The Poetical Works of Joseph Addison: With the Life of the Author..At the Apollo Press, by the Martins., 1778 - 228 pages |
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... skies with long ascending flames are bright , And all the fea reflects a quivering light . Thus Ætna , when in fierce eruptions broke , 155 Fills heav'n with ashes and the earth with smoke ; Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on ...
... skies with long ascending flames are bright , And all the fea reflects a quivering light . Thus Ætna , when in fierce eruptions broke , 155 Fills heav'n with ashes and the earth with smoke ; Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on ...
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... skies ; And mighty Mars , for war renown'd , In adamantine armour frown'd ; By him the childless goddess rofe , Minerva , ftudious to compofe Her twisted threads ; the web she strung , And o'er a loom of marble hung : 60 65 Thetis , the ...
... skies ; And mighty Mars , for war renown'd , In adamantine armour frown'd ; By him the childless goddess rofe , Minerva , ftudious to compofe Her twisted threads ; the web she strung , And o'er a loom of marble hung : 60 65 Thetis , the ...
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... skies , And all the thunder of the battle rife ! ' Twas then great Marlbro's mighty foul was prov'd , That , in the shock of charging hosts unmov'd , 280 Amidft confusion , horror , and despair , Examin'd all the dreadful scenes of war ...
... skies , And all the thunder of the battle rife ! ' Twas then great Marlbro's mighty foul was prov'd , That , in the shock of charging hosts unmov'd , 280 Amidft confusion , horror , and despair , Examin'd all the dreadful scenes of war ...
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... skies , And rivers from their oozy beds arise ; Fiction may deck the truth with fpurious rays , And round the hero caft a borrow'd blaze : Marlbro's exploits appear divinely bright , And proudly shine in their own native light ; Rais'd ...
... skies , And rivers from their oozy beds arise ; Fiction may deck the truth with fpurious rays , And round the hero caft a borrow'd blaze : Marlbro's exploits appear divinely bright , And proudly shine in their own native light ; Rais'd ...
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... skies , Nor at the coarseness of our heav'n repine , 135 Tho ' o'er our heads the frozen Pleiads shine ; ' Tis Liberty that crowns Britannia's isle , [ fmile . And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains Others with tow'ring ...
... skies , Nor at the coarseness of our heav'n repine , 135 Tho ' o'er our heads the frozen Pleiads shine ; ' Tis Liberty that crowns Britannia's isle , [ fmile . And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains Others with tow'ring ...
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Addiſon Aëre æther amidſt arms atque blaſt boaſt breaſt bright Britannia's Britiſh Cadmus caft charms courſe cries Cycnus diſtant Ev'n ev'ry Exeter Exchange eyes fafe faid fame fate fatire feas fecret fhall fight fire firſt fix'd flain flow'ry foft fome freſh ftill fuch fury Gaul goddeſs godlike gods heav'n heav'nly herſelf himſelf hoſt increaſe JOSEPH ADDISON Jove juſt laſt limbs loft Lord Halifax maid mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt neighb'ring numbers nymph o'er Pentheus pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praiſe purſue rage rais'd reſt rife rifu riſe round ſaid ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow Sir Richard Steele ſkies ſky ſmoke ſpread ſpring ſtage ſtand ſtars ſtate ſteeds ſtill ſtone ſtood ſtorms ſtrains ſtreams ſtrength ſtroke thee theſe thoſe thou thouſand thro thunder toils turba verfe verſe view'd waſte Whilft whoſe winds woods youth
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Page 88 - I've already troubled you too long, Nor dare attempt a more advent'rous song. My humble verse demands a softer theme, A painted mea,dow, or a purling stream ; Unfit for heroes; whom immortal lays, And lines like Virgil's, or like yours, should praise.
Page xxvii - May shame afflict this alienated heart ; Of thee forgetful if I form a song, My lyre be broken, and untun'd my tongue; My grief be doubled, from thy image free; And mirth a torment, unchastis'd by thee.
Page 86 - Heaven and Earth impart, The smiles of Nature, and the charms of Art; While proud Oppression in her valleys reigns, And Tyranny usurps her...
Page xviii - The numerous and violent claps of the whig party on the one side of the theatre, were echoed back by the tories on the other; while the author sweated behind the scenes with concern to find their applause proceeding more from the hand than the head.
Page 30 - Does he delight to hear bold seraphs tell How Michael battled, and the dragon fell ; Or, mix'd with milder cherubim, to glow In hymns of love not ill essay 'd below ? Or dost thou warn poor mortals left behind ? A task well suited to thy gentle mind.
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