The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Now First Collected in One VolumeL. White, P. Byrne, and R. Marchbank, 1785 - 196 pages |
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ABDALLA Afpafia anguiſh ASPASIA Baſſa beauty Behold bleſs boſom breast CALI CARAZA cauſe ceaſe charms cloſe conqueſt crimes death DEMETRIUS deſcend deſtruction diſtant doom dread ev'ry eyes fair fatal fate fear fighs filent firſt flight foes folly forrows foul friendſhip fudden greatneſs Greece guilt happy HASAN haſte heart heav'n HENRY THRALE hope hour IRENE Irene's joys juſt juſtice laſt LEONTIUS leſs lovers MAHOMET maid miſtreſs mournful MURZA muſic muſt MUSTAPHA o'er paſſion peace pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent preſs pride purſues rage raiſe reaſon refuſe reign reſtrain riſe SATIRE OF JUVENAL ſcarce SCENE SCENE ſcenes ſchemes ſcorn ſecret ſecure ſee ſhades ſhakes ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſlaves ſmiles ſoft ſome ſoul ſpeed ſpirits ſpreads ſtage ſtate Stella ſtill ſuch Sultan ſupport ſway ſword thee theſe thine thoſe thou toil tongue tow'ring Turkiſh tyrant virtue voice wealth whoſe wiſh woes
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Page 27 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Page 27 - Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee...
Page 24 - And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state; Where change of fav'rites made no change of laws, And senates heard before they...
Page 22 - LET observation with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Page 27 - Nor praise relax, nor difficulty fright; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain; Should beauty blunt on fops...
Page 26 - Now drops at once the pride of awful state, The golden canopy, the glitt'ring plate,. The regal palace, the luxurious board, The liv'ried army, and the menial lord.
Page 177 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Page 167 - Ah ! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Page 167 - The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry...
Page 22 - ... mist delude, Shuns fancied ills, or chases airy good. How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice, Rules the bold hand, or prompts the suppliant voice, How nations sink, by darling schemes oppress'd, When Vengeance listens to the fool's request. Fate wings with ev'ry wish th...