| Sir John Denham - 1709 - 354 sider
...Defarts, Woods in Cities plants. So t|iat to us no thing, no place is ftrange, While his fair Bofom is the World's Exchange. O could I flow like thee,.../ Tho' deep, yet clear, tho' gentle, yet not dull 1 Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full. Heav'n her Eridanus no more fhall boaft, Whofe Fame... | |
| Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 sider
...employ'd in this fort of Poems, are cither Verfes of |o Syllables ; as, Oh '. could I flute like.thee, and make thy Stream My great Example, as it is my Theme-; TV dtsf, yet char ; thi gmtle, yet mt .dull • Strong, without Rage ; without o'trflowingf till. Denh.... | |
| John Dryden, John Milton, William D'Avenant - 1716 - 418 sider
...Defarts, Woods in Cities plantr. So that to us no thing, no place is ft range, While his fair Bofom is the World's Exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make thy Stream My Great Example, as it is my Theam ! Though deep, yet clear, though genrle, yet not Strong withour Rage, withour e'er-flowing full.... | |
| John Dryden - 1716 - 412 sider
...in Ciries planrs. So that to us no thing, no place is ftrange, While his fair Bofom is the Wotld's Exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make thy Stream My Great Example, as it is my Theam ! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet nor dull, Strong without B.age, without o'er- flowing... | |
| Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 sider
...Shores, Vifit» the World, and in his flying Tow'rs, Brings home to us, and makes both Indies our?. O could I flow like thee, and make thy Stream My great Example, as it is my Theam ! Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong, without Rage ; without o'erflowing,... | |
| Sir John Denham - 1719 - 258 sider
...Defatrs, Woods in Ciries planrs. So that to us no thing, no place is ftrange, While his fair Bofom is the World's Exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make thy Stream My great Example, as it is my Tlieme ! Tho' deept yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ' Strong without Rage, without o'er-flowing... | |
| Voltaire - 1728 - 144 sider
...furpaffing them. • Sir John Denkam, in his Poem on Coo~ pers-Hill, fays to the Thames • 0 could 1 flow like thee, and make thy Stream • My great Example, as it is my Theme ; . TJM' deep, yet clear ; t ho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong "without Rage, -without o'erflowing... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1729 - 262 sider
...Vfd&e&, ftow.! &c.] Parody on Denham, Cooper's Hill. O could I ftow like thee, and make thy ftream My great example, as it is my theme. Tho" deep, yet...; tho' gentle, yet not dull; Strong, without rage ; without overftowing, full. ' V. 1 7 1 . Embrace, embrace my Sons ! be foes no more.'] Virg. Mn. 6.... | |
| Isaac Thompson - 1731 - 212 sider
...Song' When from the verdant Steep, the Thames he ey'd, In limpid Lapfe, and Silver Waves to glide ; " Tho' deep, yet clear, tho' gentle yet not dull, " Strong without Rage, without o'er -flowing full. Nor can the Mufe her C ow LE Y'S Name forget, Ah, ftill with fighs fhe... | |
| John Holmes - 1739 - 202 sider
...ad fuperas interritus extulit auras, &c . Virg. Mn. 5. See Sir John Detfbam on the River Thames — O could I flow like thee, and make thy Stream —...Example, as it is my Theme ! — Tho' deep, yet clear j tho' gentle, yet not dull ; — Strong without Rage ; without o'erflowing, full — See alfo Ifaiah... | |
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