The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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... bright original . Now Ovid boasts the advantage of thy song , And tells his story in the British tongue ; Thy charming verse , 2 and fair translations , show How thy own laurel first began to grow ; How wild Lycaon , changed by angry ...
... bright original . Now Ovid boasts the advantage of thy song , And tells his story in the British tongue ; Thy charming verse , 2 and fair translations , show How thy own laurel first began to grow ; How wild Lycaon , changed by angry ...
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... bright , And all the sea reflects a quivering light . pours Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills heaven with ashes , and the earth with smoke ; Here crags of broken rocks are twirled on high , Here molten stones and ...
... bright , And all the sea reflects a quivering light . pours Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills heaven with ashes , and the earth with smoke ; Here crags of broken rocks are twirled on high , Here molten stones and ...
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... bright , and glitter in their wings ; Others look loathsome and diseased with sloth , Like a faint traveller , whose dusty mouth Grows dry with heat , and spits a mawkish froth . The first are best- From their o'erflowing combs you'll ...
... bright , and glitter in their wings ; Others look loathsome and diseased with sloth , Like a faint traveller , whose dusty mouth Grows dry with heat , and spits a mawkish froth . The first are best- From their o'erflowing combs you'll ...
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... bright Cecilia's name , their lays ; The organ labours in her praise . Cecilia's name does all our numbers grace , From every voice the tuneful accents fly , In soaring trebles now it rises high , And now it sinks , and dwells upon the ...
... bright Cecilia's name , their lays ; The organ labours in her praise . Cecilia's name does all our numbers grace , From every voice the tuneful accents fly , In soaring trebles now it rises high , And now it sinks , and dwells upon the ...
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... bright , Betrays a bottom odious to the sight . But now , my muse , a softer strain rehearse , Turn every line with art , and smooth thy verse ; The courtly Waller next commands thy lays : Muse , tune thy verse with art to Waller's ...
... bright , Betrays a bottom odious to the sight . But now , my muse , a softer strain rehearse , Turn every line with art , and smooth thy verse ; The courtly Waller next commands thy lays : Muse , tune thy verse with art to Waller's ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.