Bell's Edition, Volumes 27-28J. Bell, 1784 - English poetry |
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... clouds is loft . He that proportion'd wonders can disclose , At once his fancy and his judgment shows . Chafte moral writing we may learn from hence , Neglect of which no wit can recompenfe .---- Well - founding verfes are the charm we ...
... clouds is loft . He that proportion'd wonders can disclose , At once his fancy and his judgment shows . Chafte moral writing we may learn from hence , Neglect of which no wit can recompenfe .---- Well - founding verfes are the charm we ...
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... cloud - compelling Jove ; While to his harp divine Arion fings The loves and conquefts of our Albion kings . ΙΟ Of the Fourth Edward was his noble song , Fierce , goodly , valiant , beautiful , and young : He rent the crown from ...
... cloud - compelling Jove ; While to his harp divine Arion fings The loves and conquefts of our Albion kings . ΙΟ Of the Fourth Edward was his noble song , Fierce , goodly , valiant , beautiful , and young : He rent the crown from ...
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... clouds feem all at her command , Or place her in Olympus ' top , a guest Among th ' immortals , who with nectar ... cloud in fo ferene a manfion find , To I 72 MISCELLANIES .
... clouds feem all at her command , Or place her in Olympus ' top , a guest Among th ' immortals , who with nectar ... cloud in fo ferene a manfion find , To I 72 MISCELLANIES .
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John Bell. No cloud in fo ferene a manfion find , To overcast her ever - shining mind , 73 Which holds resemblance with ... clouds . But what fo hard which numbers cannot force ; So ftoops the moon , and rivers change their course.30 The ...
John Bell. No cloud in fo ferene a manfion find , To overcast her ever - shining mind , 73 Which holds resemblance with ... clouds . But what fo hard which numbers cannot force ; So ftoops the moon , and rivers change their course.30 The ...
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... clouds no part of sky is clear , But just fo much as lets the fun appear , Heav'n then would feem thy image , and reflect Those fable vestments and that bright aspect . 20 22 A fpark of virtue by the deepest shade Of fad 74 MISCELLANIES.
... clouds no part of sky is clear , But just fo much as lets the fun appear , Heav'n then would feem thy image , and reflect Those fable vestments and that bright aspect . 20 22 A fpark of virtue by the deepest shade Of fad 74 MISCELLANIES.
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Popular passages
Page 42 - Then die, that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee; How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Page xxxv - There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults ; that is, so to cover them, that they were not taken notice of to his reproach, viz.
Page 80 - The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er ; So calm are we when passions are no more ; For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things so certain to be lost.
Page xlv - Andero ;" a piece which justifies the observation made by one of his editors, that he attained, by a felicity like instinct, a style which perhaps will never be obsolete ; and that, " were we to judge only by the wording, we could not know what was wrote at twenty, and what at fourscore.
Page 184 - WHY came I so untimely forth Into a world which, wanting thee, Could entertain us with no worth Or shadow of felicity, That time should me so far remove From that which I was born to love ? Yet, Fairest Blossom ! do not slight That age which you may know so soon : The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the noon ; And then what wonders shall you do Whose dawning beauty warms us so...
Page 137 - The beauties which adorn'd that age, The shining subjects of his rage, Hoping they should immortal prove, Rewarded with success his love. This was the generous poet's scope, And all an English pen can hope, To make the fair approve his flame, That can so far extend their fame.
Page 96 - And every man a Polypheme Does to his Galatea seem; None may presume her faith to prove; He proffers death that proffers love.
Page 143 - Pouring out treasure to supply his fleet; They vow with lives and fortunes to maintain Their King's eternal title to the main, And with a present to the Duke approve His valor, conduct, and his country's love.
Page xlvii - Among other improvements, we may reckon that of his rhymes, which are always good, and very often the better for being new.