The Poetical Works of the Right Honourable, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 80
Page 14
... thing enhanc'd your worth . For were that praise , and only that your due , Which Virgil too might claim no less than you ; Though that had merited my bare esteem , I'd leave to other pens the fingle theme . But when I faw the candor of ...
... thing enhanc'd your worth . For were that praise , and only that your due , Which Virgil too might claim no less than you ; Though that had merited my bare esteem , I'd leave to other pens the fingle theme . But when I faw the candor of ...
Page 23
... , and many new , And all goes down like oxymel of fquils . Inftruct the lift'ning world how Maro fings Of useful fubjects , and of lofty things . Thefe These will fuch true , fuch bright ideas raife , POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 23.
... , and many new , And all goes down like oxymel of fquils . Inftruct the lift'ning world how Maro fings Of useful fubjects , and of lofty things . Thefe These will fuch true , fuch bright ideas raife , POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 23.
Page 25
... things most , Will be much apter to defpond , than boast . For if your author be profoundly good , " Twill cost you dear before he's underflood . How many ages fince has Virgil writ ? How few are they who understand him yet ? Approach ...
... things most , Will be much apter to defpond , than boast . For if your author be profoundly good , " Twill cost you dear before he's underflood . How many ages fince has Virgil writ ? How few are they who understand him yet ? Approach ...
Page 26
... things appear unnatural and hard , Confult your author , with himself compar'd ; Who knows what blessing Phoebus may bestow , And future ages to your labour owe ? Such fecrets are not easily found out , But once difcover'd , leave no ...
... things appear unnatural and hard , Confult your author , with himself compar'd ; Who knows what blessing Phoebus may bestow , And future ages to your labour owe ? Such fecrets are not easily found out , But once difcover'd , leave no ...
Page 28
... things , As Venus fpeaks , or Philomela fings . Your author always will the best advise Fall when he falls , and when he rises , rise . Affected noise is the moft wretched thing , That to contempt can empty fcriblers bring . Vowels and ...
... things , As Venus fpeaks , or Philomela fings . Your author always will the best advise Fall when he falls , and when he rises , rise . Affected noise is the moft wretched thing , That to contempt can empty fcriblers bring . Vowels and ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Achilles actor againſt alfo alſo antient Ariftophanes Ariftotle Ariftotle's art of poetry Attellane Auguftus becauſe beſt called Choerilus chorus Cicero comedy comic cyclic poet Cyclop Efchylus Empedocles Ennius epic epic poetry Euripides ev'ry expreffions exprefs facred facundia faid fame fatire fatyric pieces faults fays fcene fecond fenfe fhall fhews fing firft firſt fome fong fpeaking ftage ftile ftill ftory fubject fuch Greeks hero himſelf Homer Horace Horace's iambic imitate inftruct invented Katharine Philips king laft loft Medea moft monfieur moſt mufe mufic muft muſe muſt numbers nunc obferved Ovid paffage paffions Peleus perfon Pifo Plautus play pleaſe poem poets praiſe preſent quae Quam quid Quintilian quod reafon Romans Rome rules ſays ſcene ſhould Silenus Sophocles ſpeaks ſuch Telephus thefe Thefpis themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tibi tragedy tragic tranflated Ulyffes uſe verfe verfus verſe Virgil whofe whoſe words write
Popular passages
Page 130 - ... adsuitur pannus, cum lucus et ara Dianae et properantis aquae per amoenos ambitus agros aut flumen Rhenum aut pluvius describitur arcus; sed nunc non erat his locus. et fortasse cupressum scis simulare: quid hoc, si fractis enatat exspes 20 navibus, aere dato qui pingitur?
Page 240 - ... verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit aut humana parum cavit natura.
Page 23 - Immodest words admit of no defence ; For want of decency is want of sense.
Page xi - Nature's chief Master-piece is writing well." Such was Roscommon, not more learn'd than good, With manners gen'rous as his noble blood; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, And ev'ry author's merit, but his own.
Page 128 - ... 10 scimus, et hanc veniam petimusque damusque vicissim; sed non ut placidis coeant immitia, non ut serpentes avibus geminentur, tigribus agni. Inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus et alter...
Page ix - It was my Lord Roscommon's Essay on Translated Verse ; which made me uneasy till I tried whether or no I was capable of following his rules, and of reducing the speculation into practice. For many a fair precept in Poetry is like a seeming demonstration in the Mathematics, very specious in the diagram, but failing in the mechanic operation.
Page 251 - What you keep by you, you may change and mend But words once spoke can never be recalled.
Page 35 - E'er felt the raptures of poetic rage. Of many faults, rhyme is, perhaps, the cause ; Too strict to rhyme, we slight more useful laws ; For that, in Greece or Rome, was never known, Till by barbarian deluges o'erflown: Subdued, undone, they did at last obey, And change their own for their invaders
Page 48 - In that sad place from whence is no return; For unbelief in one they never knew, Or for not doing what they could not do! The very fiends know For what crime they fell, And...
Page 31 - Shows how mistaken talents ought to thrive. I pity, from my soul, unhappy men, Compell'd by want to prostitute their pen ; Who must, like lawyers, either starve or plead, And follow, right or wrong, where guineas lead ! But you, Pompilian, wealthy, pamper'd heirs, Who to your country owe your swords and cares, Let no vain hope your easy mind seduce, For rich ill poets are without excuse ; 'Tis very dangerous tampering with the Muse, The profit 's small, and you have much to lose ; For though true...