The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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Page xvii
... rest , Since their foundation , came a nobler guest , Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit , or more welcome shade . In what new region to the just assigned , What new employments please th ' unbodied mind ? A ...
... rest , Since their foundation , came a nobler guest , Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit , or more welcome shade . In what new region to the just assigned , What new employments please th ' unbodied mind ? A ...
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... rest , The morning still renews their labours past ; Then all rush out , their different tasks pursue , Sit on the bloom , and suck the ripening dew ; Again , when evening warns them to their home , With weary wings and heavy thighs ...
... rest , The morning still renews their labours past ; Then all rush out , their different tasks pursue , Sit on the bloom , and suck the ripening dew ; Again , when evening warns them to their home , With weary wings and heavy thighs ...
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... rest , The success of Alexander's Feast made it fashionable for succeeding poets to try their hand at a musical ode ; but they mistook the matter , wher they thought it enough to contend with Mr. Dryden . - It was reserved for one or ...
... rest , The success of Alexander's Feast made it fashionable for succeeding poets to try their hand at a musical ode ; but they mistook the matter , wher they thought it enough to contend with Mr. Dryden . - It was reserved for one or ...
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... Sermoni propiora . In the rest , the poetry is better than the criticism , which is right or wrong , as it chances ; being echoed from the common voice . That not a single star can show his rays , POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . 3333 23.
... Sermoni propiora . In the rest , the poetry is better than the criticism , which is right or wrong , as it chances ; being echoed from the common voice . That not a single star can show his rays , POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . 3333 23.
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... rest , A thousand thousand ills combine . Absence wounds me , Fear surrounds me , Guilt confounds me , Was ever passion crossed like mine ? What heart of stone Can hear her moan , And not in dumps so doleful join ? [ Apart . ROSA . How ...
... rest , A thousand thousand ills combine . Absence wounds me , Fear surrounds me , Guilt confounds me , Was ever passion crossed like mine ? What heart of stone Can hear her moan , And not in dumps so doleful join ? [ Apart . ROSA . How ...
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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.