The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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... gods , 4 And frighted at himself , ran howling through the w O may'st thou still the noble task prolong , + Nor age nor sickness interrupt thy song ! Then may we wondering read , how human limbs Have watered kingdoms , and dissolved in ...
... gods , 4 And frighted at himself , ran howling through the w O may'st thou still the noble task prolong , + Nor age nor sickness interrupt thy song ! Then may we wondering read , how human limbs Have watered kingdoms , and dissolved in ...
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... gods in dust , Before the towering muse began her flight , And drew the hero raging in the fight , Engaged in tented fields and rolling floods , Or slaughtering mortals , or a match for gods . And here , perhaps , by fate's unerring ...
... gods in dust , Before the towering muse began her flight , And drew the hero raging in the fight , Engaged in tented fields and rolling floods , Or slaughtering mortals , or a match for gods . And here , perhaps , by fate's unerring ...
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... gods conspire to make him great . Thy navy rides on seas before unprest , And strikes a terror through the haughty East ; Algiers and Tunis from their sultry shore With horror hear the British engines roar , Fain from the neighbouring ...
... gods conspire to make him great . Thy navy rides on seas before unprest , And strikes a terror through the haughty East ; Algiers and Tunis from their sultry shore With horror hear the British engines roar , Fain from the neighbouring ...
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... shall still . ] Another poet in fashion : but it is not safe to prophesy of such . All he had of Dryden's muse was only his quaint and ill - applied wit . Shall longer be the poet's highest themes , Though gods 26 26 ADDISON'S WORKS . July.
... shall still . ] Another poet in fashion : but it is not safe to prophesy of such . All he had of Dryden's muse was only his quaint and ill - applied wit . Shall longer be the poet's highest themes , Though gods 26 26 ADDISON'S WORKS . July.
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... gods and heroes fought promiscuous in their streams . But now , to Nassau's secret councils raised , He aids the hero , whom before he praised . I've done at length ; and now , dear friend , receive The last poor present that my muse ...
... gods and heroes fought promiscuous in their streams . But now , to Nassau's secret councils raised , He aids the hero , whom before he praised . I've done at length ; and now , dear friend , receive The last poor present that my muse ...
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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.