Philosophia musarum, containing the songs and romances of the Piper's wallet, Pan, the Harmonia musarum and other miscellaneous poemsAlbion library Dyver, 1845 - 285 pages |
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Page iv
... atque poëtis Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas . With these views I sought for proof of phrenology in the works of successive writers ; and thinking that as poetry exhibited the actual state of the composers feelings , I ...
... atque poëtis Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas . With these views I sought for proof of phrenology in the works of successive writers ; and thinking that as poetry exhibited the actual state of the composers feelings , I ...
Page viii
... atque aethera tranant . Lucretius is less elegant : Paruus vt est cygni melior canor ille gruum quam Clamor in aetheriis dispersus nubibus Austri . In Claudian we find the following : Ingenti clamore grues aestiva relinquunt , Thracia ...
... atque aethera tranant . Lucretius is less elegant : Paruus vt est cygni melior canor ille gruum quam Clamor in aetheriis dispersus nubibus Austri . In Claudian we find the following : Ingenti clamore grues aestiva relinquunt , Thracia ...
Page xvii
... Atque metus omnes et inexorabile fatum " Subjecit pedibus strepitumque Acherontis avari ; Yet I found it difficult to get the organs so to combine their action as to make her perceive the high natural probability of posthumous life ...
... Atque metus omnes et inexorabile fatum " Subjecit pedibus strepitumque Acherontis avari ; Yet I found it difficult to get the organs so to combine their action as to make her perceive the high natural probability of posthumous life ...
Page xxxiv
... atque amemus , Rumoresque senum severiorum Omnes unius aestimemus assis . Soles occidere , et redire possunt : Nobis , cum semel occidit brevis lux , Nox est perpetua una dormienda . Da mi basia mille , deinde centum , Dein mille altera ...
... atque amemus , Rumoresque senum severiorum Omnes unius aestimemus assis . Soles occidere , et redire possunt : Nobis , cum semel occidit brevis lux , Nox est perpetua una dormienda . Da mi basia mille , deinde centum , Dein mille altera ...
Page xxxv
... Atque volubilibus orbita facta rotis . Tunc draco volitans , quem multum et semper amavi , Orbita tunc rapidis lucida facta gyris Sed juvenis factus , pueriles mittere lusus Et dignum est tereti condere stultu togá . Creditur e rupibus ...
... Atque volubilibus orbita facta rotis . Tunc draco volitans , quem multum et semper amavi , Orbita tunc rapidis lucida facta gyris Sed juvenis factus , pueriles mittere lusus Et dignum est tereti condere stultu togá . Creditur e rupibus ...
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Page xvi - Which men call earth; and, with low-thoughted care, Confined and pester'd in this pinfold here, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful of the crown that Virtue gives, After this mortal change, to her true servants, Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats.
Page xv - I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is...
Page xxvii - Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor; So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page xvi - Yet some there be that by due steps aspire To lay their just hands on that golden key That opes the palace of eternity.
Page 111 - Ideality unshaken By facts or theory, whose spell Maddens the soul and fires our beacon. Whom memory tortures, love deludes, Whom circumspection fills with dread. On every organ he obtrudes, Until Destruction o'er his head Impends ; then mad with luckless strife, He volunteers the loss of life. And canst...
Page xxvii - So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and, with new spangled ore, Flames in the forehead of the morning sky : So Lycidas sunk low, but mounted high, Through the dear might of Him that walk'd the waves.
Page 108 - Tho' now so hollow, dead, and cold ; For in thy form is yet descried The traces left of young desire ; The Painter's art, the...