Poems on Several Occasions: To which are Added, the Tragedies of Julius Caesar, and Marcus Brutus. By John Sheffield, ...Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1752 - 280 pages |
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... some threat'ning priest divide us two ? What worse than that could all his curfes do ? Thus with a fright some have refign'd their breath , And poorly dy'd only for fear of death . Heav'n fees our paffions with indulgence still , And ...
... some threat'ning priest divide us two ? What worse than that could all his curfes do ? Thus with a fright some have refign'd their breath , And poorly dy'd only for fear of death . Heav'n fees our paffions with indulgence still , And ...
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... war , throughout the field Some hero still made all things mortal yield ; But when a God once took the vanquish'd fide , The weak prevail'd , and the victorious dy❜d . The VISION . Written during a Sea Voyage , when 48 SONGS AND VERSES .
... war , throughout the field Some hero still made all things mortal yield ; But when a God once took the vanquish'd fide , The weak prevail'd , and the victorious dy❜d . The VISION . Written during a Sea Voyage , when 48 SONGS AND VERSES .
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... Some beauteous angel in bright charms will fhine , And spreads a glory round , that's all divine ; Juft fuch a bright and beauteous form The monsters vanish , and with them my G appears , fears . The fairest fhape was then before me ...
... Some beauteous angel in bright charms will fhine , And spreads a glory round , that's all divine ; Juft fuch a bright and beauteous form The monsters vanish , and with them my G appears , fears . The fairest fhape was then before me ...
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... Some angel fpeak her praife ! No human tongue , But with its utmost art must do her wrong . The only woman that has pow'r to kill , And yet is good enough to want the will ; Who needs no foft alluring words repeat , Nor study'd looks of ...
... Some angel fpeak her praife ! No human tongue , But with its utmost art must do her wrong . The only woman that has pow'r to kill , And yet is good enough to want the will ; Who needs no foft alluring words repeat , Nor study'd looks of ...
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... some bleft maid poffefs with innocence . Pleasure may tempt , but virtue more should move ; Oh ! learn of me to want the thing you love . What you defire , is fought by all mankind : As you have eyes , fo others are not blind . Like you ...
... some bleft maid poffefs with innocence . Pleasure may tempt , but virtue more should move ; Oh ! learn of me to want the thing you love . What you defire , is fought by all mankind : As you have eyes , fo others are not blind . Like you ...
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againſt ANTONY Athens beaſt becauſe befides beſt BRUTUS CAESAR CASCA CASSIUS caufe cauſe charms CITIZEN DECIUS BRUTUS deferve defire DOLABELLA ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fame fate fatires fault fear feem fenfe fhall fhew fhine fighs fight fince firſt flaves fome foon foul fpirits friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fure Gods greateſt grief heart Heav'n himſelf honour infpires itſelf joys juft JUNIA juſt kindneſs laſt leaſt lefs loft lov'd LUCILIUS mankind maſter mind moſt mufe muft muſt myſelf ne'er noble o'er paffion paſt pleaſe pleaſure POMPEY PORTIA pow'r praiſe publick raiſe reaſon reſt Roman Rome ſay SCENE ſee ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtrong ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand TITINIUS TREBONIUS us'd uſe VARIUS virtue Whofe whoſe wife wiſh worſe wretched yourſelf
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Page 197 - O what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep; and I perceive you feel The dint of pity: these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what, weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded?
Page 195 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 196 - Caesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men; And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad. 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs; For if you should, O, what would come of it!
Page 144 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Page 86 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
Page 62 - I as wife as many of my fex : But time and you may bolder thoughts infpire ; And I, perhaps, may yield to your defire.
Page 197 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 62 - For now my Pen has tir'd my tender Hand : My Woman knows the Secret of my Heart, And may hereafter better News impart.
Page 85 - A work of such inestimable worth, There are but two the world has yet brought forth ! HOMER and VIRGIL ! with what...
Page 205 - But here our author, befides other faults Of ill expreffions, and of vulgar thoughts, Commits one crime that needs an act of grace, And breaks the law of unity of place...