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... leave to put his Paradise Lost into a drama in rhyme . Mr. Milton received him civilly , and told him he would give him leave to tag his verses . " 1 At this meeting surely the smaller man stands forth in the better light : Dryden in ...
... leave to put his Paradise Lost into a drama in rhyme . Mr. Milton received him civilly , and told him he would give him leave to tag his verses . " 1 At this meeting surely the smaller man stands forth in the better light : Dryden in ...
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... leave their temples empty to the foe . At length the Muses stand , restor❜d again To that great charge which Nature ... leaves his light and by reflection shines . Justice , that sits and frowns where public laws Exclude soft Mercy from ...
... leave their temples empty to the foe . At length the Muses stand , restor❜d again To that great charge which Nature ... leaves his light and by reflection shines . Justice , that sits and frowns where public laws Exclude soft Mercy from ...
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... leave to tell you , that as I have endeavor'd to adorn it with noble thoughts , so much more to express those thoughts with elocution . The composi- tion of all poems is , or ought to be , of wit ; and wit in the poet , or wit writing ...
... leave to tell you , that as I have endeavor'd to adorn it with noble thoughts , so much more to express those thoughts with elocution . The composi- tion of all poems is , or ought to be , of wit ; and wit in the poet , or wit writing ...
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... leave Virgil , I must own the vanity to tell you , and by you the world , that he has been my master in this poem : I have follow'd him everywhere , I know not with what success , but I am sure with diligence enough : my images are many ...
... leave Virgil , I must own the vanity to tell you , and by you the world , that he has been my master in this poem : I have follow'd him everywhere , I know not with what success , but I am sure with diligence enough : my images are many ...
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... Leaving our southern clime , you march'd along The stubborn North , ten thousand Cupids strong . Like commons the ... leave my poem to you with all its faults , which I hope to find fewer in the printing by your emendations . I know ...
... Leaving our southern clime , you march'd along The stubborn North , ten thousand Cupids strong . Like commons the ... leave my poem to you with all its faults , which I hope to find fewer in the printing by your emendations . I know ...
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Page 253 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Page 175 - O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more? It might (what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.
Page 111 - Pleased with the danger when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast his wit.
Page 403 - Chase from our minds th' infernal foe, And peace, the fruit of love, bestow; And, lest our feet should step astray, Protect and guide us in the way. Make us eternal truths receive, And practise all that we believe: Give us Thyself, that we may see The Father, and the Son, by Thee.
Page 253 - But Oh! what art can teach, What human voice can reach The sacred organ's praise? Notes inspiring holy love, Notes that wing their heavenly ways To mend the choirs above.
Page 134 - Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace, And blest with issue of a large increase...
Page 90 - The third way is that of imitation, where the translator (if now he has not lost that name) assumes the liberty not only to vary from the words and sense, but to forsake them both, as he sees occasion : and taking only some general hints from the original, to run division on the ground-work, as he pleases.
Page 252 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead. Then cold and hot and moist and dry In order to their stations leap, And Music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 174 - Farewell, too little and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own: For sure our souls were near allied, and thine Cast in the same poetic mold with mine.
Page 111 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, 15o A name to all succeeding ages curst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit, Restless, unfix'd in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay.