The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, المجلد 401807 |
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... live to live . ' Then all for death , that opiate of the soul ! Lucretia's dagger , Rosamunda's bowl . Say , what can cause such impotence of mind ? A spark too fickle , or a spouse too kind . 75 80 85 90 Wise Wretch ! with pleasures ...
... live to live . ' Then all for death , that opiate of the soul ! Lucretia's dagger , Rosamunda's bowl . Say , what can cause such impotence of mind ? A spark too fickle , or a spouse too kind . 75 80 85 90 Wise Wretch ! with pleasures ...
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... live . 100 Turn then from wits ; and look on Simo's mate ; No ass so meek , no ass so obstinate ; Or her , that owns her faults but never mends , Because she's honest , and the best of friends ; Or her , whose life the church and ...
... live . 100 Turn then from wits ; and look on Simo's mate ; No ass so meek , no ass so obstinate ; Or her , that owns her faults but never mends , Because she's honest , and the best of friends ; Or her , whose life the church and ...
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... live ; But die , and she'll adore you then the bust And temple rise — then fall again to dust . Last night , her lord was all that's good and great ; A knave this morning , and his will a cheat . Strange ! by the means defeated of the ...
... live ; But die , and she'll adore you then the bust And temple rise — then fall again to dust . Last night , her lord was all that's good and great ; A knave this morning , and his will a cheat . Strange ! by the means defeated of the ...
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... live a scorn , and queens may die a jest . This Phoebus promis'd ( I forgot the year ) When those blue eyes first open'd on the sphere ; Ascendant Phoebus watch'd that hour with care , Averted half your parents ' simple pray'r , 286 And ...
... live a scorn , and queens may die a jest . This Phoebus promis'd ( I forgot the year ) When those blue eyes first open'd on the sphere ; Ascendant Phoebus watch'd that hour with care , Averted half your parents ' simple pray'r , 286 And ...
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... , fire , and clothes . B. What more ? P. Meat , clothes , and fire . 80 Is this too little ? would you more than live ? Alas ! ' tis more than Turner finds they give ; Alas ! ' tis more than ( all his visions 34 Epist . III . MORAL ESSAYS .
... , fire , and clothes . B. What more ? P. Meat , clothes , and fire . 80 Is this too little ? would you more than live ? Alas ! ' tis more than Turner finds they give ; Alas ! ' tis more than ( all his visions 34 Epist . III . MORAL ESSAYS .
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Author bard Bavius beauty Behold bless'd Boileau charms Cibber court Criticism dæmon dear Dennis divine Dryden dull Dulness Dunciad EPISTLE Eridanus Essay Essay on Criticism ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate flame folly fool Francis Atterbury genius gentle Gildon Goddess grace hath hear heart Heav'n hero Homer honor Horace Iliad IMITATIONS kings knave laws learned Leonard Welsted Letter LEWIS THEOBALD live Lord lov'd Matthew Concanen MIST'S JOURNAL moral Muse ne'er never numbers o'er octavo once Ovid person pleas'd Poem poet poet's poor Pope pow'r praise pride printed proud Queen rage REMARKS rhymes rise sacred saith Sappho satire shade shew shine sing SMIL soft soul Swift tell thee thine things thou thought Town truth Twas verse Virg Virgil virtue Whig wife words wretched writ write youth
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الصفحة 132 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
الصفحة 125 - A Clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a Stanza, when he should engross?
الصفحة 132 - Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying...
الصفحة 131 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
الصفحة 136 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
الصفحة 126 - Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What Drop or Nostrum can this plague remove?
الصفحة 36 - Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor; This year a reservoir, to keep and spare : The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him till they burst.
الصفحة 125 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
الصفحة 129 - And, when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own?
الصفحة 170 - Conspicuous scene ! another yet is nigh, (More silent far) where kings and poets lie ; Where MURRAY (long enough, his country's pride) Shall be no more than TULLY, or than HYDE ! Rack'd with sciatics,.