 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...characterise Dryden. lie, indeed, furnishes his car with but two horses ; but they are of " ethereal race :" " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, " Wide...fields of glory bear " Two coursers of ethereal race, He added, " These are all of which I can be sure." They bear a small proportion to the »hole, which... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...with but two horses; but they are of " ethereal race :" " Rcliokl where Dryden's less presumptuons car, " Wide o'er the fields of glory bear " Two coursers of ethereal race, He added, " These are all of which I can be sure." They bear a small proportion to the whole, which... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...tremble, while they gaze, He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-ey'd Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...characterise Dryden. He, indeed, furnishes his car with but two horses ; but they are of " ethereal race :" " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long resounding pace." Ode on the Progress nf Poesy. He added, " These are all of which... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...tremble while they gaze, He saw; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of etherial race, PnS pace. With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long-resoundVer. 95. Nor second He, that... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...He saw; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Drj den's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ctherial race, f'nS pace. With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long-resoundVer. 95. Nor second He, that... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 472 pages
...characterise Dryden. He indeed, furnishes his car with but two horses ; but they are of " ethereal race :" " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, " Wide...coursers of ethereal race, " With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long resounding pace." Ode on the Progress of Poesy. ^ and the concluding ten lines,... | |
 | Arminianism - 1863 - 1198 pages
...simplicity, or force. The following character of Dryden, in the " Progress of Poesy," is very fine : — " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er...Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace. Hark ! his hands the lyre explore ; Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 584 pages
...saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. § Behold where Drydcn's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race,fl [ing pace.^ With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resoundIII. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...Two Coursers of etherial race 17 , [ing pace IS . With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resoundIII. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn I9 . But ah ! 'tis heard no more ! ° Oh! Lyre... | |
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Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but blasted with excess of light. Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed,... 
