Jerusalem Delivered: An Heroic Poem, 第 1 巻T. Bensley, 1802 |
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againſt Aladine appear'd Argantes Armida arms band Behold boaſt bofom breaſt camp cauſe ceas'd chief Chriftian Clorinda conceal'd conqueft courſe cry'd dame dare death deeds defire diftant dreadful Erminia eyes facred faid falchion fame fate fear fecret feek feem'd feems fhade fhall fhame fhould fide field fight filence firſt flain flame fome foon forrows foul ftill fuch fudden fury fword glorious Godfrey hand Heaven himſelf hoft honour JERUSALEM DELIVERED join'd king laſt Latian loft maid martial midſt mind muſt night numbers o'er paffion Pagan Pagan band plain praiſe prefs'd prince prince of Salerno purpoſe purſue rage rais'd raiſe reft reſt rifing Rinaldo ſaid ſcarce ſeems ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies Solyman ſpeed ſpoke ſpread ſtands ſtate ſteed ſteel ſteps ſtill ſtood ſtreams ſtroke Taffo Tancred taſk thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand view'd warrior whofe whoſe wound youth
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2 ページ - Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing ! The meaning, not the name, I call ; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but heavenly born, Before the hills appear'd or fountain flow'd, Thou with eternal Wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy sister, and with her didst play In presence of the Almighty Father, pleased With thy celestial song.
xxxiii ページ - Tasso himself had undoubtedly secret apprehensions that increased upon him every day, while the continual attacks which were made upon his credit as an author, not a little contributed to heighten his melancholy. At length he resolved to take the first opportunity to fly from his prison (for so he esteemed it) which, after about a year's detention, he effected, and retired to Turin, where he endeavoured to remain concealed ; but notwithstanding all his precautions, he was soon known and recommended...
xv ページ - And 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.
xxxix ページ - ... endeavoured in vain to persuade his friend that the whole was the illusion of a disturbed imagination ; but the latter was strenuous in maintaining the reality of what he asserted; and, to convince Manso, desired him to be present at one of these mysterious conversations.
xv ページ - The current popular tales of elves and fairies were even fitter to take the credulous mind, and charm it into a willing admiration of the specious miracles which wayward fancy delights in, than those of the old traditionary rabble of pagan divinities.
204 ページ - W morn her rofy fteps in th' eaftern clime Advancing, fow'd the earth with orient pearl, When Adam wak'd, fo cuftom'd, for his fleep Was aery light from pure digeftion bred, And temp'rate vapors bland, which th...
xxxv ページ - answer but from the last, who assured him it was " not in her power to render him any service." We see here that Tasso acknowledges himself the receipt of a letter from the princess ; and in regard to what he says to be the purport of it, it is highly reasonable to suppose that he would be very cautious of divulging the real contents to the duke of Urbino, when his affairs with that lady were so delicately circumstanced. This apparent care to conceal the nature of his correspondence with her, seems...
v ページ - To approach the high and illustrious . has been in all ages the privilege of poets ; and though translators cannot justly claim the same honour, yet they naturally follow their authors as attendants; and I hope that in return for having enabled Tasso to diffuse his fame through the British dominions, I may be introduced by him to the presence of your Majesty. "Tasso has a peculiar claim to your Majesty's favour as follower and panegyrist of the house of Este, which has one common ancestor with the...
xix ページ - Bernardo, the father of our poet, was no wise equal to his birth; but this deficiency, in point of fortune, was in some measure compensated by the gifts of understanding. His works in verse and prose are recorded as monuments of his genius ; and his fidelity to Ferrante of...
xxiv ページ - He could not withstand this solicitation ; and Bologna being at that time the scene of civil commotion, he was the more willing to seek elsewhere for the repose he loved. He was received with extreme joy by all the academy, and being incorporated into that society, at the age of twenty years, took upon himself the name of Pentito ; by which he seemed to show that he repented of all the time which he had employed in the study of the law. In this retreat he applied himself afresh to...