The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11E. Cox, 1779 - 212 pages |
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Page 65
... verse ; Instead of comedy with nafty farce . Would Plautus , Terence e'er , have been fo lewd T'have dreft Jack - pudding up to catch the crowd ? Or Sophocles five tedious acts have made , To fhew a whining fool in love betray'd By fome ...
... verse ; Instead of comedy with nafty farce . Would Plautus , Terence e'er , have been fo lewd T'have dreft Jack - pudding up to catch the crowd ? Or Sophocles five tedious acts have made , To fhew a whining fool in love betray'd By fome ...
Page 105
... verse but for thy beauty's fake . ' Had I a pen that could at once impart Soft Ovid's nature and high Virgil's art , Then the immortal Sachariffa's name Should be but fecond in the lift of fame ; Each grove , each shade , should with ...
... verse but for thy beauty's fake . ' Had I a pen that could at once impart Soft Ovid's nature and high Virgil's art , Then the immortal Sachariffa's name Should be but fecond in the lift of fame ; Each grove , each shade , should with ...
Page 119
... verse t ' approach the facred tomb ; There flowing ftreams of pious tears will shed , Sweet incense burn , fresh flowers and odours spread , Our laft fad offerings to the royal dead ! Dead is the king , who all our lives did bless ! Our ...
... verse t ' approach the facred tomb ; There flowing ftreams of pious tears will shed , Sweet incense burn , fresh flowers and odours spread , Our laft fad offerings to the royal dead ! Dead is the king , who all our lives did bless ! Our ...
Page 129
... verse attend . MOPSUS . When the fad fate of Daphnis reach'd their ears , The pitying nymphs dissolv'd in pious tears . Witness , ye hazels , for ye heard their cries ; Witnefs , ye floods , fwoln with their weeping eyes . The mournful ...
... verse attend . MOPSUS . When the fad fate of Daphnis reach'd their ears , The pitying nymphs dissolv'd in pious tears . Witness , ye hazels , for ye heard their cries ; Witnefs , ye floods , fwoln with their weeping eyes . The mournful ...
Page 130
... Daphnis lie ; " Fair was the flock I fed , but much more fair was I. " MENAL CAS . Such , divine Poet , to my ravish'd ears Are the fweet numbers of thy mournful verse , As As to tir'd fwains foft flumbers on the grafs ; 130 DUKE'S POE M S.
... Daphnis lie ; " Fair was the flock I fed , but much more fair was I. " MENAL CAS . Such , divine Poet , to my ravish'd ears Are the fweet numbers of thy mournful verse , As As to tir'd fwains foft flumbers on the grafs ; 130 DUKE'S POE M S.
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Acontius arms beauty beſt bleffings bleft breaſt Cæfar Cæfar's charms Cyclops Cydippe dæmon Daphnis defign defire delight dreft e'er eaſe Ev'n eyes facred fafe fair falfe fame fate fatire fear feem'd fhall fhame fhew fhining fhore fighs fince firft firſt flain flave fmile foft fome fong fools foul ftill fuch fure fwain grace grave he lies hand heart heaven herſelf himſelf Hippolytus honour juſt kind king laft laſt laurels lefs lov'd Lucretius mighty mind moft MOPSUS moſt Mufe Muſe muſt ne'er noble nymph o'er OVID paſt peace pleaſe pleaſure Poet praiſe pride rage rais'd raiſe reft rife riſe royal ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtar ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtreams Tartuffe tell thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand triumph Twas twill verfe virtue Whilft whofe whoſe wonder