The Works of the English Poets: MiltonH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... hath been ever held the graveft , moraleft , and most pro- fitable of all other poems : therefore said by Ariftotle to be of power , by raising pity and fear , or terror , to purge the mind of those and such like paffions , that is , to ...
... hath been ever held the graveft , moraleft , and most pro- fitable of all other poems : therefore said by Ariftotle to be of power , by raising pity and fear , or terror , to purge the mind of those and such like paffions , that is , to ...
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... hath been counted ab- furd , and brought in without difcretion , corruptly to gratify the people . And though ancient tragedy ufe no prologue , yet ufing fometimes , in cafe of felf - de- fenfe , or explanation , that which Martial ...
... hath been counted ab- furd , and brought in without difcretion , corruptly to gratify the people . And though ancient tragedy ufe no prologue , yet ufing fometimes , in cafe of felf - de- fenfe , or explanation , that which Martial ...
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... hath choice of fun or shade : There I am wont to fit , when any chance Relieves me from my task of servile toil , Daily ' in the common prifon elfe injoin'd me , Where I , a prifoner chain'd , fcarce freely draw The air imprison'd also ...
... hath choice of fun or shade : There I am wont to fit , when any chance Relieves me from my task of servile toil , Daily ' in the common prifon elfe injoin'd me , Where I , a prifoner chain'd , fcarce freely draw The air imprison'd also ...
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... hath of his fpecial favor rais'd As their deliverer ; if he ought begin , 265 270 How frequent to defert him , and at laft 275 To heap ingratitude on worthieft deeds ? CHO . Thy words to my remembrance bring How Succoth and the fort of ...
... hath of his fpecial favor rais'd As their deliverer ; if he ought begin , 265 270 How frequent to defert him , and at laft 275 To heap ingratitude on worthieft deeds ? CHO . Thy words to my remembrance bring How Succoth and the fort of ...
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... hath full right t ' exempt 310 Whom so it pleases him by choice From national obftriction , without taint of fin , or legal debt ; For with his own laws he can best dispense . He would not elfe who never wanted means , 315 Nor in ...
... hath full right t ' exempt 310 Whom so it pleases him by choice From national obftriction , without taint of fin , or legal debt ; For with his own laws he can best dispense . He would not elfe who never wanted means , 315 Nor in ...
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Page 97 - And frefh-blown rofes wafh'd in dew, Fill'd her with thee a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Hafte thee, Nymph, and bring with thee 25 Jeft and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple fleek;
Page 153 - corrupted clergy, then in their highth. YET once more, O ye Laurels, and once more Ye Myrtles brown, with Ivy never fere, I come to pluck your berries harfh and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon
Page 155 - hair ? Fame is the fpur that the clear fpi'rit doth raife 70 (That laft infirmity of noble mind) To fcorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burft out into fudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th
Page 154 - lov'd to hear our fong. But O the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never muft return ! Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods, and defert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, 40 And all their echoes mourn. The willows, and the hazel copfes green, Shall now no more be feen,
Page 101 - With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear 125 In faffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feaft, and revelry, With
Page 100 - Or if the earlier feafon lead To the tann'd haycock in the mead. 90 Sometimes with fecure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocond rebecs found To many a youth, and many a maid, 95 Dancing in the chequer'd fhade; And young and old come forth to play On a
Page 154 - 25 Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her fultry horn, Battening our flocks with the frefh dews of night Oft till the ftar that rofe, at evening, bright, 30 Tow'ard Heav'n's defcent had flop'd his
Page 177 - or moon, or ftar, throughout the year, 5 Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not .Againft Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but ftill bear up and fteer Right onward. What fupports me, doft thou afk ? The
Page 101 - Lap me in foft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verfe, Such as the meeting foul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked fweetnefs long drawn out, 140 With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwifting all the chains that ty The hidden foul of harmony ; That Orpheus
Page 104 - In her fweeteft, faddeft plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon .yoke, Gently o'er th' accuftom'd oak; 60 Sweet bird that fhunn'ft the noife of folly, Moft mufical, moft melancholy ! Thee, chauntrefs, oft, the woods among, I woo to hear thy