Jerusalem Delivered: An Heroic Poem, Volume 1Pub. and sold by Edward Little & Company ; Exeter, [N.H.], 1810 |
Parole e frasi comuni
ÆNEID Aladine appear'd Argantes Armida armour arms band Behold beneath Bernardo Tasso blood bosom breast camp ceas'd charms chief Christian Circassian Clorinda conceal'd confess'd conquest courser cry'd dame dare death deeds dire display'd dreadful duke duke of Mantua e'en eager Erminia eyes faithful faithful bands falchion fame fate fear field fierce fight fir'd flame flies force fury gain'd glorious glory Godfrey Guelpho hand haste heart Heaven honour host impious inspir'd JERUSALEM DELIVERED join'd king land Latian leader limbs maid martial midst mighty mind Naples night numbers o'er Pagan Pagan band pious plain poem press'd prince prince of Salerno pursu'd rage rais'd reveal'd Rinaldo Saracens seem'd shade shame shield sight skies slain Solyman soon soul spoke stay'd steed steel stood sudden sword Tancred Tasso thee thence thine thou thoughts troops turn'd valour view'd Voltaire warrior words wound wrath yield youth
Brani popolari
Pagina 206 - And temperate vapours bland, which the only sound Of leaves and fuming rills, Aurora's fan Lightly dispersed, and the shrill matin song Of birds on every bough : so much the more His wonder was to find...
Pagina 4 - Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing ! The meaning, not the name, I call ; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but heavenly born, Before the hills appear'd or fountain flow'd, Thou with eternal Wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy sister, and with her didst play In presence of the Almighty Father, pleased With thy celestial song.
Pagina 4 - Descend from Heav'n Urania, by that name if rightly thou art call'd, whose Voice divine following, above th' Olympian Hill I soare, above the flight of Pegasean wing. The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top of old Olympus dwell'st, but...
Pagina 76 - When now the sun ascends the ethereal way, And strikes the dusty field with warmer ray; Behold, Jerusalem in prospect lies! Behold, Jerusalem salutes their eyes! At once a thousand tongues repeat the name, And hail Jerusalem with loud acclaim!
Pagina 77 - Each took the example as their chieftains led, With naked feet the hallowed soil they tread ; Each throws his martial ornaments aside, The crested helmets with their plumy pride ; To humble thoughts their lofty hearts they bend, And down their cheeks the pious tears descend.
Pagina xl - Rome,f and the old prince of Conca dying about this time, the young count of Palena prevailed upon Tasso, by the mediation of Manso, to accept of an apartment in his palace. Here he applied himself to a correction of his JERUSALEM, or rather to compose a new work entitled JERUSALEM CONQUERED, which he had begun during his first residence at Naples.
Pagina xxi - n portar l'aure fugaci, Ch'io giunger non dovea più volto a volto Fra quelle braccia accolto Con nodi cosi stretti e si tenaci! Lasso! e seguii con mal sicure piante, Qual Ascanio o Cammilla, il padre errante.
Pagina 75 - Now from the golden East the zephyrs borne, Proclaimed with balmy gales the approach of morn; And fair Aurora decked her radiant head With roses cropp'd from Eden's flowery bed; When from the sounding camp was heard afar The noise of troops preparing for the war: To this succeed the trumpet's loud alarms, And rouse, with shriller notes, the host to arms.
Pagina 54 - Yet seem'd Olindo like a man to moan, Who wept another's sufferings, not his own ; While silent she, and fix'd on heaven her eyes, Already seem'd to claim her kindred skies.
Pagina xx - Homer's, was •afterwards disputed by several cities that claimed the honour of it : but it seems undeniably proved that he was born at Sorrento. Historians relate incredible things of his early and promising genius : they tell us, that, at six months old, he not only spoke and pronounced his...