The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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Page xvii
... thy spotless form descend , To me thy aid , thou guardian Genius , lend ! When rage misguides me , or when fear alarms , When pain distresses , or when pleasure charms , IV In silent whisperings purer thoughts impart , And turn.
... thy spotless form descend , To me thy aid , thou guardian Genius , lend ! When rage misguides me , or when fear alarms , When pain distresses , or when pleasure charms , IV In silent whisperings purer thoughts impart , And turn.
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... rage ? Not so thy Ovid in his exile wrote ; Grief chill'd his breast , and check'd his rising thought ; Pensive and sad , his drooping muse betrays The Roman genius in its last decays . Prevailing warmth has still thy mind possest , And ...
... rage ? Not so thy Ovid in his exile wrote ; Grief chill'd his breast , and check'd his rising thought ; Pensive and sad , his drooping muse betrays The Roman genius in its last decays . Prevailing warmth has still thy mind possest , And ...
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... rage . Thy copy casts a fairer light on all , And still outshines the bright original . Now Ovid boasts the advantage of thy song , And tells his story in the British tongue ; Thy charming verse , 2 and fair translations , show How thy ...
... rage . Thy copy casts a fairer light on all , And still outshines the bright original . Now Ovid boasts the advantage of thy song , And tells his story in the British tongue ; Thy charming verse , 2 and fair translations , show How thy ...
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... rage most , and loudest engines play . Namure's late terrors and destruction show What William , warmed with just revenge , can do : Where once a thousand turrets raised on high Their gilded spires , and glittered in the sky , An ...
... rage most , and loudest engines play . Namure's late terrors and destruction show What William , warmed with just revenge , can do : Where once a thousand turrets raised on high Their gilded spires , and glittered in the sky , An ...
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... rage Which lately made their trembling host retire , Stunned with the noise , and wrapt in smoke and fire ; The waves with wide unnumbered wrecks were strowed , And planks , and arms , and men , promiscuous flowed . Spain's numerous ...
... rage Which lately made their trembling host retire , Stunned with the noise , and wrapt in smoke and fire ; The waves with wide unnumbered wrecks were strowed , And planks , and arms , and men , promiscuous flowed . Spain's numerous ...
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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.