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O mirror of our fickle states Since man on earth unparallel'd ! 165 The rarer thy example stands , By how much from the top of wondrous glory , Strongest of mortal men , To lowest pitch of abject fortune thou art fall'n .
O mirror of our fickle states Since man on earth unparallel'd ! 165 The rarer thy example stands , By how much from the top of wondrous glory , Strongest of mortal men , To lowest pitch of abject fortune thou art fall'n .
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O ever - failing trust In mortal strength ! and oh what not in man Deceivable and vain ? Nay what thing good 350 Pray'd for , but often proves our woe , our bane ? I pray'd for children , and thought barrenness In wedlock a reproach ...
O ever - failing trust In mortal strength ! and oh what not in man Deceivable and vain ? Nay what thing good 350 Pray'd for , but often proves our woe , our bane ? I pray'd for children , and thought barrenness In wedlock a reproach ...
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... Promis'd by heav'nly message twice descending 635 Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thriv'd amain ; He led me on to mightiest deeds Above the nerve of mortal arm Against th ' uncircumcis'd , our enemies : 640 But now ...
... Promis'd by heav'nly message twice descending 635 Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thriv'd amain ; He led me on to mightiest deeds Above the nerve of mortal arm Against th ' uncircumcis'd , our enemies : 640 But now ...
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... been recover'd To Palestine , won by a Philistine , From the unforeskin'd race , of whom thou bear'st 1100 The highest name for valiant acts ; that honor Certain IIIO Certain to have won by mortal duel from thee SAMSON AGONISTES .
... been recover'd To Palestine , won by a Philistine , From the unforeskin'd race , of whom thou bear'st 1100 The highest name for valiant acts ; that honor Certain IIIO Certain to have won by mortal duel from thee SAMSON AGONISTES .
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IIIO Certain to have won by mortal duel from thee , I lose , prevented by thy eyes put out . [ do SAMs . Boast not of what thou would it have done , but What then thou wouldst , thou seest it in thy hand . HAR .
IIIO Certain to have won by mortal duel from thee , I lose , prevented by thy eyes put out . [ do SAMs . Boast not of what thou would it have done , but What then thou wouldst , thou seest it in thy hand . HAR .
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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 160 - 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 164 - 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 162 - 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 180 - 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 165 - 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.
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5, Page 3 The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | H. Hughs, 1779 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 28 Nov 2006 |
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