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Page 43
... communicate delight to others ; which is the main end of poesy . One may see through the style of Ovid 2 Stat . Theb . lib . 1. 416. 3 Cic . de Clar . Orator . § 331 . de Trist . the humble and dejected condition of spirit PREFACE . 43.
... communicate delight to others ; which is the main end of poesy . One may see through the style of Ovid 2 Stat . Theb . lib . 1. 416. 3 Cic . de Clar . Orator . § 331 . de Trist . the humble and dejected condition of spirit PREFACE . 43.
Page 44
... Ovid at Rome , it is but , as he says of Niobe , 5 In vultu color est sine sanguine : lumina moestis Stant immota genis : nihil est in imagine vivum.— Flet tamen- The truth is , for a man to write well , it is necessary to be in good ...
... Ovid at Rome , it is but , as he says of Niobe , 5 In vultu color est sine sanguine : lumina moestis Stant immota genis : nihil est in imagine vivum.— Flet tamen- The truth is , for a man to write well , it is necessary to be in good ...
Page 61
... Ovid had a lasting home , Better than thou could'st give , ungrateful Rome ! And Lucan ( spite of Nero ) in each vein Had every drop of his spilt blood again : Homer , Sol's first - born , was not poor or blind , But saw as well in body ...
... Ovid had a lasting home , Better than thou could'st give , ungrateful Rome ! And Lucan ( spite of Nero ) in each vein Had every drop of his spilt blood again : Homer , Sol's first - born , was not poor or blind , But saw as well in body ...
Page 66
... dainties of philosophy ; In Ovid's nut I shall not find The taste once pleased me . O tell me not of logic's diverse cheer ! I shall begin to loathe our crambo here , Tell me not how the waves appear Of Cam , 66 COWLEY'S POEMS .
... dainties of philosophy ; In Ovid's nut I shall not find The taste once pleased me . O tell me not of logic's diverse cheer ! I shall begin to loathe our crambo here , Tell me not how the waves appear Of Cam , 66 COWLEY'S POEMS .
Page 89
... Ovid and Horace , all the chiming crew ; Homer himself went with them too ; Hardly escap'd the sacred ' Mantuan book : I my own offspring , like Agave , tore , And I resolv'd , nay , and I think I swore , That I no more the ground would ...
... Ovid and Horace , all the chiming crew ; Homer himself went with them too ; Hardly escap'd the sacred ' Mantuan book : I my own offspring , like Agave , tore , And I resolv'd , nay , and I think I swore , That I no more the ground would ...
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