Paradise Regain'd: A Poem. In Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes. And Poems Upon Several Occasions. Compos'd at Several TimesJacob Tonson, 1707 - 457 pages |
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... doth this grandeur and majestick show Of luxury , though call'd magnificence , More than of Arms before , allure mine eye , Much less my mind ; though thou should'st add to tell Their sumptuous gluttonies , and gorgeous feafts On ...
... doth this grandeur and majestick show Of luxury , though call'd magnificence , More than of Arms before , allure mine eye , Much less my mind ; though thou should'st add to tell Their sumptuous gluttonies , and gorgeous feafts On ...
Page 184
... doth spring , Begin , and fomewhat loudly fweep the string . Hence with denial vain , and coy excufe , So may fome gentle Muse With lucky words favour my deftin'd Urn , And as he paffes turn , And bid fair peace be to my fable ( hrowd ...
... doth spring , Begin , and fomewhat loudly fweep the string . Hence with denial vain , and coy excufe , So may fome gentle Muse With lucky words favour my deftin'd Urn , And as he paffes turn , And bid fair peace be to my fable ( hrowd ...
Page 186
... doth raise ( That laft infirmity of Noble mind ) To fcorn delights , and live laborious days ; But the fair Guerdon when we hope to find , And think to burst out into fudden blaze , Comes the blind Fury with th ' abhorred shears , And ...
... doth raise ( That laft infirmity of Noble mind ) To fcorn delights , and live laborious days ; But the fair Guerdon when we hope to find , And think to burst out into fudden blaze , Comes the blind Fury with th ' abhorred shears , And ...
Page 194
... doth rise ; Then to come in fpight of forrow , And at my window bid good morrow , Through the Sweet - Briar , or the Vine , Or the twisted Eglantine . While the Cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin , And to the stack ...
... doth rise ; Then to come in fpight of forrow , And at my window bid good morrow , Through the Sweet - Briar , or the Vine , Or the twisted Eglantine . While the Cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin , And to the stack ...
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... doth diet , And hears the Muses in a ring , Ay round about Jove's Altar fing , And add to these retired Leafure , That in trim Gardens takes his pleasure ; But first , and chiefeft , with thee bring , Him that yon foars on golden wing ...
... doth diet , And hears the Muses in a ring , Ay round about Jove's Altar fing , And add to these retired Leafure , That in trim Gardens takes his pleasure ; But first , and chiefeft , with thee bring , Him that yon foars on golden wing ...
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Page 194 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd shade...
Page 195 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Page 189 - With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above In solemn troops, and sweet societies That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more; Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood.
Page 176 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 196 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Page 156 - Is hate, not help to me, it may with mine Draw their own ruin who attempt the deed.
Page 259 - THIS is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven's eternal King, Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Page 105 - Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Page 48 - Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other...
Page 269 - The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint ; In urns and altars round A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power foregoes his wonted seat.