Poetical WorksJ. Kendrick, 1850 - 658 pages |
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... delightful task of poetic composition , and fur- nished in the Mask of Comus a splendid record of the early development of his poetic genius in all its power . This Mask was represented by the Lady Alice Egerton and her brothers , the ...
... delightful task of poetic composition , and fur- nished in the Mask of Comus a splendid record of the early development of his poetic genius in all its power . This Mask was represented by the Lady Alice Egerton and her brothers , the ...
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... Delight thee more , and Siloa's brook , that flowed Fast by the oracle of God , I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song , That with no middle flight , intends to soar Above the Aonian mount , while it pursues Things unattempted ...
... Delight thee more , and Siloa's brook , that flowed Fast by the oracle of God , I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song , That with no middle flight , intends to soar Above the Aonian mount , while it pursues Things unattempted ...
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... delight , As being the contrary to his high will , Whom we resist . If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil : Which oft ...
... delight , As being the contrary to his high will , Whom we resist . If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil : Which oft ...
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... delightful seat Was fair Damascus , on the fertile banks Of Abana and Pharpar , lucid streams . He also against the house of God was bold : A leper once he lost , and gain'd a king , Ahaz , his sottish conqueror , whom he drew God's ...
... delightful seat Was fair Damascus , on the fertile banks Of Abana and Pharpar , lucid streams . He also against the house of God was bold : A leper once he lost , and gain'd a king , Ahaz , his sottish conqueror , whom he drew God's ...
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... delight : how wearisome Eternity so spent , in worship paid To whom we hate ! Let us not then pursue By force impossible , by leave obtained Unacceptable , though in Heaven , our state Of splendid vassalage ; but rather seek Qur own ...
... delight : how wearisome Eternity so spent , in worship paid To whom we hate ! Let us not then pursue By force impossible , by leave obtained Unacceptable , though in Heaven , our state Of splendid vassalage ; but rather seek Qur own ...
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Adam angels appear'd arm'd arms Asmodai aught beast behold bliss bright call'd cherub cherubim cloud COMUS Dagon dark death deeds deep delight didst divine doth dread dwell earth Egypt eternal evil eyes fair faith Father fear flowers fruit glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell hill honour Israel Jehovah king lest light live Lord lost Lycidas Manoah Messiah morn mortal nigh night numbers o'er pain Paradise PARADISE LOST PARADISE REGAINED pass'd peace Philistines praise PSALM quire reign replied return'd round sapience Satan scape seat seem'd serpent shade shalt shame sight Son of God song soon soul spake spirits stood strength sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou art thou hast thought throne thyself tree turn'd vex'd virtue voice whence winds wings wonder
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Page 571 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 574 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine...
Page 581 - Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom; Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 594 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which...
Page 118 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 568 - Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears ; ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Page 71 - Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather pure Ethereal Stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the Sun, Before the Heavens, thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising World of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless Infinite...
Page 574 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides: — Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Page 582 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what, though rare, of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But, O sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower ! Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes, as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek...
Page 27 - From heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star, On Lemnos the /Egean isle : thus they relate, Erring...