Poems on Several Subjects, Volym 2G. Pearch, 1769 - 162 sidor |
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Sida vii
... description , with which the laft mentioned hath no immediate Con- nection , would fhew his want of difcernment with re- gard to one which has its full force , when it is fimply related . THERE is ftill another clafs of men , of whom it ...
... description , with which the laft mentioned hath no immediate Con- nection , would fhew his want of difcernment with re- gard to one which has its full force , when it is fimply related . THERE is ftill another clafs of men , of whom it ...
Sida ix
... us next fee what he would make of the nobleft paffage in the most perfect of human pro- ductions ; I mean Homer's celebrated description of the Omnipotent , Omnipotent , with the thrones of Heaven trembling at his PREFACE . ix.
... us next fee what he would make of the nobleft paffage in the most perfect of human pro- ductions ; I mean Homer's celebrated description of the Omnipotent , Omnipotent , with the thrones of Heaven trembling at his PREFACE . ix.
Sida x
... description is , a person , who would turn the paffage into ridicule without quo- ting it , needed only tell his readers that this Bard made Neptune officiate as Coachman and Hoftler to Fa- ther Jupiter ; infift upon the abfurdity of ...
... description is , a person , who would turn the paffage into ridicule without quo- ting it , needed only tell his readers that this Bard made Neptune officiate as Coachman and Hoftler to Fa- ther Jupiter ; infift upon the abfurdity of ...
Sida xlii
... description men- tioned here have been admired , had thefe been met with in any of the writings of the Ancients ! So emi- nent , I will venture to say , are the facred Writers above all others in that majeftic fimplicity ; that awful ...
... description men- tioned here have been admired , had thefe been met with in any of the writings of the Ancients ! So emi- nent , I will venture to say , are the facred Writers above all others in that majeftic fimplicity ; that awful ...
Sida lxiii
... description which is characteristical of the Ode . Of the latter kind is the following piece of beautiful painting , to which no tran- flation can do justice : Γλαύκε αρα βαθυς γαρ η δη κυμασι ταράσσεται ποντος ακρα γυρεον ορπον ιςαται ...
... description which is characteristical of the Ode . Of the latter kind is the following piece of beautiful painting , to which no tran- flation can do justice : Γλαύκε αρα βαθυς γαρ η δη κυμασι ταράσσεται ποντος ακρα γυρεον ορπον ιςαται ...
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Sida xlvii - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Sida 46 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Sida ciii - True f wit i' nature to advantage drefs'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er fo well exprefs'd ; Something, whofe truth convinc'd at fight, we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Sida 113 - Nurs'd on the downy lap of ease, Fall prostrate at His throne : Ye princes, rulers, all adore ; Praise Him, ye kings, who makes your power An image of His own. Ye fair, by nature form'd to move, O praise th...
Sida 110 - Join, ye loud spheres, the vocal choir ; Thou dazzling orb of liquid fire, The mighty chorus aid : Soon as grey ev'ning gilds the plain, Thou, moon, protract the melting strain.
Sida 112 - To him, ye graceful cedars, bow; Ye towering mountains, bending low, Your great Creator own! Tell, when affrighted nature shook, How Sinai kindled at his look, And trembled at his frown. Ye flocks that haunt the humble vale, Ye insects fluttering on the gale.
Sida 110 - Ye fields of light, celestial plains, Where gay transporting beauty reigns, Ye scenes divinely fair ; Your Maker's wondrous power proclaim, Tell how he form'd your shining frame, And breath'd the fluid air. Ye angels, catch the thrilling sound ; While all th...
Sida xlii - And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, The floods stood upright as an heap, And the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Sida cxiv - But wrapt in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure : Know we what fortune yet remains behind ? Know we how long the present shall endure ? WIST.
Sida ix - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. In poets as true genius...