Original Poems and Translations, Volumen2J. and R. Tonson, 1743 |
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... Land in fragrant Flow'rs is dreft ; For thee the Ocean fmiles , and fmooths her wavy [ light is bleft . And Heav'n it felf with more ferene and purer For when the rifing Spring adorns the Mead , And a new Scene of Nature ftands display ...
... Land in fragrant Flow'rs is dreft ; For thee the Ocean fmiles , and fmooths her wavy [ light is bleft . And Heav'n it felf with more ferene and purer For when the rifing Spring adorns the Mead , And a new Scene of Nature ftands display ...
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... Land and Sea let barb'rous Discord cease , And lull the liftning World in universal Peace . To thee Mankind their foft repofe must owe ; For thou alone that Bleffing canft bestow ; Because the brutal bufinefs of the War Is manag'd by ...
... Land and Sea let barb'rous Discord cease , And lull the liftning World in universal Peace . To thee Mankind their foft repofe must owe ; For thou alone that Bleffing canft bestow ; Because the brutal bufinefs of the War Is manag'd by ...
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... Land and Main , When Heav'n and Earth were in confufion hurl'd For the debated Empire of the World , Which aw'd with dreadful Expectation lay , Sure to be Slaves , uncertain who should fway : So , when our mortal frame fhall be disjoin ...
... Land and Main , When Heav'n and Earth were in confufion hurl'd For the debated Empire of the World , Which aw'd with dreadful Expectation lay , Sure to be Slaves , uncertain who should fway : So , when our mortal frame fhall be disjoin ...
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... Lands : And the blue Coat , that with Imbroid'ry fhines , Is drunk with Sweat of their o'er - labour'd Loins . Their frugal Father's Gains they mifemploy , And turn to Point , and Pearl , and ev'ry Female Toy . French Fashions , coftly ...
... Lands : And the blue Coat , that with Imbroid'ry fhines , Is drunk with Sweat of their o'er - labour'd Loins . Their frugal Father's Gains they mifemploy , And turn to Point , and Pearl , and ev'ry Female Toy . French Fashions , coftly ...
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... land him fafely on the Shore ; And fave the better part of me , From perishing with him at Sea . Sure he , who firft the paffage try'd , In harden'd Oak his heart did hide , And ribs of Iron arm'd his fide ; Or his at least , in hollow ...
... land him fafely on the Shore ; And fave the better part of me , From perishing with him at Sea . Sure he , who firft the paffage try'd , In harden'd Oak his heart did hide , And ribs of Iron arm'd his fide ; Or his at least , in hollow ...
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Página 223 - So much the sweetness of your manners move, We cannot envy you, because we love. Fabius might joy in Scipio, when he saw A beardless consul made against the law, And join his suffrage to the votes of Rome, Though he with Hannibal was overcome.
Página 95 - When we are come thus far, it is time to look into ourselves ; to conform our genius to his, to give his thought either the same turn, if our tongue will bear it, or if not, to vary but the dress, not to alter or destroy the substance.
Página 327 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead. Then cold and hot and moist and dry In order to their stations leap, And Music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of...
Página 314 - Meantime, her warlike brother on the seas His waving streamers to the winds displays, And vows for his return with vain devotion pays. Ah, generous youth ! that wish forbear, The winds too soon will waft thee here ! Slack all thy sails, and fear to come ; Alas ! thou knowst not, thou art wrecked at home.
Página 74 - tis grateful to the rich to try A short vicissitude, and fit of poverty : A savoury dish, a homely treat, Where all is plain, where all is neat, Without the stately spacious room, The Persian carpet, or the Tyrian loom, Clear up the cloudy foreheads of the great v.
Página 95 - ... poesie is of so subtle a spirit, that in pouring out of one language into another, it will all evaporate; and if a new spirit" be not added in the transfusion, there will remain nothing but a caput mortuum...
Página 76 - What is't to me, Who never sail in her unfaithful sea, If storms arise, and clouds grow black ; , If the mast split, and threaten wreck ? Then let the greedy merchant fear For his ill-gotten gain ; And pray to gods that will not hear, While the debating winds and billows bear His wealth into the main.
Página 8 - ... that verse commonly which they call golden, or two substantives and two adjectives, with a verb betwixt them to keep the peace.
Página 6 - Thus difficult it is to understand the purity of English, and critically to discern not only good writers from bad, and a proper style from a corrupt, but also to distinguish that which is pure in a good author from that which is vicious and corrupt in him.
Página 336 - She cast not back a pitying eye: But left her lover in despair To sigh, to languish, and to die: Ah ! how can those fair eyes endure To give the wounds they will not cure ? Great God of Love, why hast thou made A face that can all hearts command, That all religions can invade, And change the laws of every land?