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... feel Obstruction's chilling hand , that damps his zeal : Th ' imperious voice of Vanity and Pride Bids him from Fancy's region turn aside , And quit the magic of her fcene , to trace The vacant lines of fome unmeaning face : E'en in ...
... feel Obstruction's chilling hand , that damps his zeal : Th ' imperious voice of Vanity and Pride Bids him from Fancy's region turn aside , And quit the magic of her fcene , to trace The vacant lines of fome unmeaning face : E'en in ...
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... feeling , and each tender thought ,, * Ver . 194. See NOTE V. 200 † Ver . 198 . See NOTE VI .. + Ver . 202 . See NOTE VII . While moral virtue fanctified thy art , And passion gave While [ 12 ] Firft in the annals of the world they ...
... feeling , and each tender thought ,, * Ver . 194. See NOTE V. 200 † Ver . 198 . See NOTE VI .. + Ver . 202 . See NOTE VII . While moral virtue fanctified thy art , And passion gave While [ 12 ] Firft in the annals of the world they ...
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... feel , * Profcrib'd it as the flave of bigot Zeal ,. Or doom'd it , throwing nobler works afide , To drudge in flatt'ring her fantastic Pride : And hence the Epic pencil in the shade Of blank neglect , and cold obstruction laid , E'en ...
... feel , * Profcrib'd it as the flave of bigot Zeal ,. Or doom'd it , throwing nobler works afide , To drudge in flatt'ring her fantastic Pride : And hence the Epic pencil in the shade Of blank neglect , and cold obstruction laid , E'en ...
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... feeling heart But honour'd Freedom as it valued Art ! To merit just , thy bounty flow'd alike 60 On bolder RUBENS , and the foft VANDYKE : To this ennobled realm thy judgment brought The facred miracles that RAPHAEL Wrought . 65 But ...
... feeling heart But honour'd Freedom as it valued Art ! To merit just , thy bounty flow'd alike 60 On bolder RUBENS , and the foft VANDYKE : To this ennobled realm thy judgment brought The facred miracles that RAPHAEL Wrought . 65 But ...
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... feels the labour while it views the prize . Enlight'ning Study , with maturing pow'r ,. From these fair feeds has call'd the op'ning flow'r ; 330 Thy - 310 315 320 325 1 Thy juft , thy graceful Portraits charm the view , [ 44 ]
... feels the labour while it views the prize . Enlight'ning Study , with maturing pow'r ,. From these fair feeds has call'd the op'ning flow'r ; 330 Thy - 310 315 320 325 1 Thy juft , thy graceful Portraits charm the view , [ 44 ]
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Page 190 - Diverse lingue, orribili favelle, parole di dolore, accenti d'ira, voci alte e fioche, e suon di man con elle facevano un tumulto, il qual s'aggira sempre in quell'aura sanza tempo tinta, come la rena quando turbo18 spira.
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Page 184 - Lucevan li occhi suoi più che la stella; e cominciommi a dir soave e piana, con angelica voce, in sua favella: 'O anima cortese mantovana, di cui la fama ancor nel mondo dura, e durerà quanto '1 mondo lontana...
Page 194 - Ed ecco verso noi venir per nave Un vecchio bianco per antico pelo. Gridando : Guai a voi, anime prave! Non isperate mai veder lo cielo : I' vegno, per menarvi ali' altra riva Nelle tenebre eterne in caldo, e 'n gielo: E tu, che se...
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Page 134 - ... that philosophical, that geometrical, and systematical spirit so much in vogue, which has spread itself from the sciences even into polite literature, by consulting only reason, has not diminished and destroyed sentiment ; and made our poets write from and to the head, rather than the heart...
Page 86 - Tis only wanting to this age, not thee. Thy genius, bounded by the times, like mine, Drudges on petty draughts, nor dare design A more exalted work, and more divine.
Page 134 - ... that influence them. Whether or no, the natural powers be not confined and debilitated by that timidity and caution which is occasioned by a rigid regard to the dictates of art...