The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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Page 29
... mountain rears its head unsung , Renowned in verse each shady thicket grows , And every stream in heavenly numbers flows . How am I pleased to search the hills and woods For rising springs and celebrated floods ! To view the Nar ...
... mountain rears its head unsung , Renowned in verse each shady thicket grows , And every stream in heavenly numbers flows . How am I pleased to search the hills and woods For rising springs and celebrated floods ! To view the Nar ...
Page 35
... mountains and her sunny shores , With all the gifts that heaven and earth impart , The smiles of nature , and the charms of art , While proud oppression in her valleys reigns , And tyranny usurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant ...
... mountains and her sunny shores , With all the gifts that heaven and earth impart , The smiles of nature , and the charms of art , While proud oppression in her valleys reigns , And tyranny usurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant ...
Page 37
... mountains smile . Others with towering piles may please the sight , And in their proud , aspiring domes delight ; A nicer touch to the stretched canvass give , Or teach their animated rocks to live : ' Tis Britain's care to watch o'er ...
... mountains smile . Others with towering piles may please the sight , And in their proud , aspiring domes delight ; A nicer touch to the stretched canvass give , Or teach their animated rocks to live : ' Tis Britain's care to watch o'er ...
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... mountains by the roots , Or slings a broken rock aloft in air . The bottom works with smothered fire involved In ... mountain's weight , Lies stretched supine , eternal prey of flames ; And , when he heaves against the burning load ...
... mountains by the roots , Or slings a broken rock aloft in air . The bottom works with smothered fire involved In ... mountain's weight , Lies stretched supine , eternal prey of flames ; And , when he heaves against the burning load ...
Page 40
... mountains ' tops , Enormous in their gait ; I oft have heard Their voice and tread , oft seen ' em as they past , Sculking and scouring down , half dead with fear . Thrice has the moon washed all her orb in light , Thrice travelled o'er ...
... mountains ' tops , Enormous in their gait ; I oft have heard Their voice and tread , oft seen ' em as they past , Sculking and scouring down , half dead with fear . Thrice has the moon washed all her orb in light , Thrice travelled o'er ...
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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.