Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1787 |
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... behold , Were cover'd o'er with solid gold , Whose splendour did so glorious appear , It ravish'd and amaz'd the eye , And strangers passing , to themselves would cry , " What mighty heaps of wealth are here ! " How thick the bars of ...
... behold , Were cover'd o'er with solid gold , Whose splendour did so glorious appear , It ravish'd and amaz'd the eye , And strangers passing , to themselves would cry , " What mighty heaps of wealth are here ! " How thick the bars of ...
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... behold thy glorious Temple lie In ashes , and not be in pain to die ? Unhappy , dear Jerusalem ! thy woes Have rais'd my griefs to such a vast excess , Their mighty weight no mortal knows , 140 Thought cannot comprehend , or words ...
... behold thy glorious Temple lie In ashes , and not be in pain to die ? Unhappy , dear Jerusalem ! thy woes Have rais'd my griefs to such a vast excess , Their mighty weight no mortal knows , 140 Thought cannot comprehend , or words ...
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... behold his face they'd cease to be , And sure ' tis better , if Heav'n would give consent , To have no being ; but they must remain For ever , and for ever be in pain . O inexpressible , stupendous punishment , 150 Which cannot be endur ...
... behold his face they'd cease to be , And sure ' tis better , if Heav'n would give consent , To have no being ; but they must remain For ever , and for ever be in pain . O inexpressible , stupendous punishment , 150 Which cannot be endur ...
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... behold " What mimics ' em so twinkling there , " And , like Narcissus , as they gain niore near , " For the lov'd image straight expire , " And agonize in warm desire , 155 " Or slake their lust as in the stream they roll . 160 3 XII ...
... behold " What mimics ' em so twinkling there , " And , like Narcissus , as they gain niore near , " For the lov'd image straight expire , " And agonize in warm desire , 155 " Or slake their lust as in the stream they roll . 160 3 XII ...
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... behold those that survive . 225 " Once more , I beg you'd from these tents retreat , " And leave me to my innocence and fate . " " Charion , " said I , " oh ! do not urge my flight ! " I'll see th ' event of this important night ...
... behold those that survive . 225 " Once more , I beg you'd from these tents retreat , " And leave me to my innocence and fate . " " Charion , " said I , " oh ! do not urge my flight ! " I'll see th ' event of this important night ...
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Achilles Amyntas arms beauteous beauty behold blefs'd breaſt bright Cephalus charms Congreve death defire Delia delight dread earth eaſe eternal Ev'n ev'ry eyes face facred faid fair fame fate fear feem fhall fhining fhould fhows fighs fing fire firft firſt flain flame flow'rs foft fome fong foon forrows ftill fuch fure give goddeſs gods grace grief heart Heav'n heav'nly himſelf honour huſband immortal Jove laft LAMENTATION lefs light live lov'd lover lyre maid mighty mind moft mortal moſt mourn Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er numbers nymph o'er Otreus paffion pain peace Phrygia Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe Priam Procris purſues raiſe ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkies ſkill soul ſtate ſtill tears tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thro Thucydides Tithonus verfe verſe vex'd weep whofe whoſe wretched youth
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23 ページ - Baboons and apes ridiculous we find; For what ? for ill refembling humankind. " None are for being what they are in fault, " But for not being what they would be thought." Thus I, dear Friend! to you my thoughts impart, As to one perfect in the Pleafing art;
145 ページ - Let not her years exceed, if equal thine, For women past their vigour soon decline. Her fortune competent; and if thy sight Can reach so far, take care 'tis gather'd right. If thine's enough, then her's may be the less: Do not aspire to riches in excess; For that which makes our lives delightful prove,
13 ページ - Give life an edge so keen, no surly care Would venture to assault my soul, or dare Near my retreat, to hide one secret snare. But so divine, so noble, a repast I'd seldom, and with moderation taste; 135
67 ページ - all that heav'n of beauty come! And muft Paftora moulder in the tomb! Ah, Death! more fierce and unrelenting far Than wildeft wolves or favage tigers are; With lambs and flieep their hungers are appeas'd, But ravenous Death the
37 ページ - he fits upon, Whofe memory of found is long fince gone, And purpofely annihilated for his throne; Beneath two foft tranfparent clouds do meet, In which he feems to fink his fofter feet; A melancholy thought, condens'd to air, Stol'n from a lover in defpair, Like a thin mantle
109 ページ - and laid his paffion ; The fhepherd ceas'd reviling, And fung this recantation. PALINODE. " How engaging, how endearing, '* Is a lover's pain and care! ** And what joy the nymph's appearing " After abfence or defpair! " Women wife increafe defiring, •* By contriving kind delays, " And advancing or retiring, " All they mean is more to pleafe.
140 ページ - A thorny bramble pricks her tender breast; In warbling melody she spends the night, And moves at once compassion and delight. No choice had e'er so happy an event But he that made it did that choice repent. So weak's our judgment, and so short's our
13 ページ - Courage to look bold Danger in the face; No fear, but only to be proud or base ; Quick to advise, by an emergence prest, 115 To give good counsel, or to take the best: I'd have th'expression of her thoughts be such, She might not seem reserv'd, nor talk too much ; That shews a want of judgment and of sense ; More than enough is but impertinence:
91 ページ - authors, too, by their fuccefs of late, Begin to think third days are out of date. What can the caufe be that our plays wont keep, Unlefs they have a rot fome years, like fheep.' For our parts, we confefs we're quite afham'd To read fuch weekly bills of poets damn'd.
112 ページ - In whom there are the least remains Of piety or fear, His tribute brings of joyful sacrifice, For pardon prays, and for protection flies: Nay, the inanimate creation give, By prompt obedience to his word, Instinctive honour to their Lord, And shame the thinking world who in