedeck'd the crimson curtains of the sky ; Tho ' neither vegetable , beast , nor bird Were extant ...
... Vain were th ' attempt , and impious to trace Thro ' all his works th ' Artificer divine- And tho ' nor shining sun , nor twinkling star Bedeck'd the crimson curtains of the sky ; Tho ' neither vegetable , beast , nor bird Were extant ...
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... Vain the poor providence of human art , And mortal strength how vain ! while underneath Triumphs his mining vengeance in th ' uproar Of shatter'd towers , riven rocks , and mountains , With clamour inconceivable uptorn , And hurl'd ...
... Vain the poor providence of human art , And mortal strength how vain ! while underneath Triumphs his mining vengeance in th ' uproar Of shatter'd towers , riven rocks , and mountains , With clamour inconceivable uptorn , And hurl'd ...
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... vain is Fancy and Experience vain , If thou , O Hesiod ! Virgil of our land , Or hear'st thou rather ' , Milton , bard divine , Whose greatness who shalt imitate , save thee ? If thou , O Philips " , fav'ring dost not hear Me , inexpert ...
... vain is Fancy and Experience vain , If thou , O Hesiod ! Virgil of our land , Or hear'st thou rather ' , Milton , bard divine , Whose greatness who shalt imitate , save thee ? If thou , O Philips " , fav'ring dost not hear Me , inexpert ...
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Página 449 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Página 448 - The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Página 79 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Página 66 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Página 83 - A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain. And drinking largely sobers us again.
Página 448 - Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw ; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first she flew — I still had hopes — my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last.
Página 445 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms...
Página 448 - And still as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired ; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place ; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove...
Página 444 - Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die; These, here disporting, own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Página 66 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...