Poetical Works, Volume 1W. Porter, 1785 |
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addreffed æther bafe beauty bleft bofom breaſt bright celebrated cenfure charms compofition defign defire delight difplay earth enchanting facred faid fair fame Fancy fays fcene fecret feems fhall fhew fink fire firft firſt fmile foft fome fond foon foul fpeaks fpirit fpread fprings Froiffart ftill ftrong fubject fublime fuch fullen fweet fwelling Genius glory grace Guife heart Hiftorian Hiftory himſelf honour juft juftly King laft lefs Livy Lodovico Caracci Love luftre lyre Maid mind moft moſt Mufe muſt nobler NOTE Nymph o'er obferve OLORUS paffage paffion pafs painter Painting pencil pleaſe pleaſure Plutarch praife praiſe prefent pride raiſe reign rife rofe ſcene SERENA ſhe ſkill SOPHROSYNE ſpeak Spleen Sprite ſtate ſtill ſweet Tacitus tender thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thro Thucydides Titian toils Truth vafe verfe VERSE vifit virtue whofe whoſe youth
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Page 9 - The youth to exile from his faithful fair, He in fond dreams hangs o'er her glowing cheek, Still owns her prefent, and...
Page 195 - GiRARD, fecretary to this duke, and no contemptible biographer , relates, that this hiftory came down to the place where the old man refided in Gafcony, a little before his death; that he read it to him, that the duke confirmed the truth of the narrations in it, and feemed only furprifed by what means the author could be fo well informed of the moft fecret councils and meafures of thofe times.
Page 132 - And give falfe vigour to the weaker caufe; To paint a fpecious fcene with niceft art, Retouch the whole, and...
Page 149 - Tho' keen her fpirit, her attachment fond, Bafe fervice cannot fuit with Friendship's bond ; Too firm from Duty's facred path to turn, 375 She breathes an honeft figh of deep concern, And pities Genius, when his wild career Gives Faith a wound, or Innocence a fear. Humility...
Page 129 - And made the intereft of mankind her care ; Pleas'd her grave brow with garlands to adorn, And from the rofe of Knowledge ftrip the thorn. THY lively Eloquence, in profe,. in verfe, Still keenly bright, and elegantly terfe, 355.
Page 218 - ... as the face of one well disposed. But it was to the disadvantage of the painter, for it was best when he spake. His worth may bear a tale or two, that may put upon him somewhat that may seem divine. When the Lady Margaret his mother had divers great suitors for marriage...
Page 8 - Difpels the cloud, with melancholy fraught, That abfence throws upon her tender thought. Bleft be the pencil ! whofe enchantment gives To wounded Love the food on which he lives. Rich in this gift, tho...
Page 43 - Dibutades, a potter of Sicyon, first formed likenesses in clay at Corinth, but was indebted to his daughter for the invention — The girl, being in love with a young man who was soon going from her into some remote country, traced out the lines of his face from his shadow on the wall by candle-light Her father filling up the lines with clay formed a bust, and hardened it in the fire with the rest of his earthen ware.
Page 144 - It may in ruder periods ; but in thofe, Where all the luxury of Learning flows, To Truth's plain fare no palate will fubmit, Each reader grows an Epicure in Wit ; And Knowledge muft his nicer tafte beguile 225 With all the poignant charms of Attic ftyle.
Page 233 - I fear most ineffectually) for powers to unite some touches of the sportive wildness of Ariosto, and the more serious sublime painting of Dante, with some portion of the enchanting elegance, the refined imagination, and the moral graces of Pope ; and to do this, if possible, without violating those rules of propriety which Mr.