The Works of the British Poets, Volume 5John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh., 1795 - English poetry - 1157 pages |
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... Said then the loft Arch - angel , this the seat That we must change for Heav'n , this mournful For that celeftial light ? Be it fo , fince he [ gloom Who now is Sov'reign , can difpofe and bid What shall be right : fartheft from him is ...
... Said then the loft Arch - angel , this the seat That we must change for Heav'n , this mournful For that celeftial light ? Be it fo , fince he [ gloom Who now is Sov'reign , can difpofe and bid What shall be right : fartheft from him is ...
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... said , Why fleep'ft thou ; Eve ? now is the pleasant time , The cool , the filent , fave where filence yields To the night - warbling bird , that now awake Tunes fweetest his love - labour'd fong ; now reigns Full orb'd the moon , and ...
... said , Why fleep'ft thou ; Eve ? now is the pleasant time , The cool , the filent , fave where filence yields To the night - warbling bird , that now awake Tunes fweetest his love - labour'd fong ; now reigns Full orb'd the moon , and ...
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... Said then th ' omnific Word ; your discord end : Nor stay'd , but on the wings of Cherubim Uplifted , in paternal glory rode Far into Chaos , and the world unborn ; For Chaos heard his voice : him all his train Follow'd in bright ...
... Said then th ' omnific Word ; your discord end : Nor stay'd , but on the wings of Cherubim Uplifted , in paternal glory rode Far into Chaos , and the world unborn ; For Chaos heard his voice : him all his train Follow'd in bright ...
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... said Be fruitful , multiply , and fill the Earth , Subdue it , and throughout dominion hold Over fifh of the fea , and fowl of th ' air , And every living thing that moves on th ' Earth , Wherever thus created , for no place Is yet ...
... said Be fruitful , multiply , and fill the Earth , Subdue it , and throughout dominion hold Over fifh of the fea , and fowl of th ' air , And every living thing that moves on th ' Earth , Wherever thus created , for no place Is yet ...
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... Said mildly , author of all this thou feeft [ I am , Above , or round about thee , or beneath . This Paradife I give thee , count it thine To till and keep , and of the fruit to eat Of every tree that in the garden grows , Eat freely ...
... Said mildly , author of all this thou feeft [ I am , Above , or round about thee , or beneath . This Paradife I give thee , count it thine To till and keep , and of the fruit to eat Of every tree that in the garden grows , Eat freely ...
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Page 152 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Page 76 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Page 11 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; th...
Page 151 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 25 - I visit; nor sometimes forget Those other two equalled with me in fate, So were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old. Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note.
Page 151 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade, And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...
Page 151 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides: Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Page 26 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 224 - This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high.
Page 25 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.