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... poor apology for the satir- ist of any age , to say that he stooped to hu- mour its vilest taste , and could not ridicule vice and folly without degrading himself to buffoonery . † Upon the whole , we might regard the poetical feeling ...
... poor apology for the satir- ist of any age , to say that he stooped to hu- mour its vilest taste , and could not ridicule vice and folly without degrading himself to buffoonery . † Upon the whole , we might regard the poetical feeling ...
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... poor in language that his power of inte- resting the curiosity is entitled to admira- tion . We are told by critics that the passions may be allegorized , but that Holi- ness , Justice , and other such thin abstrac- tions of the mind ...
... poor in language that his power of inte- resting the curiosity is entitled to admira- tion . We are told by critics that the passions may be allegorized , but that Holi- ness , Justice , and other such thin abstrac- tions of the mind ...
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... poor shepherds , watching in the fields ; I not believe that the least flower which pranks Our garden borders , or our common banks , And the least stone , that in her warming lap Our mother earth doth covetously wrap , Hath some ...
... poor shepherds , watching in the fields ; I not believe that the least flower which pranks Our garden borders , or our common banks , And the least stone , that in her warming lap Our mother earth doth covetously wrap , Hath some ...
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... Poor himself , and struggling under the rich man's contumely , we may conceive it to have been the solace of his neglected existence to picture worth and magnanimity breaking through exter- nal disadvantages , and making their way to ...
... Poor himself , and struggling under the rich man's contumely , we may conceive it to have been the solace of his neglected existence to picture worth and magnanimity breaking through exter- nal disadvantages , and making their way to ...
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... poor picture . " In The resemblance of this poetical picture to Guido's Bacchus and Ariadne has been noticed by Mr. Seward in the preface to his edition of Beaumont and Fletcher . both representations the extended arms of the mourner ...
... poor picture . " In The resemblance of this poetical picture to Guido's Bacchus and Ariadne has been noticed by Mr. Seward in the preface to his edition of Beaumont and Fletcher . both representations the extended arms of the mourner ...
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Page 337 - 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. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, — How...
Page 262 - GOING TO THE WARS Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 203 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 262 - I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, And glories of my King; When I shall voice aloud how good He is, how great should be, Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty.
Page 281 - That age is best, which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry.
Page 541 - On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Page 542 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Page 311 - And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred, and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss I never heard till now.
Page 137 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O, no ! it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of...
Page 352 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages cursed; 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.