The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volume 301790 |
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... ftreams of fire the air they streak , And hurl deftruction round them where they break , The skies with long ascending flames are bright , And all the fea reflects a quivering light . Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills ...
... ftreams of fire the air they streak , And hurl deftruction round them where they break , The skies with long ascending flames are bright , And all the fea reflects a quivering light . Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills ...
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... waste the swarms , and as they fly along Convey the tender morfels to their young . VOL . XXX . C Let purling ftreams , and fountains edg'd with mofs , [ 17 ] Tranflation of all Virgil's Fourth Georgic, cept the Story of Aristæus.
... waste the swarms , and as they fly along Convey the tender morfels to their young . VOL . XXX . C Let purling ftreams , and fountains edg'd with mofs , [ 17 ] Tranflation of all Virgil's Fourth Georgic, cept the Story of Aristæus.
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English poets. Let purling ftreams , and fountains edg'd with mofs , And shallow rills , run trickling through the grass ; Let branching olives o'er the fountain grow , Or palms fhoot up , and shade the streams below ; That when the ...
English poets. Let purling ftreams , and fountains edg'd with mofs , And shallow rills , run trickling through the grass ; Let branching olives o'er the fountain grow , Or palms fhoot up , and shade the streams below ; That when the ...
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... ftream : And thus they feed their young with ftrange delight , And knead the yielding wax , and work the flimy sweet . But when on high you fee the bees repair , Borne on the wind , through diftant tracts of air , And view the winged ...
... ftream : And thus they feed their young with ftrange delight , And knead the yielding wax , and work the flimy sweet . But when on high you fee the bees repair , Borne on the wind , through diftant tracts of air , And view the winged ...
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... ftream in watry mazes flows . Take plenty of its roots , and boil them well In wine , and heap them up before the cell . But if the whole stock fail , and none furvive ; To raise new people , and recruit the hive , I'll here the great ...
... ftream in watry mazes flows . Take plenty of its roots , and boil them well In wine , and heap them up before the cell . But if the whole stock fail , and none furvive ; To raise new people , and recruit the hive , I'll here the great ...
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ÆNEID æther againſt amidſt arms atque behold blood bluſhes breaſt Britiſh Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe death DECIUS deſcribed deſcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fhall fhining fide fight fire firft firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftorms ftreams ftrength fubject fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf Jove JUBA laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet PORTIUS praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife riſe Roman Rome ſcenes ſee SEMPRONIUS ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſuch SYPHAX tears thee theſe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder toils verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue Whilft winds wiſh youth
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Page 232 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 338 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Page 236 - Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around...
Page 232 - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Page 337 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 284 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Page 259 - And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome" Our father's death Would fill up all the guilt of civil war, And close the scene of blood.
Page 117 - Their stated course, and leave the beaten track. The youth was in a maze, nor did he know Which way to turn the reins, or where to go ; Nor wou'd the horses, had he known, obey.
Page 233 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Page 261 - Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors : Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search : Nor sees with how much art the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends.