The Triumphs of Temper: A Poem. In Six Cantos. By William Hayley, EsqJ. Dodsley, 1781 - 164 pages |
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æther ætherial airy anguiſh Beauty Beauty's bleft blifs bluſhing boaſt bofom boſom breaſt bright CANTO charms cloſe confcious controul convey'd dark defire delight diſplay dreſs earth enchanting eyes fafely Fair Fancy faſhionable fatirical fcenes fecret feels feem fhall Fiend fight filk finking fire firſt fixt flaſh fmile foft fome fond fondly foon foul frown ftill ftrength fuch fudden fullen fweet fwelling gaz'd gentle grace guardian heart heavenly inſpire juſt laft laſt Love magic Maid mild mind moft mortal moſt mufic muft Nymph o'er paffion paft paſs paſt Phantom pleaſe pleaſure poifon pride quick raiſe rife rofe roſe round ſcene ſeems SERENA ſhe Sire ſmile SOPHROSYNE ſpeaking ſpell Spirit Spleen ſpoke ſportive ſpread ſprings Sprite ſtate ſtill ſweet Sycorax tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro triumph uſe vafe vext view'd vifion whofe Whoſe wiſh Youth
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Page viii - Cantos, all the paflages of them are as fabulous, as the Vifion at the beginning, or the Transformation at the end ; (except the lofs of your Hair, which I always mention with reverence.) The Human perfons are as fictitious as the Airy ones; and the Character of Belinda, as it is now managed, refembles you in nothing but in Beauty.
Page x - I fear moft ineffeftually) for powers to unite fome touches of the fportive wildnefs of Ariofto, and the more ferious fublime painting of Dante, with fome portion of the enchanting elegance, the refined imagination, and the moral graces of Pope ; and to do this, if poffible, without violating thofe rules of propriety, which Mr.
Page 82 - I esteem the last part of Swift's Gulliver (that I mean relative to his Hoyhnms [sic] and Yahoos) to be a worse Book to peruse, than those which we forbid, as the most flagitious and obscene. One absurdity in this Author (a wretched Philosopher, though a great Wit) is well worth marking — in order to render the Nature of Man odious, and the Nature of Beasts amiable, he is compelled to give Human Characters to his Beasts, and Beastly Characters to his Men — so that we are to admire the Beasts,...
Page 52 - Thro' me ye pafs to Spleen's terrifie dome : / • Thro' me, to Difcontent's eternal home : Thro' me, to thofe, who fadden'd human life, 55 By fullen humour, or vexatious ftrife ; And here, thro' fcenes of endlefs vapours hurl'd, Are punifh'd in the forms they plagued the world ; Juftly they feel no joy, who none beftow, All ye who enter, every hope forego !" 60 O'er an arch'd cavern, rough with horrid ftone, On which a feeble light, by flafhes, fhone, Thefe chara&ers, that chill'd her foul with...
Page 105 - HY art thou fled, O bleft poetic time, When Fancy wrought the miracles of rhyme ; When, darting from her...
Page 106 - Sprite ! If haply I may trace thy fteps aright, Roving thro' paths untrod by mortal feet, To paint for human eyes thy heavenly...
Page 2 - She feem'da rofe-bud, when it firft receives The genial fun in its expanding leaves : For now fhe enter'd thofe important years, When the full bofom fwells with hopes and fears ; When confcious Nature prompts the...
Page 24 - That fheds enchantment o'er the amorous hour : For fpells more potent on this band were thrown, Than Venus boafted in her beauteous zone. Her dazzling caeftus could alone infpire The fudden impulfe of...
Page 81 - On her wild bugle blew fo dread a blaft, The fharp found pierc'd thro' all the depths of Hell ; The Fiends all anfwer'd in one hideous yell, And in a fearful trance the foft SERENA fell. Hence from the lovely Nymph her fenfes fled, 645 Till, thro...