Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volume 21771 |
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Achilles Ajax ANDREW FOULIS arms aroſe becauſe beſt betwixt blood breast Caeneus caſt cauſe Centaur Ceyx chanticleer cloſe Corythus cou'd crown'd cry'd Cymon dame death defire deſcended dream durſt eaſe Eurytus ev'n ev'ry eyes faid fair fame fate fear feaſt fide fight fire firſt flain fleep fome foon fought foul freſh hand heav'n Hippodame houſe iſſues join'd juſt laſt leſs look'd loſe lov'd maid mind moſt muſt night NUN'S PRIEST Ovid paſs pleaſe pleaſure pow'r prepar'd preſent preſs'd prey Priam purſu'd purſue rais'd raviſher receiv'd reſolv'd reſt riſing ſaid ſay ſcarce ſeas ſecond ſee ſeen ſeiz'd ſex ſhades ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhield ſhip ſhore ſhort ſhould ſhow ſide ſince ſkies ſlain ſome ſon ſpace ſpoke ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſteed ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſtreams ſtrength ſuch ſweet ſword thee theſe thoſe thou try'd turn'd Twas Whoſe wife winds wou'd wound
Popular passages
Page 75 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Page 157 - Smear'd over with an Oil of wond'rous Might, That adds new Pinions to their airy Flight But this by fure Experiment we know, That living Creatures from Corruption grow: Hide in a hollow Pit a flaughter'd Steer, Bees from his putrid Bowels will appear ; Who like their Parents haunt the Fields, and bring Their Hony-Harveft home, and hope another Spring.
Page 65 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus...
Page 64 - Joys inspire. The Song began from Jove ; Who left his blissful Seats above, (Such is the Pow'r of mighty Love.) A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd the God : Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode, When He to fair Olympia...
Page 2 - ... ground-ivy add a leaf or two, All which within our yard or garden grow. Eat these, and be, my lord, of better cheer; Your father's son was never born to fear.' 'Madam,
Page 171 - Her limbs were form'd with such harmonious grace : So faultless was the frame, as if the whole Had been an emanation of the soul...
Page 34 - He cheer'd the dogs to follow her who fled, And vow'd revenge on her devoted head. As Theodore was born of noble kind, The brutal...
Page 45 - And two Ghosts join their Packs to hunt her o'er the Plain. This dreadful Image so possess'd her Mind, That desp'rate any Succour else to find, She ceas'd all farther hope; and now began To make reflection on th...
Page 66 - And welt'ring in his blood ; Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed : On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes.