The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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Page 13
... rivers dry ; With what a cheerful green does parsley grace , And writhes the bellying cucumber along the twisted grass ; Nor would I pass the soft Acanthus o'er , Ivy nor myrtle - trees that love the shore ; Nor daffodils , that late ...
... rivers dry ; With what a cheerful green does parsley grace , And writhes the bellying cucumber along the twisted grass ; Nor would I pass the soft Acanthus o'er , Ivy nor myrtle - trees that love the shore ; Nor daffodils , that late ...
Page 14
... rivers stiffened as they run , He then would prune the tenderest of his trees , Chide the late spring , and lingering western breeze : His bees first swarmed , and made his vessels foam With the rich squeezing of the juicy comb . Here ...
... rivers stiffened as they run , He then would prune the tenderest of his trees , Chide the late spring , and lingering western breeze : His bees first swarmed , and made his vessels foam With the rich squeezing of the juicy comb . Here ...
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... river's empty shores admire , That , destitute of strength , derives its course From thrifty urns and an unfruitful source , Yet sung so often in poetic lays , With scorn the Danube and the Nile surveys ; So high the deathless muse ...
... river's empty shores admire , That , destitute of strength , derives its course From thrifty urns and an unfruitful source , Yet sung so often in poetic lays , With scorn the Danube and the Nile surveys ; So high the deathless muse ...
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... rivers here forsake the fields below , And wondering at their height through airy channels flow Still to new scenes my wandering muse retires , And the dumb show of breathing rocks admires ; Where the smooth chisel all its force has ...
... rivers here forsake the fields below , And wondering at their height through airy channels flow Still to new scenes my wandering muse retires , And the dumb show of breathing rocks admires ; Where the smooth chisel all its force has ...
Page 42
... Rivers of blood I see , and hills of slain , An Iliad rising out of one campaign . The haughty Gaul beheld , with towering pride , His ancient bounds enlarged on every side , Pirene's lofty barriers were subdued , And in the midst of ...
... Rivers of blood I see , and hills of slain , An Iliad rising out of one campaign . The haughty Gaul beheld , with towering pride , His ancient bounds enlarged on every side , Pirene's lofty barriers were subdued , And in the midst of ...
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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.