The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the AuthorB. Johnson, J. Johnson and R. Johnson, 1805 - 132 sidor |
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Sida 53
... breathe in distant fields a purer air ; And , fix'd on Cambria's solitary shore , Give to St. David one true Briton more . For who would leave , unbrib'd , Hibernia's land , Or change the rocks of Scotland for the Strand ? There none ...
... breathe in distant fields a purer air ; And , fix'd on Cambria's solitary shore , Give to St. David one true Briton more . For who would leave , unbrib'd , Hibernia's land , Or change the rocks of Scotland for the Strand ? There none ...
Sida 89
... breathe polluted air , And shiver on a blasted plain . What bliss to life can Autumn yield , If glooms , and showers , and storms prevail ; And Ceres flies the naked field , And flowers , and fruits , and Phoebus fail ? Oh ! what ...
... breathe polluted air , And shiver on a blasted plain . What bliss to life can Autumn yield , If glooms , and showers , and storms prevail ; And Ceres flies the naked field , And flowers , and fruits , and Phoebus fail ? Oh ! what ...
Sida 126
... breathe in every gale : Far hence are banish'd vapours , spleen , and tears , Tea , scandal , ivory teeth , and languid airs ; No pug , nor favourite Cupid there enjoys , The balmy kiss for which poor Thyrsis dies ; Form'd to delight ...
... breathe in every gale : Far hence are banish'd vapours , spleen , and tears , Tea , scandal , ivory teeth , and languid airs ; No pug , nor favourite Cupid there enjoys , The balmy kiss for which poor Thyrsis dies ; Form'd to delight ...
Sida 19
... breathing Nature lives in every line ; Chaste and subdu'd the modest lights decay , Steal into shades and mildly melt away . -And see ! where Anthony * , in tears approv'd , Guards the pale relics of the chief he lov'd : O'er the cold ...
... breathing Nature lives in every line ; Chaste and subdu'd the modest lights decay , Steal into shades and mildly melt away . -And see ! where Anthony * , in tears approv'd , Guards the pale relics of the chief he lov'd : O'er the cold ...
Sida 19
... breathing spring . No wailing ghost shall dare appear , To vex with shrieks this quiet grove , But shepherd - lads assemble here , And melting virgins own their love . No wither'd witch shall here be seen , No goblins lead their nightly ...
... breathing spring . No wailing ghost shall dare appear , To vex with shrieks this quiet grove , But shepherd - lads assemble here , And melting virgins own their love . No wither'd witch shall here be seen , No goblins lead their nightly ...
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ANTISTROPHE bard beauty Behold bless bosom breast breathe charms Circassia Collins death delight e'en ECLOGUE English language ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flowers foes Garrick genius Gentleman's Magazine gold golden reign grace grief grove happy hear heart heaven honour hope hour Johnson Juvenal kings language light literary live Lord Lord Chesterfield lov'd lover lyre maid maze of fate merit Metastasio mind mirth moral mournful Murphy muse myrtle nature nature's night numbers Nymph o'er passions peaceful Pity plain pleasure poem poet poetical pow'r praise pride rage Rambler Rasselas reign Rio verde rise Samuel Johnson SATIRE OF JUVENAL scarce scenes scorn shade shews shine sighs sing Sir John Hawkins skies smile soft sooth soul spreads Spring Stella sweet thee thine thou thought Thrale toil truth vale verse virtue virtue's voice wealth wild wise writings youth
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Sida 22 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help...
Sida 21 - is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Sida 67 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She called on Echo still, through all the song : And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair.
Sida 19 - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring ' Each opening sweet, of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing Spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove ; But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No...
Sida 69 - Tis said, and I believe the tale, Thy humblest reed could more prevail Had more of strength, diviner rage, Than all which charms this laggard age...
Sida 58 - With every wild absurdity comply, And view each object with another's eye ; To shake with laughter ere the jest they hear, To pour at will the counterfeited tear ; And, as their patron hints the cold or heat, To shake in dogdays, in December sweat. How, when competitors like these contend, Can surly Virtue hope to fix a friend...
Sida 58 - If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste eve, to soothe thy modest ear. Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales...
Sida 80 - Ah ! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Sida 99 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Sida 68 - Speak thou, whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent? For why did Wolsey near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th