 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...Claremout ;" Jnxl by Pope, ia hit " Windsor Forest." H. " O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream " My great example, as it is my theme ! " Though deep, yet clear ; though gentlu, yet not dull ; " Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full." The lines are in... | |
 | William Bernard Cooke - England - 1811 - 324 pages
...strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make my stream My great example as it is my theme ! Though deep yet clear ; though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full ; Heav'n her Eridanus... | |
 | E. Polehamton - 1815 - 470 pages
...strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull} Strong without rage, without o'erftowing full. • Although it is the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 486 pages
...century past has imitated, are generally known : " O could 1 flow like thec, and make thy stream " My great example, as it is my theme ! " Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; " Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full." The lines are in themselves... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...following lines in Cooper's Hill are inimitable : — O! could I flow like ihee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Though deep yet clear, thb' gentle yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full ! " Cooper's Hill (says Dr.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 466 pages
...century past has imitated, are generally known. • " O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream " My great example, as it is my theme ! " Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; " Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full." The lines are in... | |
 | John Moore - 1820 - 476 pages
...strange, . . While his fair bosom is the world's exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream, My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not d«H j Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. Heaven her Bridanus... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1821 - 356 pages
...to each other, or with some marked variety, they require to be distinguished by a comma : as, " Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong, without rage ; without overflowing, full." " Good men, in this frail, imperfect state, are often found, not only in union with, but in opposition... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Wonder - 1821 - 788 pages
...strangcr While his fair bosom is the world's exchange. O could I flow like thec, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; Strongwithout rage, without o'erflowing full. DEMI AM. THIS fine river,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 328 pages
...strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange. O could I flow like thee; and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme; Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage, without p'erflowing full; Heaven her Eridanus no... | |
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O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full. 
