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... Whofe various kinds a various hue unfold , With crimson blush , or burnish into gold ? Say , why the fun arrays with fhining dyes The gaudy bow that gilds the gloomy skies ? He from his urn pours forth his golden ftreams , And humid ...
... Whofe various kinds a various hue unfold , With crimson blush , or burnish into gold ? Say , why the fun arrays with fhining dyes The gaudy bow that gilds the gloomy skies ? He from his urn pours forth his golden ftreams , And humid ...
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... whofe cares reclin'd The burthen and repose of half mankind , Left to the vain their pomp , and calmly stray'd , The world forgot , beneath the laurel shade ; Nor longer would be great , but , void of strife , Clos'd in foft peace his ...
... whofe cares reclin'd The burthen and repose of half mankind , Left to the vain their pomp , and calmly stray'd , The world forgot , beneath the laurel shade ; Nor longer would be great , but , void of strife , Clos'd in foft peace his ...
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Samuel Johnson. THE FIRST ODE OF HORACE , TRANSLATED . MECENAS , whofe high lineage fprings . From a long race of ancient kings , Patron , and friend ! thy honour'd name At once is my defence , and fame . There are , who with fond ...
Samuel Johnson. THE FIRST ODE OF HORACE , TRANSLATED . MECENAS , whofe high lineage fprings . From a long race of ancient kings , Patron , and friend ! thy honour'd name At once is my defence , and fame . There are , who with fond ...
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... whofe fertile plains , In wanton pride luxurious plenty reigns ; Happy ! had heaven bestow'd one bleffing more , And plac'd thee diftant from the Gallic power ! But now in vain thy lawns attract the view , They but invite the victor to ...
... whofe fertile plains , In wanton pride luxurious plenty reigns ; Happy ! had heaven bestow'd one bleffing more , And plac'd thee diftant from the Gallic power ! But now in vain thy lawns attract the view , They but invite the victor to ...
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... whofe virtues fanctify thy state , O great , without the vices of the great ! Form'd by a dignity of mind to please , To think , to act with elegance and eafe ! * Say , wilt thou liften while I tune the string , And fing to thee , who ...
... whofe virtues fanctify thy state , O great , without the vices of the great ! Form'd by a dignity of mind to please , To think , to act with elegance and eafe ! * Say , wilt thou liften while I tune the string , And fing to thee , who ...
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Page 65 - in fair virtue's caufe, From thy own life tranfcribe th' unerring laws ; Teach a bad world beneath her fway to bend, To verfe like thine fierce favages attend, And men more fierce! When Orpheus tunes the lay, Ev'n fiends relenting hear their rage away. * See the i6th
Page 62 - Thou and Homer die ; When fink together in the world's laft fires What heaven created, and what heaven infpires. If aught on earth, when once this breath is fled, With human tranfport touch the mighty dead ; Shakefpeare rejoice ! his hand thy page refines, Now every fcene with native brightnefs
Page 128 - A ftream, that filently but fwiftly glides To meet eternity's immeafur'd tides ! A being, loft alike by pain or joy! A fly can kill it, or a worm deftroy ! Impair'd by labour, and by eafe undone, Commenc'd in tears, and ended in a groan ! Ev'n while I write, the tranfient NOW is paft, And death more near this fentence,
Page 337 - Homer * deck the gorgeous car, When our rais'd fouls are eager for the war ? Or dwell on every wheel, when loud alarms, And Mars in thunder calls the hofts to arms ? When with his heroes we fome daftard f find, Of a vile afpeft, and malignant mind ; His awkward figure is not worth our care;
Page 63 - on thy immortal brow. Thus when thy draughts, O Raphael, time invades, And the bold figure from the canvas fades ; A rival hand recalls from every part Some latent grace, and equals art with art;
Page 62 - Reptiles of earth, and beings of a day ! 'Tis thine, on every heart to grave thy praife, A monument which worth alone can raife ; Sure to furvive, when time (hall whelm in duft, The arch, the marble, and the mimic buft
Page 363 - Oh fire ! oh country, once with glory crown'd ! Oh wretched race of Priam, once renown'd ! Oh Jove ! fee Ilion fmoaking on the ground ! They now name Ceres for the golden grain, Bacchus for wine, and Neptune for the main : Or from the father's name point out the fon ; Or for her people introduce a town
Page 401 - replies, you rave ; The gods refume that reafon which they gave ; For Heaven deep wifdom to the fool fupplies, But oft infatuates and confounds the wife. And wifdom once was thine ! but now I find The gods have ruin'd thy diftemper'd mind. How could you hope your
Page 30 - calm the evening ! fee the falling day -*- -*- Gilds every mountain with a ruddy ray! In gentle fighs the foftly whifpering breeze Salutes the flowers, and waves the trembling trees ; Hark ! the night-warbler, from yon vocal boughs, Glads every valley with melodious woes! Swift through the air her rounds the fwallow takes, Or fportive
Page 50 - vales, where zephyrs ever play ! Ye woods, where little warblers tune their lay ! Here grant me, heaven, to end my peaceful days, And fteal myfelf from life by flow decays; Draw health from food the temperate garden yields, From fruit, or herb, the bounty of the fields