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... fink , by her to different climes affign'd , And only leave fome worthless weeds behind ! Say ! why in Greece , unrival'd and alone , 195 The Sovereign Poet grac'd his Epic throne ? Why did the realm that echoed his renown , Produce no ...
... fink , by her to different climes affign'd , And only leave fome worthless weeds behind ! Say ! why in Greece , unrival'd and alone , 195 The Sovereign Poet grac'd his Epic throne ? Why did the realm that echoed his renown , Produce no ...
Pagina 15
... fink the monarch they pretend to serve .. No ! of their value higher far I deem And prize their useful toil with fond esteem . ; 255 260 265 270 * Ver . 257. See NOTE VI . When When LowTH's firm fpirit leads him to explore The hallow'd ...
... fink the monarch they pretend to serve .. No ! of their value higher far I deem And prize their useful toil with fond esteem . ; 255 260 265 270 * Ver . 257. See NOTE VI . When When LowTH's firm fpirit leads him to explore The hallow'd ...
Pagina 16
... 290 The inborn vigor of your fouls defend , Nor lean too fondly on the firmest friend ! Genius may fink on Criticifm's breast , By weak dependance on her truth oppreft , 9 Eleep Sleep on her lap , and stretch his lifeless length [ 16 ]
... 290 The inborn vigor of your fouls defend , Nor lean too fondly on the firmest friend ! Genius may fink on Criticifm's breast , By weak dependance on her truth oppreft , 9 Eleep Sleep on her lap , and stretch his lifeless length [ 16 ]
Pagina 23
... fink in dumb defpair , Unbleft , uncherish'd by thy cheering care . Nor let the Bard , elate with youthful fire , When Fancy to his hand presents the lyre , When her ftrong plumes his foaring spirit lift , 420 425 430 When Friendship ...
... fink in dumb defpair , Unbleft , uncherish'd by thy cheering care . Nor let the Bard , elate with youthful fire , When Fancy to his hand presents the lyre , When her ftrong plumes his foaring spirit lift , 420 425 430 When Friendship ...
Pagina 49
... fink and now afcend , Wherever Thought can pierce or Life extend ; In his wide circuit from Hell's drear abyfs , Thro ' purifying scenes to realms of perfect bliss , He feems begirt with all that airy throng , Who brighten or debase the ...
... fink and now afcend , Wherever Thought can pierce or Life extend ; In his wide circuit from Hell's drear abyfs , Thro ' purifying scenes to realms of perfect bliss , He feems begirt with all that airy throng , Who brighten or debase the ...
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Pagina 194 - Caron dimonio con occhi di bragia Loro accennando tutte le raccoglie ; Batte col remo qualunque s
Pagina 134 - ... that philosophical, that geometrical, and systematical spirit so much in vogue, which has spread itself from the sciences even into polite literature, by consulting only reason, has not diminished and destroyed sentiment ; and made our poets write from and to the head, rather than the heart...
Pagina 192 - Ed ecco verso noi venir per nave Un vecchio, bianco per antico pelo, Gridando: Guai a voi, anime prave: Non isperate mai veder lo cielo: l' vegno per menarvi all' altra riva Nelle tenebre eterne, in caldo e in gielo. E tu, che se' costì, anima viva, Partiti da cotesti che son morti.
Pagina 92 - And turn'd each fairer image in his brain To blank confusion and her crazy train, 'Twas thine, with constant love, through...
Pagina 294 - ... late critics have taken with them), I know not what other expedients the epic poet might have...
Pagina 184 - Di questo impedimento ov' io ti mando, Si che duro giudicio lassù frange. Questa chiese Lucia in suo dimando, K disse: Or abbisogna il tuo fedele Di te, ed io a te lo raccomando. Lucia, nimica -di ciascun crudele, Si mosse, e venne al loco dov
Pagina 120 - Milton was the emulator of both. He found Homer possessed of the province of MORALITY ; Virgil of POLITICS : and nothing left for him, but that of RELIGION.
Pagina 172 - Guardai in alto e vidi le sue spalle Vestite già de' raggi del pianeta Che mena dritto altrui per ogni calle.
Pagina 57 - NAVAL POET'S laureate head. Ye Nymphs of Tagus, from your golden cell, That caught the echo of his tuneful...
Pagina 211 - Voltaire himself and others, but the positive en:husiasm and the omission of any real negative criticism are new. Indeed, after making these statements, Hayley proceeds to translate almost 900 lines of the poem. The Essay on Epic Poetry soon came to be regarded...