PoemsJohnson, 1810 - 597 páginas |
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... arms my passions rose , And cast away her yoke . Mary then , and gentle Anne , both to reign at once began ; alternately they sway'd , and sometimes Mary was the fair , and sometimes Anne the crown did wear , and sometimes both I obey'd ...
... arms my passions rose , And cast away her yoke . Mary then , and gentle Anne , both to reign at once began ; alternately they sway'd , and sometimes Mary was the fair , and sometimes Anne the crown did wear , and sometimes both I obey'd ...
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... arm'd with a resistless flame , and th ' artillery of her eye , whilst she proudly march'd about , greater conquests to find out , she beat out Susan by the bye . But in her place I then obey'd black - ey'd Bess , her viceroy maid , to ...
... arm'd with a resistless flame , and th ' artillery of her eye , whilst she proudly march'd about , greater conquests to find out , she beat out Susan by the bye . But in her place I then obey'd black - ey'd Bess , her viceroy maid , to ...
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... arms , the gaudy heav'nly bow . Swift as light thoughts their empty career run , thy race is finish'd when begun ; let a post - angel start with thee , and thou the goal of earth shalt reach as soon as he . Thou in the moon's bright ...
... arms , the gaudy heav'nly bow . Swift as light thoughts their empty career run , thy race is finish'd when begun ; let a post - angel start with thee , and thou the goal of earth shalt reach as soon as he . Thou in the moon's bright ...
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... . It grieves me when I see what fate does on the best of mankind wait . Poets , or lovers , let them be , ' t is neither love nor poesy can arm against death's smallest dart the poet's head , 3 * ELEGY ON ANACREON . 27.
... . It grieves me when I see what fate does on the best of mankind wait . Poets , or lovers , let them be , ' t is neither love nor poesy can arm against death's smallest dart the poet's head , 3 * ELEGY ON ANACREON . 27.
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Joseph Addison. can arm against death's smallest dart the poet's head , or lover's heart . But , when their life , in it's decline , touches th ' inevitable line , all the world's mortal to ' em then , as wine is aconite to men . Nay ...
Joseph Addison. can arm against death's smallest dart the poet's head , or lover's heart . But , when their life , in it's decline , touches th ' inevitable line , all the world's mortal to ' em then , as wine is aconite to men . Nay ...
Términos y frases comunes
Addison Anacreon beauty behold blessings blind driver blood bold brave breast bright Cæsar Cato Cato's chaos-like charms courser crown'd death dost dreadful Dryden e'er envy ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate father fear flame floods fools fortune give gods grace Granville grief groves happy hast hear heart heaven honour hope Hudibras immortal Juba king live lord Lord Halifax lov'd Lucia lyre maid Marc Marcia Marcus mighty mind mortal Muse nature ne'er never numbers Numidian nymph o'er once pain passion peace Pharsalia plain pleasure poets poison'd Portius pow'r praise pride prince rage rise Roman Roman senate Rome sacred scenes Sempronius shades shew shine skies smile soft song soul sound stream sung sweet swells Syph Syphax tears thee thine thou thoughts Timotheus trembling verse virgin train virtue weep winds youth
Pasajes populares
Página 23 - On the bare earth exposed he lies With not a friend to close his eyes. — With downcast looks the joyless victor sate Revolving in his alter'd soul The various turns of Chance below; And now and then a sigh he stole And tears began to flow.
Página 22 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes ! Sound the trumpets, beat the...
Página 82 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Página 12 - Go lovely rose, Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows When I resemble her to thee How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide Thou must have uncommended died.
Página 23 - And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — the style is excellent; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found...
Página 6 - Cooper's Hill, My eye, descending from the Hill, surveys Where Thames among the wanton valleys strays ; Thames ! the most loved of all the Ocean's sons, By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity. Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold, His genuine and less guilty wealth t...
Página 15 - Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose. Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Página 24 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Página 21 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Página 19 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.