Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret. Dorset. Stepney. J. Philips. WalshSamuel Johnson A. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... most miferable . " And , if in quiet and flourishing times they meet with fo fmall encouragement , what are they to expect in rough and troubled ones ? If wit be fuch a plant , that it scarce re- ceives heat enough to preferve it alive ...
... most miferable . " And , if in quiet and flourishing times they meet with fo fmall encouragement , what are they to expect in rough and troubled ones ? If wit be fuch a plant , that it scarce re- ceives heat enough to preferve it alive ...
Page ix
... most of the illuftrious ftories of the Old Teftament , and to embellish with the most remarkable an- tiquities of the Jews , and other nations before or at that age . But I have had neither leisure hitherto , nor have appetite at ...
... most of the illuftrious ftories of the Old Teftament , and to embellish with the most remarkable an- tiquities of the Jews , and other nations before or at that age . But I have had neither leisure hitherto , nor have appetite at ...
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... most dutiful Scholar , ABR . COWI.EY. PYRAMUS AND THISBE . WHEN Babylon's high walls erected were By mighty Ninus ' wife , two houses join'd . One Thibe liv'd in , Pyramus the fair In th ' other : earth ne'er boafted fuch a pair The ...
... most dutiful Scholar , ABR . COWI.EY. PYRAMUS AND THISBE . WHEN Babylon's high walls erected were By mighty Ninus ' wife , two houses join'd . One Thibe liv'd in , Pyramus the fair In th ' other : earth ne'er boafted fuch a pair The ...
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... most like ' t , and that ' s for you . They love church - mufic ; it offends your fenfe , And therefore ye have fung it out from thence ; Which fhews , if right your mind be understood , You hate it not as mufic , but as good : Your ...
... most like ' t , and that ' s for you . They love church - mufic ; it offends your fenfe , And therefore ye have fung it out from thence ; Which fhews , if right your mind be understood , You hate it not as mufic , but as good : Your ...
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... most vigorous heat do hold , And pureft light , if compafs'd round with cold : So , when fharp winter means most harm , The fpringing plants are by the snow itself kept warm . But do not touch my heart , and fo begone ; Strike deep thy ...
... most vigorous heat do hold , And pureft light , if compafs'd round with cold : So , when fharp winter means most harm , The fpringing plants are by the snow itself kept warm . But do not touch my heart , and fo begone ; Strike deep thy ...
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Page 120 - THIS is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King, Of wedded maid, and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
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Page 132 - Through the dear might of him that walked the waves Where other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above, In solemn troops and sweet societies That sing, and singing in their glory move And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
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Page 130 - And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.