The Works of the English Poets: AddisonSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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Æneids arms atque beauty behold bleſt boſom bright Cæfar caſt Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe death DECIUS deſcription deſign diſtant eaſe Ev'n eyes faid falſe fame fate father fight fire firſt fome forrows foul friends fuch Georgic gods grief heart heaven itſelf Jove JUBA juſt laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS mighty moſt Muſe muſt numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion paſſion Pentheus pleaſing pleaſure Poem Poet PORTIUS praiſe prince rage raiſe reſt rife riſe Roman Rome ſays ſcenes ſcorn ſecret ſee ſeen SEMPRONIUS ſenſe ſet ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſmiles ſome ſpeak ſpeech ſpoke ſpread ſpring ſtage ſtand ſtars ſtate ſteeds ſtill ſtood ſtorm ſtory ſtrains ſtreams ſtrength ſtroke ſubject ſuch ſwell ſword SYPHAX tears thee theſe thoſe thou thought thunder verſe view'd Virgil virtue waſte whilst whoſe youth
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Página 211 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 215 - Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around...
Página 289 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Página 289 - Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into...
Página 41 - Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours pray'r.
Página 211 - To all my weak complaints and cries, Thy mercy lent an ear, Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learn'd To form themselves in pray'r. Unnumber'd comforts to my soul Thy tender care bestow'd, Before my infant heart conceiv'd From whom those comforts flow'd. When, in the slipp'ry paths of youth, With heedless steps, I ran, Thine arm, unseen, convey'd me safe, And led me up to man.
Página 149 - And each by turns his aking heart assails. As he thus ponders, he behind him spies His opening hounds, and now he hears their cries: A generous pack, or to maintain the chase, Or snuff the vapour from the scented grass.
Página 265 - Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. — Thou must not go, my soul still hovers o'er thee, And can't get loose.
Página 271 - Remember, O my friends, the laws, the rights, The generous plan of power deliver'd down, From age to age, by your renown'd forefathers, (So dearly bought, the price of so much blood) O let it never perish in your hands ! But piously transmit it to your children.
Página 211 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.