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... rise . Yet tho ' , my friend , thy art is thus careft , And with the homage of the public blest , And flourishes with growing beauty fair , The child of Majefty's adoptive care , The youthful artift ftill is doom'd to feel Obstruction's ...
... rise . Yet tho ' , my friend , thy art is thus careft , And with the homage of the public blest , And flourishes with growing beauty fair , The child of Majefty's adoptive care , The youthful artift ftill is doom'd to feel Obstruction's ...
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... rise ; The stays of deadly steel , in whose embrace The tyrant Fashion tortures injur'd Grace . But Art , despairing over fhapes like these To caft an air of elegance and ease , Invokes kind Fancy's aid - she comes to spread Her magic ...
... rise ; The stays of deadly steel , in whose embrace The tyrant Fashion tortures injur'd Grace . But Art , despairing over fhapes like these To caft an air of elegance and ease , Invokes kind Fancy's aid - she comes to spread Her magic ...
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... where'er we turn our eyes , With ftrong and rapid growth new wonders rise , Ver . 151. See NOTE XLIX , 155 Like feeds that Mariners , with generous toil , Have Like [ 36 ] To youthful Genius points what course to run, ...
... where'er we turn our eyes , With ftrong and rapid growth new wonders rise , Ver . 151. See NOTE XLIX , 155 Like feeds that Mariners , with generous toil , Have Like [ 36 ] To youthful Genius points what course to run, ...
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... rise , Which Fancy must furvey with angry eyes ; And at the lightning of her fcornful fmile , 305 . ! 310 In frequent ruin finks the labor'd pile . How oft , my ROMNEY ! have I known thy vein Swell with indignant heat and gen'rous pain ...
... rise , Which Fancy must furvey with angry eyes ; And at the lightning of her fcornful fmile , 305 . ! 310 In frequent ruin finks the labor'd pile . How oft , my ROMNEY ! have I known thy vein Swell with indignant heat and gen'rous pain ...
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... rise , but many a Rule . * Yet , tho ' unjuft to Tasso's nobler lays , Keen BOILEAU fhall not want his proper praise ; + He , archly waving his fatiric rod Thro ' the new path which first TASSONI trod , Pursued his sportive march in ...
... rise , but many a Rule . * Yet , tho ' unjuft to Tasso's nobler lays , Keen BOILEAU fhall not want his proper praise ; + He , archly waving his fatiric rod Thro ' the new path which first TASSONI trod , Pursued his sportive march in ...
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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.
Page 196 - Caron dimonio con occhi di bragia, Loro accennando, tutte le raccoglie : Batte col remo qualunque s'adagia. Come d' autunno si levan le foglie L...
Page 174 - Vestite già de' raggi del pianeta Che mena dritto altrui per ogni calle. Allor fu la paura un poco queta, Che nel lago del cor m'era durata La notte ch'io passai con tanta pièta.
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...
Page 294 - Fairies were equally out of credit when MILTON wrote. He did well therefore to fupply their room with Angels and Devils.
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...