The Pleasures of Imagination: A Poem in Three BooksR. Dodsley, 1744 - 125 páginas |
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... Blooming with rofy smiles , they see pourtray'd 105 That uncreated beauty , which delights The mind fupreme . THEY alfo feel her charms ; Enamour'd , THEY partake th ' eternal joy . As ( c ) Memnon's marble harp , renown'd of old By ...
... Blooming with rofy smiles , they see pourtray'd 105 That uncreated beauty , which delights The mind fupreme . THEY alfo feel her charms ; Enamour'd , THEY partake th ' eternal joy . As ( c ) Memnon's marble harp , renown'd of old By ...
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... blooming foul ? What pity then Should floth's unkindly fogs depress to earth Her tender bloffom ; choak the ftreams of life , And blaft her fpring ! Far otherwise defign'd Almighty wisdom ; nature's happy cares Th ' obedient heart far ...
... blooming foul ? What pity then Should floth's unkindly fogs depress to earth Her tender bloffom ; choak the ftreams of life , And blaft her fpring ! Far otherwise defign'd Almighty wisdom ; nature's happy cares Th ' obedient heart far ...
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... blooming , and the rofy lip 315 Where winning fmiles and pleasures sweet as love , 320 With fanctity and wifdom temp'ring blend Their foft alluremeut . Then the pleafing force Of nature , and her kind páternal care , Worthier I'd fing ...
... blooming , and the rofy lip 315 Where winning fmiles and pleasures sweet as love , 320 With fanctity and wifdom temp'ring blend Their foft alluremeut . Then the pleafing force Of nature , and her kind páternal care , Worthier I'd fing ...
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... blooming walks , Thro ' fragrant mountains and poetic ftreams , Amid the train of fages , heroes , bards , Led by their winged Genius and the choir Of laurel'd science and harmonious art , Proceed exulting to th ' eternal fhrine , 410 ...
... blooming walks , Thro ' fragrant mountains and poetic ftreams , Amid the train of fages , heroes , bards , Led by their winged Genius and the choir Of laurel'd science and harmonious art , Proceed exulting to th ' eternal fhrine , 410 ...
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... blooming forms Thro ' which the breath of nature has infus'd Her genial pow'r to draw with pregnant veins Nutritious moisture from the bounteous earth , In fruit and feed prolific thus the flow'rs Their purple honours with the spring ...
... blooming forms Thro ' which the breath of nature has infus'd Her genial pow'r to draw with pregnant veins Nutritious moisture from the bounteous earth , In fruit and feed prolific thus the flow'rs Their purple honours with the spring ...
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Academus afcent affociate alfo Amid apprehenfion Aristophanes Arrian arts awful band beauty becauſe behold blooming bluſhing bofom breaſt breath charms chear circumftances cœleftial confequence dæmon defign delight divine earth eternal facred fair falfe fame fancy fatire fays fcene fearch fecret fenfe fhade fhall fhould final caufe fince firft flow'rs fmiles folemn fome fong foon fordid foul fources fpecies fpirit fprings frame ftrain ftreams fubject fublime fuch hand harmonious heart heav'n himſelf honours illuftrated imagination impulfe inchanted inftance Italian poetry Line Lucretius lyre majeſtic meaſure mind moft moral moſt mufe mufic nature nature's o'er objects paffions philofophy Plato pleafing pleaſure pomp pow'rs praiſe prefence profpect purſue radiant reafon ridiculous rife rofy ſcene ſcience ſhade ſhall ſhapes ſmiles Socrates ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtore taſte thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil truth univerfal uſe Whate'er whofe whoſe wiſdom youth
Pasajes populares
Página 90 - Hence when lightning fires The arch of Heaven, and thunders rock the ground, When furious whirlwinds rend the howling air, And Ocean, groaning from his...
Página 18 - Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove : the pensive sage, Heedless of sleep, or midnight's harmful damp, Hangs o'er the sickly taper ; and untir'd The virgin follows, with enchanted step, 250 The mazes of some wild and wondrous tale, From morn to eve...
Página 16 - Maker said, That not in humble nor in brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of Renown, Power's purple robes, nor Pleasure's flowery lap, The...
Página 27 - Attentive turn ; from dim oblivion call Her fleet, ideal band ; and bid them, go ! Break through Time's barrier, and o'ertake the hour That saw the heavens created : then declare If aught were found in those external scenes To move thy wonder now.
Página 92 - The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active.
Página 91 - And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him. Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure, unreproved.
Página 72 - An unknown depth ? Alas ! in such a mind. If no bright forms of excellence attend The image of his country; nor the pomp Of sacred senates, nor the guardian voice Of justice on her throne, nor aught that wakes...
Página 12 - Hence the green earth, and wild resounding waves, Hence light and shade alternate ; warmth and cold, And clear autumnal skies and vernal showers, And all the fair variety of things.
Página 41 - Would pass unheeded. Fair the face of Spring, When rural songs and odours wake the morn, To every eye; but how much more to his Round whom the bed of sickness long diffused Its melancholy gloom!
Página 84 - Like spectres trooping to the wizard's call, Flit swift before him. From the womb of Earth, From Ocean's bed, they come ; the eternal Heavens Disclose their splendours, and the dark Abyss Pours out her births unknown.