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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Page 93
... Atque omnis belli cecidit fragor ; aspice , Cæfar , Quæ tibi foliciti , turba importuna , Poetæ Munera deducunt : generofæ a pectore flammæ , Diræque armorum effigies , fimulachraque_belli Tristia diffugiant : O tandem absiste triumphis ...
... Atque omnis belli cecidit fragor ; aspice , Cæfar , Quæ tibi foliciti , turba importuna , Poetæ Munera deducunt : generofæ a pectore flammæ , Diræque armorum effigies , fimulachraque_belli Tristia diffugiant : O tandem absiste triumphis ...
Page 94
... Atque interruptis hifcunt divortia muris , Vexillum intrepidus * fixit , cui tempora dudum Budenfes palmæ , peregrinaque laurus obumbrat . Ille ruens aciem in mediam , qua ferrea grando Sparfa furit circum , et plumbi denfiffimus imber ...
... Atque interruptis hifcunt divortia muris , Vexillum intrepidus * fixit , cui tempora dudum Budenfes palmæ , peregrinaque laurus obumbrat . Ille ruens aciem in mediam , qua ferrea grando Sparfa furit circum , et plumbi denfiffimus imber ...
Page 95
... atque immenfos pectoris æftus Non jubar Arctoum , aut nostri penuria cœli , Sed plaga torridior , qua fol intentius omnes Effundit radios , totique obnoxia Phoebo India progenuit , tenerifque incoxit ab annis Virtutem immodicam , et ...
... atque immenfos pectoris æftus Non jubar Arctoum , aut nostri penuria cœli , Sed plaga torridior , qua fol intentius omnes Effundit radios , totique obnoxia Phoebo India progenuit , tenerifque incoxit ab annis Virtutem immodicam , et ...
Page 98
... atque elati gratia vultus Cæfareum fpirant , majeftatemque verendam Infundunt puero ! ut mater formofa ferenat Auguftam frontem , et fublimia temperat ora ! Agnofco faciem ambiguam , mixtofque parentes . Ille tuas , Gulielme , acies ...
... atque elati gratia vultus Cæfareum fpirant , majeftatemque verendam Infundunt puero ! ut mater formofa ferenat Auguftam frontem , et fublimia temperat ora ! Agnofco faciem ambiguam , mixtofque parentes . Ille tuas , Gulielme , acies ...
Page 99
... atque effufa hæc gaudia civis Jam tandem fecurus agit , pofitoque timore Exercet ventos , claffemque per ultima mundi Impune educit , pelagoque licentius errat : Seu conftricta gelu , mediifque horrentia Cancri Menfibus arva videt ; feu ...
... atque effufa hæc gaudia civis Jam tandem fecurus agit , pofitoque timore Exercet ventos , claffemque per ultima mundi Impune educit , pelagoque licentius errat : Seu conftricta gelu , mediifque horrentia Cancri Menfibus arva videt ; feu ...
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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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