Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... claffics is what may be called the good - breeding of poetry , as it gives a certain graceful- nefs which never forfakes a mind , that contracted it in youth , but is feldom feldom or never hit by thofe , who would learn X The PREFACE .
... claffics is what may be called the good - breeding of poetry , as it gives a certain graceful- nefs which never forfakes a mind , that contracted it in youth , but is feldom feldom or never hit by thofe , who would learn X The PREFACE .
Page xvii
... give up so much room to mat- ters of mere amusement . There are indeed but few men fo fond of the ancients , as to be tranfported with every little accident , which introduces to their intimate acquaintance . Per- fons of that caft may ...
... give up so much room to mat- ters of mere amusement . There are indeed but few men fo fond of the ancients , as to be tranfported with every little accident , which introduces to their intimate acquaintance . Per- fons of that caft may ...
Page xxxvii
... give , nor thou to claim . Swift after him thy focial fpirit flies , And clofe to his , how foon ! thy coffin lies . Bleft pair ! whose union future bards shall tell In future tongues : Each other's boaft ! farewel . Farewel ! whom join ...
... give , nor thou to claim . Swift after him thy focial fpirit flies , And clofe to his , how foon ! thy coffin lies . Bleft pair ! whose union future bards shall tell In future tongues : Each other's boaft ! farewel . Farewel ! whom join ...
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... gives the firft alarms , And injur❜d Justice sets him in his arms ; His conquefts freedom to the world afford , And nations bless the labours of his fword . Thus when the forming Mufe wou'd copy forth A perfect pattern of heroic worth ...
... gives the firft alarms , And injur❜d Justice sets him in his arms ; His conquefts freedom to the world afford , And nations bless the labours of his fword . Thus when the forming Mufe wou'd copy forth A perfect pattern of heroic worth ...
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... Give strength to ev'ry blow , and edge his sword . Behold with what refiftlefs force he falls On towns befieg'd , and thunders at thy walls ! Afk Afk Villeroy , for Villeroy beheld The town furrender'd , POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 15.
... Give strength to ev'ry blow , and edge his sword . Behold with what refiftlefs force he falls On towns befieg'd , and thunders at thy walls ! Afk Afk Villeroy , for Villeroy beheld The town furrender'd , POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 15.
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Aëre æther arms atque BAROMETRI beauties bleft bluſhes boaſt breaſt bright Cadmus caft courſe Cycnus defcription deſcribed diſtant ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fecret feven fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide fight fince fire firft firſt fkies flain foft fome foul ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fuci Gaul Georgic Goddeſs Gods greateſt Gulfton heav'n himſelf itſelf Jove laft laſt loft maid mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt neighb'ring numbers Nunc nymph o'er omne Ovid Ovid's Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure poem poet praiſe purſue Quæ rage raiſe reft rife rifu riſe round ſcenes ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhore ſhow ſkies ſky ſmoke ſpeak ſpring ſtands ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtory ſtreams thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thunder transform'd turba verfe verſe view'd Virgil virgin waſte Whilft whoſe winds woods wou'd youth