The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller ...J. Sharpe, 1806 |
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... mortal fire , The conquer'd ocean could not make expire ; Nor angry Thetis raise her waves above The ' heroic Prince's courage or his love : " Twas indignation , and not fear he felt , The shrine should perish where that image dwelt ...
... mortal fire , The conquer'd ocean could not make expire ; Nor angry Thetis raise her waves above The ' heroic Prince's courage or his love : " Twas indignation , and not fear he felt , The shrine should perish where that image dwelt ...
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... mortal with her deathless bed , And that his living eyes such beauty fed : Had she been there , untimely joy through all Men's hearts diffus'd , had marr'd the funeral . Those eyes were made to banish grief : as well Bright Phoebus ...
... mortal with her deathless bed , And that his living eyes such beauty fed : Had she been there , untimely joy through all Men's hearts diffus'd , had marr'd the funeral . Those eyes were made to banish grief : as well Bright Phoebus ...
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... mortal - making stars did shine , That there they cannot but for ever prove The monument and pledge of humble love ; His humble love whose hope shall ne'er rise higher , Than for a pardon that he dares admire . OF THE LADY WHO CAN SLEEP ...
... mortal - making stars did shine , That there they cannot but for ever prove The monument and pledge of humble love ; His humble love whose hope shall ne'er rise higher , Than for a pardon that he dares admire . OF THE LADY WHO CAN SLEEP ...
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... mortal parts , but these our soul ! Let her free spirit , whose unconquer'd breast Holds such deep quiet and untroubled rest , Know that though Venus and her son should spare Her rebel heart , and never teach her care , Yet Hymen may in ...
... mortal parts , but these our soul ! Let her free spirit , whose unconquer'd breast Holds such deep quiet and untroubled rest , Know that though Venus and her son should spare Her rebel heart , and never teach her care , Yet Hymen may in ...
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... mortal dame , None but those eyes could have o'erthrown ; The nymph I dare not , need not name , So high , so like herself alone . Thus the tall oak , which now aspires Above the fear of private fires , Grown and design'd for nobler use ...
... mortal dame , None but those eyes could have o'erthrown ; The nymph I dare not , need not name , So high , so like herself alone . Thus the tall oak , which now aspires Above the fear of private fires , Grown and design'd for nobler use ...
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admire Æneas Amoret arms beauty blest blood bold born bounty brave breast bright CANTO charms Chloris clouds command confin'd COUNTESS OF CARLISLE courage court crown'd dame death delight divine doth Duke Earl Earl of Clarendon's English eyes fair fame fancy fate fear fierce fire flame fleet foes friends fury give Gloriana glorious glory grac'd grace hand happy hath heart Heav'n honour hope Jove King Charles lady Lady Anne Hyde Laomedon light live Lord Lord Roscommon Lucretius lute MAID'S TRAGEDY matchless mind mortals Muse noble nobler numbers nymph o'er once passion peace Phoebus plac'd poem poets pow'r praise pride princes Queen rage royal rude Sacharissa's sacred shade shine ship sing song soul sweet sword taught tempest thee Theseus Thetis things thou thought tremble triumph Venus verse vex'd victorious virtue Waller wind wonder wound youth
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Page 59 - ON A GIRDLE THAT which her slender waist confined Shall now my joyful temples bind : No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done.
Page 68 - 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 small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Page 151 - Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 137 - Falkland, a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight in conversation, of so flowing and obliging a humanity and goodness to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity and integrity of life, that if there were no other brand upon this odious and accursed civil war than that single loss, i" must be most infamous and execrable to all posterity.
Page 68 - 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.
Page 122 - For the kind spring which but salutes us here, Inhabits there and courts them all the year ; Ripe fruits and blossoms on the same trees live, At once they promise what at once they give ; So sweet the air, so moderate the clime, None sickly lives or dies before his time ; Heaven sure has kept this spot of earth uncurst To show how all things were created first.
Page 90 - From hence he does that antique Pile behold, Where Royal heads receive the sacred gold; It gives them Crowns, and does their ashes keep; There made like gods, like mortals there they sleep Making the circle of their Reign complete, 95 Those Suns of Empire, where they rise they set...
Page 64 - IT is not that I love yon less, Than when before your feet I lay ; But to prevent the sad increase Of hopeless love, I keep away. In vain, alas ! for every thing, Which I have known belong to you, Your form does to my fancy bring, And makes my old wounds bleed anew.
Page 88 - Beneath a shoal of silver fishes glides, And plays about the gilded barges' sides : The ladies angling in the crystal lake, Feast on the waters with the prey they take : At once victorious with their lines and eyes, They make the fishes and the men their prize.
Page 44 - While with a strong and yet a gentle hand, You bridle faction, and our hearts command, Protect us from ourselves, and from the foe, Make us unite, and make us conquer too; Let partial spirits still aloud complain, Think themselves injured that they cannot reign, And own no liberty but where they may Without control upon their fellows prey.