Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical PrefacesJohn Aikin Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row, 1820 - 807 pagine "The object of this work, which is entirely new, is to comprise, within a single volume, a chronological series of our classical poets, from Ben Johnson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of their authors. The contents of this volume are so comprehensive, that few poems, it is believed, are omitted, except such as are of secondary merit, or unsuited to the perusal of youth" -- Page [i]. |
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Pagina 27
... Earth with odours , fruits , and flocks , Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable , But all to please and sate the curious taste ? And set to work millions of spinning worms , That in their green - shops weave the smooth - hair'd silk ...
... Earth with odours , fruits , and flocks , Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable , But all to please and sate the curious taste ? And set to work millions of spinning worms , That in their green - shops weave the smooth - hair'd silk ...
Pagina 35
... earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation , with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet , Built like a temple , where pilasters round Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice ...
... earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation , with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet , Built like a temple , where pilasters round Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice ...
Pagina 46
... Earth the only peace Found out for mankind under wrath ! O thou My sole complacence ! well thou know'st how dear To me are all my works , nor Man the least , Though last created ; that for him I spare Thee from my bosom and right hand ...
... Earth the only peace Found out for mankind under wrath ! O thou My sole complacence ! well thou know'st how dear To me are all my works , nor Man the least , Though last created ; that for him I spare Thee from my bosom and right hand ...
Pagina 47
... Earth Up hither like aëreal vapours flew Of all things transitory and vain , when sin With vanity had fill'd the works of men ; Both all things vain , and all who in vain things Built their fond hopes of glory or lasting fame , Or ...
... Earth Up hither like aëreal vapours flew Of all things transitory and vain , when sin With vanity had fill'd the works of men ; Both all things vain , and all who in vain things Built their fond hopes of glory or lasting fame , Or ...
Pagina 49
... Earth : And oft , though wisdom wake , suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate , and to simplicity Resigns her charge , while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems : which now for once beguil'd Uriel , though regent of the Sun , and held ...
... Earth : And oft , though wisdom wake , suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate , and to simplicity Resigns her charge , while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems : which now for once beguil'd Uriel , though regent of the Sun , and held ...
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