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... light , And sleep , as undisturb'd as death , the night , My house a cottage more Than palace , and should fitting be For all my use , no luxury . My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand , not Art's , and pleasures yield Horace might ...
... light , And sleep , as undisturb'd as death , the night , My house a cottage more Than palace , and should fitting be For all my use , no luxury . My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand , not Art's , and pleasures yield Horace might ...
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... light , 475 Wide o'er the world in solemn pomp she drew Her airy chariot hung with pearly dew ; All birds and beasts lie hush'd ; sleep steals away The wild desires of men , and toils of day , And brings , descending through the silent ...
... light , 475 Wide o'er the world in solemn pomp she drew Her airy chariot hung with pearly dew ; All birds and beasts lie hush'd ; sleep steals away The wild desires of men , and toils of day , And brings , descending through the silent ...
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... light : Thither with haste the Theban hero flies ; On this side Lerna's pois'nous water lies , On that Prosymna's grove and temple rise : He pass'd the gates which then unguarded lay , And to the regal palace bent his way ; On the cold ...
... light : Thither with haste the Theban hero flies ; On this side Lerna's pois'nous water lies , On that Prosymna's grove and temple rise : He pass'd the gates which then unguarded lay , And to the regal palace bent his way ; On the cold ...
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... light ; Here loaves in canisters are piled on high , And there in flames the slaughter'd victims fly . Sublime in regal state Adrastus shone , Stretch'd on rich carpets on his ivory throne ; A lofty couch receives each princely guest ...
... light ; Here loaves in canisters are piled on high , And there in flames the slaughter'd victims fly . Sublime in regal state Adrastus shone , Stretch'd on rich carpets on his ivory throne ; A lofty couch receives each princely guest ...
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... side Of Nemea's stream , the yielding fair enjoy'd . Now , ere ten moons their orb with light adorn , The illustrious offspring of the god was born . 675 The nymph , her father's anger to evade , Retires STATIUS'S THEBAIS . 31.
... side Of Nemea's stream , the yielding fair enjoy'd . Now , ere ten moons their orb with light adorn , The illustrious offspring of the god was born . 675 The nymph , her father's anger to evade , Retires STATIUS'S THEBAIS . 31.
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Page 183 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 199 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows...
Page 178 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Page 265 - Statesman, yet friend to Truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 198 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 246 - Restore the Lock ! she cries ; and all around, Restore the Lock ! the vaulted roofs rebound. Not fierce Othello in so loud a strain...
Page 245 - Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair ; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side ; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See fierce Belinda on the baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die.
Page 178 - Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?
Page 228 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride...
Page 242 - CANTO V She said: the pitying audience melt in tears; But Fate and Love had stopp'd the baron's ears. In vain Thalestris with reproach assails, For who can move when fair Belinda fails? Not half so fix'd the Trojan could remain.