The Works of the English Poets: WallerH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... fire : or , if they come where green boughs are in the chimney , with the help of your fair friends , ( for , thus bound , it will be too hard a task for your hands alone ) tear them in pieces , wherein you will honour me with the fate ...
... fire : or , if they come where green boughs are in the chimney , with the help of your fair friends , ( for , thus bound , it will be too hard a task for your hands alone ) tear them in pieces , wherein you will honour me with the fate ...
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... fire . Th ' impatient sea grows impotent , and raves That , night affifting , his impetuous waves Should find refistance from fo light a thing ; Thefe farges ruin , those our safety bring . Th ' oppreffed veffel doth the charge abide ...
... fire . Th ' impatient sea grows impotent , and raves That , night affifting , his impetuous waves Should find refistance from fo light a thing ; Thefe farges ruin , those our safety bring . Th ' oppreffed veffel doth the charge abide ...
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... which he lately pawn'd his heart in France ; Where he had feen a brighter Nymph , than * fhe That fprung out of his prefent foe , the fea . * Venus . That That noble ardour , more than mortal fire , The 18 POEMS . WALLER'S.
... which he lately pawn'd his heart in France ; Where he had feen a brighter Nymph , than * fhe That fprung out of his prefent foe , the fea . * Venus . That That noble ardour , more than mortal fire , The 18 POEMS . WALLER'S.
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Samuel Johnson. That noble ardour , more than mortal fire , The conquer'd ocean could not make expire ; Nor angry Thetis raise her waves above Th ' heroic's Prince's courage , or his love : ' Twas indignation , and not fear , he felt ...
Samuel Johnson. That noble ardour , more than mortal fire , The conquer'd ocean could not make expire ; Nor angry Thetis raise her waves above Th ' heroic's Prince's courage , or his love : ' Twas indignation , and not fear , he felt ...
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... fire , Which kindled by thofe eyes had flamed higher , Than when the fcorched world like hazard run , By the approach of the ill - guided fun . No other nymphs have title to men's hearts , But as their meannefs larger hope imparts ...
... fire , Which kindled by thofe eyes had flamed higher , Than when the fcorched world like hazard run , By the approach of the ill - guided fun . No other nymphs have title to men's hearts , But as their meannefs larger hope imparts ...
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Amoret beauty beſt bleft boaſt bold bounty brave breaſt CANTO Chloris Countess of CARLISLE courage dame deſtroy Engliſh eyes facred fair falutes fame fate feem fhall fhine fhips fide fight fince fing firft firſt flame foes fome fong foul fpring ftill fuch George Sandys give glory grace heart Heaven himſelf increaſe inftructed itſelf Jove juſt King Lady Lady in Retirement laft laſt lefs leſs light loft Lucretius marble live mind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt noble nobler Numbers Nymph o'er paffion peace Phoebus plac'd pleaſe pleaſure praiſe prefent Prince Prince of Orange Queen rage raiſe reft reſt rife royal ſea ſeem ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhip ſhould ſhow ſpread ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch ſweet thee themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand uſe verfe Verſe vex'd virtue WALLER whofe whoſe wind youth
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Page 87 - GIRDLE That which her slender waist confined, Shall now my joyful temples bind; No monarch but would give his crown, His arms might do what this has done. It was my heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer. My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move! A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair; Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
Page 228 - For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 87 - ON A GIRDLE THAT which her slender waist confined Shall now my joyful temples bind: No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my Heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer: My joy, my grief, my hope, my love Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass ! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair: Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the Sun goes round.
Page 172 - The beauties which adorn'd that age, The shining subjects of his rage, Hoping they should immortal prove, Rewarded with success his love. This was the generous poet's scope, And all an English pen can hope, To make the fair approve his flame, That can so far extend their fame.
Page 135 - Whether this portion of the world were rent By the rude ocean from the continent, Or thus created, it Was sure design'd To be the sacred refuge of mankind.
Page 86 - Makes it full fummer, e'er the fpring's begun : And with ripe fruit the bending boughs can load, Before our violets dare look abroad : So, meafure not by any common ufe, The early love your brighter eyes produce.
Page 99 - Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retir'd, Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desir'd, And not blush so to be admir'd. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee : How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Page 233 - THAT the First Charles does here in triumph ride, See his son reign where he a martyr died, And people pay that reverence as they pass, (Which then he wanted !) to the sacred brass, Is not the...
Page 7 - Our language owes more to him than the French does to Cardinal Richelieu, and the whole Academy. A poet cannot think of him without being in the same rapture Lucretius is in when Epicurus comes in his way.
Page 237 - Here lies the learned Savil's heir, So early wise, and lasting fair, That none, except her years they told, Thought her a child, or thought her old.— WALLER.