The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5, Page 3H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... honor Dionyfius the elder was no less ambitious , than before of his attaining to the tyranny . Augustus Cæsar also had begun his Ajax , but , unable to please his own judgment with what he had begun , left it unfinish'd . Seneca the ...
... honor Dionyfius the elder was no less ambitious , than before of his attaining to the tyranny . Augustus Cæsar also had begun his Ajax , but , unable to please his own judgment with what he had begun , left it unfinish'd . Seneca the ...
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... honor's fake of former deeds . 365 370 SAMS . Appoint not heav'nly disposition , Father ; Nothing of all these evils hath befall'n me But juftly ; I myself have brought them on , Sole author I , fole cause : if ought seem vile , As vile ...
... honor's fake of former deeds . 365 370 SAMS . Appoint not heav'nly disposition , Father ; Nothing of all these evils hath befall'n me But juftly ; I myself have brought them on , Sole author I , fole cause : if ought seem vile , As vile ...
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... fhook off all her fnares : But foul effeminacy held me yok'd Her bond - flave ; O indignity , O blot To honor and religion ! fervile mind 405 410 Rewarded 1 Rewarded well with fervile punishment ! The bafe degree 20 POEM S. MILTON'S.
... fhook off all her fnares : But foul effeminacy held me yok'd Her bond - flave ; O indignity , O blot To honor and religion ! fervile mind 405 410 Rewarded 1 Rewarded well with fervile punishment ! The bafe degree 20 POEM S. MILTON'S.
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... honor , I this pomp have brought To Dagon , and advanc'd his praises high Among the Heathen round ; to God have brought Dishonor , obloquy , and op'd the mouths Of idolifts , and atheists ; have brought scandal To Ifrael , diffidence of ...
... honor , I this pomp have brought To Dagon , and advanc'd his praises high Among the Heathen round ; to God have brought Dishonor , obloquy , and op'd the mouths Of idolifts , and atheists ; have brought scandal To Ifrael , diffidence of ...
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... honor'd , fear'd me , thou alone could't hate me Thy husband , flight me , fell me , and forego me ; 940 How wouldst thou use me now , blind , and thereby Deceivable , in most things as a child Helplefs , thence easily contemn'd , and ...
... honor'd , fear'd me , thou alone could't hate me Thy husband , flight me , fell me , and forego me ; 940 How wouldst thou use me now , blind , and thereby Deceivable , in most things as a child Helplefs , thence easily contemn'd , and ...
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Page 109 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek.
Page 65 - 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 10 - Let there be lig;ht, and light was over all; 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 158 - For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock, by fountain, shade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn...
Page 162 - Where the great Vision of the guarded mount Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold, — Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth ; And, O ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth.
Page 160 - The air was calm, and on the level brine Sleek Panope with all her sisters played. It was that fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark, That sunk so low that sacred head of thine.
Page 97 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 178 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 163 - Through the dear might of him that walked the waves Where other groves and other streams along, 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.
Page 105 - 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.