Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volume 21771 |
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... see , That neither were , nor are , nor e'er can be . Sometimes , forgotten things long caft behind Rush forward in the brain , and come to mind . The nurfe's legends are for truths receiv'd , And the man dreams but what the boy believ ...
... see , That neither were , nor are , nor e'er can be . Sometimes , forgotten things long caft behind Rush forward in the brain , and come to mind . The nurfe's legends are for truths receiv'd , And the man dreams but what the boy believ ...
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... See fools , the shelter of the wood is nigh , And Chanticleer in your defpight shall die . He fhall be pluck'd , and eaten to the bone . ' Tis well advis'd , in faith it shall be done ; This Reynard faid : but as the word he spoke , The ...
... See fools , the shelter of the wood is nigh , And Chanticleer in your defpight shall die . He fhall be pluck'd , and eaten to the bone . ' Tis well advis'd , in faith it shall be done ; This Reynard faid : but as the word he spoke , The ...
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... And tears began to flow . CHORUS .. Revolving in his alter'd foul The various turns of chance below ; And , now and then , a figh he stole ; And tears began to flow . V. The mighty master smil'd to see That love was AN ODE ON.
... And tears began to flow . CHORUS .. Revolving in his alter'd foul The various turns of chance below ; And , now and then , a figh he stole ; And tears began to flow . V. The mighty master smil'd to see That love was AN ODE ON.
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John Dryden. V. The mighty master smil'd to see That love was in the next degree : Twas but a kindred found to move ; For pity melts the mind to love . Softly sweet , in Lydian measures , Soon he footh'd his foul to pleasures , War , he ...
John Dryden. V. The mighty master smil'd to see That love was in the next degree : Twas but a kindred found to move ; For pity melts the mind to love . Softly sweet , in Lydian measures , Soon he footh'd his foul to pleasures , War , he ...
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... See the furies arife ! See the fnakes that they rear , How they hifs in their hair , And the sparkles that flash from their eyes Behold a ghaftly band , Each a torch in his hand ! Thofe are Grecian ghosts , that in battle were flain ...
... See the furies arife ! See the fnakes that they rear , How they hifs in their hair , And the sparkles that flash from their eyes Behold a ghaftly band , Each a torch in his hand ! Thofe are Grecian ghosts , that in battle were flain ...
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Achilles againſt Ajax ANDREW FOULIS arms becauſe beſt betwixt blood breaſt Caeneus caft call'd caſt cauſe Centaur Ceyx chanticleer cloſe Corythus cou'd crown'd cry'd Cymon Daedalion dame death defcended defire deſpair dream durft Eurytus ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas feaſt feek feem'd feen feiz'd fent fhall fide fight fince fire firſt flain fleep fome foon forc'd fought foul freſh ftill fuch fword gueſt hand heav'n himſelf Hippodame houſe huſband join'd juſt laft laſt lefs loft look'd lov'd maid mind mix'd moſt muſt night pleaſe pleaſure pow'r prefs'd prey Priam purfu'd purſue rais'd receiv'd refolv'd reft reſt Reynard rifing ſaid ſcarce ſeen ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhield ſhip ſhore ſhould ſide ſkies ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſtrength ſweet thee thefe theſe thoſe thou try'd turn'd Twas waves whoſe wife winds wou'd wound
Popular passages
Page 65 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Page 153 - Smear'd over with an Oil of wond'rous Might, That adds new Pinions to their airy Flight But this by fure Experiment we know, That living Creatures from Corruption grow: Hide in a hollow Pit a flaughter'd Steer, Bees from his putrid Bowels will appear ; Who like their Parents haunt the Fields, and bring Their Hony-Harveft home, and hope another Spring.
Page 61 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus...
Page 60 - Joys inspire. The Song began from Jove ; Who left his blissful Seats above, (Such is the Pow'r of mighty Love.) A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd the God : Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode, When He to fair Olympia...
Page 167 - Her limbs were form'd with such harmonious grace : So faultless was the frame, as if the whole Had been an emanation of the soul...
Page 34 - He cheer'd the dogs to follow her who fled, And vow'd revenge on her devoted head. As Theodore was born of noble kind, The brutal...
Page 3 - And two Ghosts join their Packs to hunt her o'er the Plain. This dreadful Image so possess'd her Mind, That desp'rate any Succour else to find, She ceas'd all farther hope; and now began To make reflection on th...
Page 62 - And welt'ring in his blood ; Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed : On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes.