The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers and a General Introduction, Volume 2Macmillan, 1882 - English poetry |
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... appear that the burning of his library , for which he execrated ' the lame Lord of Fire ' in a vivacious series of his favourite heroic couplets , consumed together with the MS . of his English Grammar and of his Aristotelian notes for ...
... appear that the burning of his library , for which he execrated ' the lame Lord of Fire ' in a vivacious series of his favourite heroic couplets , consumed together with the MS . of his English Grammar and of his Aristotelian notes for ...
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... appear , And make those flights upon the banks of Thames , That so did take Eliza and our James ! But stay , I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced , and made a constellation there ! Shine forth , thou Star of Poets , and with rage Or ...
... appear , And make those flights upon the banks of Thames , That so did take Eliza and our James ! But stay , I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced , and made a constellation there ! Shine forth , thou Star of Poets , and with rage Or ...
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... appear , What mourning weeds , alas ! now dost thou wear ? How loathsome to mine eyes is thy sad sight ? How poorly look'st thou , with what heavy cheer , Since that sun set , which made thee shine so bright ? Unhappy now thee close ...
... appear , What mourning weeds , alas ! now dost thou wear ? How loathsome to mine eyes is thy sad sight ? How poorly look'st thou , with what heavy cheer , Since that sun set , which made thee shine so bright ? Unhappy now thee close ...
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... appear . Now , Flora , deck thyself in fairest guise ; If that ye , winds , would hear A voice surpassing far Amphion's lyre , Your stormy chiding stay ; Let zephyr only breathe , And with her tresses play , Kissing sometimes these ...
... appear . Now , Flora , deck thyself in fairest guise ; If that ye , winds , would hear A voice surpassing far Amphion's lyre , Your stormy chiding stay ; Let zephyr only breathe , And with her tresses play , Kissing sometimes these ...
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... appear long since from earth exil'd . There burst he forth : ' All ye , whose hopes rely On God , with me amidst these deserts mourn ; Repent , repent , and from old errors turn . ' Who listen'd to his voice , obey'd his cry ? Only the ...
... appear long since from earth exil'd . There burst he forth : ' All ye , whose hopes rely On God , with me amidst these deserts mourn ; Repent , repent , and from old errors turn . ' Who listen'd to his voice , obey'd his cry ? Only the ...
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Page 323 - Had ye been there — for what could that have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself for her enchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, When by the rout that made the hideous roar, His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore...
Page 352 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair ? Which way I fly is hell ; myself am hell ; And in the lowest deep a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide ; To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven.
Page 307 - 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 337 - He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 184 - Going to the Wars TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True; a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 218 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 326 - Through the dear might of Him that walk'd 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.
Page 178 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?
Page 311 - And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Page 357 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal spring.