The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes |
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... MART . PART I. Dolce sentier , Colle , che mi piacesti , • Ov ' ancor per usanza Amor mi mena ; Ben riconosco in voi l ' usate forme , Non , lasso , in me , PETRARCH . ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST PART . THE Poem begins with.
... MART . PART I. Dolce sentier , Colle , che mi piacesti , • Ov ' ancor per usanza Amor mi mena ; Ben riconosco in voi l ' usate forme , Non , lasso , in me , PETRARCH . ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST PART . THE Poem begins with.
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... Petrarch . Spectare , etsi nihil aliud , certè juvat . Homerus apud me mutus , imò verò ego apud illum surdus sum . Gaudeo tamen vel aspectú solo , et sæpe illum amplexus ac suspirans dico : O magne vir , & c.- Epist . Var . lib . 20 ...
... Petrarch . Spectare , etsi nihil aliud , certè juvat . Homerus apud me mutus , imò verò ego apud illum surdus sum . Gaudeo tamen vel aspectú solo , et sæpe illum amplexus ac suspirans dico : O magne vir , & c.- Epist . Var . lib . 20 ...
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... Petrarch when a boy ; and Dryden to Pope . Who does not wish that Dante and Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid them , and foreseen the greatness of their young admirers ? ( 20 ) He had arrived at Naples , and ...
... Petrarch when a boy ; and Dryden to Pope . Who does not wish that Dante and Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid them , and foreseen the greatness of their young admirers ? ( 20 ) He had arrived at Naples , and ...
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... Petrarch ! Le crespe chiome d'or puro lucente , E'l lampeggiar d'ell angelico riso , Che solean far in terrà un paradiso , Poca polvere son , che nulla sente . ( 29 ) These circumstances , as well as some others that follow , are ...
... Petrarch ! Le crespe chiome d'or puro lucente , E'l lampeggiar d'ell angelico riso , Che solean far in terrà un paradiso , Poca polvere son , che nulla sente . ( 29 ) These circumstances , as well as some others that follow , are ...
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... PETRARCH in the Capitol ; Ere long to die , to fall by his own hand , And fester with the vilest . Less feverish , less exalted Here come two , soon to part , A GARRICK and a JOHNSON ; Wealth and Fame Awaiting one , even at the gate ...
... PETRARCH in the Capitol ; Ere long to die , to fall by his own hand , And fester with the vilest . Less feverish , less exalted Here come two , soon to part , A GARRICK and a JOHNSON ; Wealth and Fame Awaiting one , even at the gate ...
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Page 222 - MINE be a cot beside the hill ; A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest.
Page 325 - Stop at a palace near the Reggio-gate, Dwelt in of old by one of the Orsini. Its noble gardens, terrace above terrace, And rich in fountains, statues, cypresses, Will long detain...
Page 205 - Cabrieres which till then he neglected it is therefore Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself he tells the proud and insolent that they are but abjects and humbles them at the instant makes them cry complain and repent yea even to hate their...
Page 446 - There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo, grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition, for thinking in astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licensers thought.
Page 205 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 327 - Orsini lived ; and long might'st thou have seen An old man wandering as in quest of something, Something he could not find — he knew not what.
Page 56 - Life ! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear ; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not Good Night,— but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.
Page 404 - Awful memorials, but of whom we know not ! The seaman, passing, gazes from the deck. The buffalo-driver, in his shaggy cloak, Points to the work of magic and moves on. Time was they stood along the crowded street, Temples of gods ! and on their ample steps What various habits, various tongues, beset The brazen gates for prayer and sacrifice...
Page 207 - ... labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 28 - Ward has no heart, they say; but I deny it ; He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it.