Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 4Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... sounds or tragic airs She forms her voice , she moves our smiles and tears , If satire or heroic strains she writes ... sound . The power of music all our hearts allow , And what Timotheus was is Dryden now . CHARACTER OF DRYDEN , FROM ...
... sounds or tragic airs She forms her voice , she moves our smiles and tears , If satire or heroic strains she writes ... sound . The power of music all our hearts allow , And what Timotheus was is Dryden now . CHARACTER OF DRYDEN , FROM ...
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... sound : Him whom no danger , were he there , could fright , Now absent , every little noise can wound . As in a drought the thirsty creatures cry , And gape upon the gather'd clouds for rain , And first the marlet meets it in the sky ...
... sound : Him whom no danger , were he there , could fright , Now absent , every little noise can wound . As in a drought the thirsty creatures cry , And gape upon the gather'd clouds for rain , And first the marlet meets it in the sky ...
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... sound is borne to either shore , And for their stakes the throwing nations fear : Their passions double with the cannons ' roar , And with warm wishes each man combats there . Ply'd thick and close as when the fight begun , Their huge ...
... sound is borne to either shore , And for their stakes the throwing nations fear : Their passions double with the cannons ' roar , And with warm wishes each man combats there . Ply'd thick and close as when the fight begun , Their huge ...
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All was the night's , and , in her silent reign , No sound the rest of Nature did invade . In this deep quiet , from what source unknown , Those seeds of fire their fatal birth disclose ; And , first , few scattering sparks about were ...
All was the night's , and , in her silent reign , No sound the rest of Nature did invade . In this deep quiet , from what source unknown , Those seeds of fire their fatal birth disclose ; And , first , few scattering sparks about were ...
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... sound of a Messiah's birth Is gone through all the habitable earth ; But still that text must be confined alone To ... sounds endured ? Which thus transmitted , if one mouth has fail'd , Immortal lies on ages are entail'd ; Oh but , says ...
... sound of a Messiah's birth Is gone through all the habitable earth ; But still that text must be confined alone To ... sounds endured ? Which thus transmitted , if one mouth has fail'd , Immortal lies on ages are entail'd ; Oh but , says ...
Common terms and phrases
Anchises arms Ascanius Ausonian bear beauty behold beneath bless'd blood breast breath call'd charms Chaucer coursers cries crowd crown'd dare death delight design'd Dido divine E'en earth eyes fair fame fatal fate father fear fight fire fix'd flame foes force fortune gods grace grief ground hand happy haste head heart heaven honour hope Jebusites Jove Juturna king labour land Latian Latium light live lord maid Messapus Mezentius mighty mind Mnestheus MOPSUS mournful Muse never night numbers nymphs o'er once Ovid pain Pallas peace plain poem poet praise prince queen race rage reign rest rising Rutulian sacred shade shining shore sight Simoïs skies smile soft song SONNET soul sound stood sweet sword tears tempest tender thee Theseus thine thou thought toil trembling Trojan Turnus Twas Tyrian verse Virgil virtue winds wood youth