 THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.  The Poetical Works of John Dryden - Side 253af John Dryden - 1909 - 1056 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Hannah More - 1838 - 472 sider
...seems a sentiment unchaste, Oppos'd to modesty, and genuine taste ; ' See Vignette, chapter ii. » " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...majesty; in both, the last; The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the other two." Yet, seek where'er you will, you'll never... | |
 | Henry Thompson - 1838 - 452 sider
...seems a sentiment unchaste, Oppos'd to modesty, and genuine taste ; I See Vignette, chapter ii. a " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...; in both, the last ; The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the other two." BB 2 Yet, seek where'er you will, you'll never... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1839 - 642 sider
...the third was her son ; from that moment her eyeballs became as coals of fire, and she did not shed a The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The...go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two." single tear. That woman's tears have not yet begun to flow. When is she to have redress ? She is to... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 sider
...full as just as the original, but have not the tautology of loftiness and majesty : " Three orators in distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did...first in loftiness of thought surpass'd, The next in language, but in both the last : The power of Nature could no farther go ; To make a third, she join'd... | |
 | 1855 - 630 sider
...lines were written under a picture of Milton, before his " Paradise Lost," in the folio edition : " e glory of thy grace. Oh ! confirm the bond so tender,...Church and Pastor render Their account without dismay further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two." What height and depth of conception ! What... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 sider
...The way which thou so well hast learnt below. [On Hfilion.] Three poets, in three distant ages bom, rs further go ; To make a third, ehe join'd the other two. To my Honoured Amman, Jo/i» Dryden, Esq. of... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 sider
...friends from death? Can il soothe the king of terrors, or mitigate the agonies of the dying? VAB1ETIES. Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed ; The next, in majesty ; in both, the lust. The force of nature could no further go ; To... | |
 | 1851 - 650 sider
...sublimity, there are few who have courted the Muses with equal success in other departments of poesy. Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty ; in both the last. The force of Nature conld no further go : To make... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 sider
...friends from death 1 Can It soothe the king of terrors, or mitigate the agonies of the dying * VARIETIES. Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed ; The next, in majesty ; in both, ihe last. . The force of nature could no further go ; To... | |
 | 1846 - 844 sider
...poem because it was not the first, a description which reminds us of Dryden's clever epigram : — Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...majesty ; in both the last. The force of nature could no further go : To make a third she joined the other two. The " Paradise Lost " therefore is a great epic,... | |
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