Poems on Several Subjects, Volym 2G. Pearch, 1769 - 162 sidor |
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Sida xxiii
... once to the oppofite extreme . For this reafon perhaps it is , that young authors , who poffefs fome degree of Genius , affect on all occafions a florid manner , and clothe their fentiments in the dress of imagery . To them nothing ...
... once to the oppofite extreme . For this reafon perhaps it is , that young authors , who poffefs fome degree of Genius , affect on all occafions a florid manner , and clothe their fentiments in the dress of imagery . To them nothing ...
Sida xxxi
... once to a state of greater perfection by the perfons who introduced it , than it could have arrived at in a more improved and enlightened æra . You will obferve , my Lord , that these circumstances were all of them unfavourable to Lyric ...
... once to a state of greater perfection by the perfons who introduced it , than it could have arrived at in a more improved and enlightened æra . You will obferve , my Lord , that these circumstances were all of them unfavourable to Lyric ...
Sida xl
... once arreft the attention , and be im- preffed upon the memory . — This , according to Aristotle , was the first dress in which Poetry made its appearance . You will , my Lord , I make no queftion , readily ac- knowledge , that in all ...
... once arreft the attention , and be im- preffed upon the memory . — This , according to Aristotle , was the first dress in which Poetry made its appearance . You will , my Lord , I make no queftion , readily ac- knowledge , that in all ...
Sida xliv
... once to a state of matu- rity , among a people confecrated to the fervice of GOD . Among the examples of this kind , which thefe may be prefumed to have left for imitation in Egypt , it is pro- bable that ingenious Foreigners ...
... once to a state of matu- rity , among a people confecrated to the fervice of GOD . Among the examples of this kind , which thefe may be prefumed to have left for imitation in Egypt , it is pro- bable that ingenious Foreigners ...
Sida xlvi
... once a vehicle to convey the principles of Science . MUSEUS , the pupil of Orpheus , who carried on the fame design with his Mafter , is faid to have been the Priest of Ceres at Athens ; near which city he sung his verses , in a place ...
... once a vehicle to convey the principles of Science . MUSEUS , the pupil of Orpheus , who carried on the fame design with his Mafter , is faid to have been the Priest of Ceres at Athens ; near which city he sung his verses , in a place ...
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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...