Jerusalem Delivered: An Heroic Poem, 第 1 巻R. and J. Dodsley, 1764 - 287 ページ |
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againſt Aladine appear'd Argantes Armida arms band Behold bofom breaſt camp caufe cauſe ceas'd chief Chriftian Clorinda conceal'd conqueft courfe courſe cry'd dare death deeds defire diftant dreadful Erminia ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fame fate faulchion fear fecret feek feem'd feems Ferrara fhade fhall fhould fide field fight filence firft firſt flain flame flew fome foon forrows foul ftate ftill fuch fudden fury fword gen'rous glorious Godfrey hafte hand Heav'n himſelf hoft hoſt JERUSALEM JERUSALEM DELIVERED join'd King Latian loft maid midft mind muft night num'rous numbers o'er paffion Pagan Pagan band plain pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefs'd Prince Prince of Salerno purpoſe rage rais'd reft rifing Rinaldo ſhade ſhall ſhame ſhe ſkies Solyman ſpeed ſpoke ſpread ſtate ſteed ſteel ſtood Taffo Tancred thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand threat'ning thro turn'd view'd warrior whofe Whoſe wound youth
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xi ページ - Chrif" tians, whom he would have been tempted to confider as a " band of vagabond thieves, who had agreed to ramble from " the heart of Europe, in order to defolate a country they " had no right to, and maflacre, in cold blood, a venerable •' prince, more than fourfcore years old, and his whole peo" pie, againft whom they had no pretence of complaint.
xlviii ページ - Manso heard him with surprise: he looked, but saw nothing except the sun-beams darting through the window : he cast his eyes all over the room, but could perceive nothing, and was just going to ask where the pretended spirit was, when he heard Tasso speak with great earnestness, sometimes putting...
142 ページ - I seek not now, inspir'd with fancies vain, By you my regal honours to regain : Ah, no ! be this my happiness and pride, Within your shelter humbly to reside ! So spoke the hapless fair, who little knew How near her sudden change of fortune drew ; For, pensive while she stood, the cloudless moon Full on th...
lvii ページ - ... fquare and high, his head large, and the fore part of it, towards the end of his life, altogether bald ; his eye-brows were dark ; his eyes full, piercing, and of a clear blue ; his nofe large, his lips thin, his teeth well fet and white; his neck well proportioned; his breaft full; his fhoulders broad, and all his limbs more iinewy then flefhy.
xlii ページ - The feigned messenger then gave her so interesting an account of the pretended story, that, unable to contain her affliction, she fainted away. Tasso was sensibly touched at this convincing proof of his sister's affection, and repented that he had gone so far : he began to comfort her, and, removing her fears by little and little, at last discovered himself to her. Her joy at seeing a brother whom she tenderly loved, was inexpressible : after the first salutations were over, she was very desirous...
xvii ページ - ... then, for the more solemn fancies of witchcraft and incantation, the horrors of the Gothic were above measure striking and terrible. The mummeries of the pagan priests were childish, but the Gothic enchanters shook and alarmed all nature. We feel this difference very sensibly in reading the ancient and modern poets. You would not compare the Canidia of Horace with the witches in Macbeth. And what are Virgil's myrtles dropping blood, to Tasso's enchanted forest ? Ovid indeed, who had a fancy turned...
xli ページ - ... uneasy in this situation. He left his friend Mauritio Cataneo one evening, without giving him notice ; and, beginning his journey on foot, arrived by night at the mountains of Veletri, where he took up his lodging with...
lvii ページ - It is faid of him, that there ne-' ver was a fcholar more humble, a wit more devout, or a man more amiable in fociety. Never fatisfied with his works, even when they rendered his name famous throughout the world ; always...
53 ページ - Each took the example as their chieftains led, With naked feet the hallowed soil they tread ; Each throws his martial ornaments aside, The crested helmets with their plumy pride ; To humble thoughts their lofty hearts they bend, And down their cheeks the pious tears descend.
xxiv ページ - ... that there was nothing childish in his words, but the tone of his voice ; that he seldom laughed or cried ; and that, even then, he gave certain tokens of that equality of temper which supported him so well in his future misfortunes.