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... Muse An- glicana . It has been currently reported , that this fa- mous French poet , among the civilities he shewed Mr. Addison on that occasion , affirmed , that he would not have written against Perrault , had he before seen such ...
... Muse An- glicana . It has been currently reported , that this fa- mous French poet , among the civilities he shewed Mr. Addison on that occasion , affirmed , that he would not have written against Perrault , had he before seen such ...
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... Muse hath stay'd , And left her debt to Addison unpaid ; Blame not her silence , Warwick , but bemoan , And judge , oh , judge , my bosom , by your own . What mourner ever felt poetic fires ! Slow comes the verse that real woe inspires ...
... Muse hath stay'd , And left her debt to Addison unpaid ; Blame not her silence , Warwick , but bemoan , And judge , oh , judge , my bosom , by your own . What mourner ever felt poetic fires ! Slow comes the verse that real woe inspires ...
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... more the summer in thy glooms allay'd , Thy evening breezes , and thy noon - day shade . From other ills , however fortune frown'd , Some refuge in the muse's art I found : xxii Reluctant now I touch the trembling string , Bereft.
... more the summer in thy glooms allay'd , Thy evening breezes , and thy noon - day shade . From other ills , however fortune frown'd , Some refuge in the muse's art I found : xxii Reluctant now I touch the trembling string , Bereft.
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... muse betrays The Roman genius in its last decays . Prevailing warmth has still thy mind possest , And second youth is kindled in thy breast ; Thou mak'st the beauties of the Romans known , b And England boasts of riches not her own ...
... muse betrays The Roman genius in its last decays . Prevailing warmth has still thy mind possest , And second youth is kindled in thy breast ; Thou mak'st the beauties of the Romans known , b And England boasts of riches not her own ...
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... muse the noble task prolong . " • reveal ― tell . ] Bad rhymes . There are other instances in this short poem ; and in general Mr. Addison was a bad rhymist . A POEM TO HIS MAJESTY . PRESENTED TO THE LORD 4 POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS .
... muse the noble task prolong . " • reveal ― tell . ] Bad rhymes . There are other instances in this short poem ; and in general Mr. Addison was a bad rhymist . A POEM TO HIS MAJESTY . PRESENTED TO THE LORD 4 POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS .
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Page 211 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 43 - Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train; Eas'd of her load, subjection grows more light, And poverty looks cheerful in thy sight: Thou mak'st the gloomy face of nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure to the day.
Page 221 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But well do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Page 45 - I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain.
Page 183 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Page 287 - ... there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when ! or where ! — This world was made for Caesar.
Page 109 - The man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours, and tumultuous cries : The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Page 246 - The gods, in bounty, work up storms about us, That give mankind occasion to exert Their hidden strength, and throw out into practice Virtues, which shun the day, and lie conceal'd In the smooth seasons and the calms of life.
Page 227 - Syphax your zeal becomes importunate ; I've hitherto permitted it to rave, And talk at large ; but learn to keep it in, Lest it should take more freedom than I'll give it.
Page 287 - Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man, Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it.