The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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... fate , Who , free from vulgar passions , are above Degrading envy , or misguided love ; If you , well pleased , shall smile upon my lays , Secure of fame , my voice I'll boldly raise ; For next to what you write , is what you praise ...
... fate , Who , free from vulgar passions , are above Degrading envy , or misguided love ; If you , well pleased , shall smile upon my lays , Secure of fame , my voice I'll boldly raise ; For next to what you write , is what you praise ...
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... fate , Receives the glory of his toils too late ; Too late the verse the mighty act succeeds ; One age the hero , one the poet breeds . A thousand years in full succession ran Ere Virgil raised his voice , and sung the man Who , driven ...
... fate , Receives the glory of his toils too late ; Too late the verse the mighty act succeeds ; One age the hero , one the poet breeds . A thousand years in full succession ran Ere Virgil raised his voice , and sung the man Who , driven ...
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... fate , And all the ocean laboured with the weight . Where'er the waves in restless errors roll , The sea lies open now to either pole : Now may we safely use the northern gales , And in the Polar Circle spread our sails ; Or deep in ...
... fate , And all the ocean laboured with the weight . Where'er the waves in restless errors roll , The sea lies open now to either pole : Now may we safely use the northern gales , And in the Polar Circle spread our sails ; Or deep in ...
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... fate conveys , Through nations fruitful of immortal lays , Where the soft season and inviting clime Conspire to trouble your repose with rhyme . For wheresoe'er I turn my ravished eyes , Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise ...
... fate conveys , Through nations fruitful of immortal lays , Where the soft season and inviting clime Conspire to trouble your repose with rhyme . For wheresoe'er I turn my ravished eyes , Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise ...
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... fate , And hold in balance each contending state , To threaten bold , presumptuous kings with war , And answer her afflicted neighbours ' prayer . The Dane and Swede , roused up by fierce alarms , Bless the wise conduct of her pious ...
... fate , And hold in balance each contending state , To threaten bold , presumptuous kings with war , And answer her afflicted neighbours ' prayer . The Dane and Swede , roused up by fierce alarms , Bless the wise conduct of her pious ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.