 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.  English Literature in the Eighteenth Century - الصفحة 103بواسطة Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 450عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | 1894 - عدد الصفحات: 668
...distant Agei bora, Qreece, Italy, and England, did adorn. The First in Loftiness of Thought «urpaset, The next in Majesty ;—in both, the Last :— The force of Nature could no farther go To make a Third,—She joined the former two. JOHK T. PAGE. A SHOWSB OF FROGS (8 th S. vi.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 708
...The way which thou so well hast learnt below. [0» îfiltm.] Three poets, in three distant ages bom, t as they keep, Entice the dewy-featherM sleep : And let some strange m surpass'd, The next in majesty ; in both the last. The force of nature could no further go ; To make... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - عدد الصفحات: 1194
...lines, assigned him the superiority over all ancient and modem bards. " Three poets," says he — - in three distant ages born Greece, Italy, and England did adorn ; The firit in loftiness of thought lurpaised ; The next in majesty ; in both the lafit. The force of nature... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 734
...when t>e& forth in a good suit of Anglo-Saxon words. Ae Dryden said of Homer, Virgil and Milton — Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy...The next in majesty, in both the last; The force of nalurecould no farther go — To make a third, ahe joined the former two. So we may say, with more... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 130
...eternal home \ Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. Three poets, in three distant ages born, > Greece,...surpassed, The next in majesty, in both the last. EXERCISE XII. Death of Adam and Eve. — MONTGOMERY. The sun in summer majesty on high, Darted his... | |
 | John Milton, James Prendeville - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 452
...him. made the foregoing observation is most natural, as he was the author of the famous epigram — "Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece,...The first in loftiness of thought surpassed ; The second in dignity ; in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go ; To make the third,... | |
 | 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 590
...when set forth in a good suit of Anglo-Saxon words. As Dryden said of Homer, Virgil, and Milton : " Three poets in three distant ages born — Greece,...England, did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpast, The next in beauty, both the last : The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third... | |
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...buried in St. Giles's, Cripplegate, having had three wives. me nrst in loftiness of thought surpas: 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. — DRTDEN. OLIVER CROMWELL was born 1.599, near the banks of the... | |
 | Sir Francis Hill - 1974 - عدد الصفحات: 368
...Did Lincoln, Sligo and Armagh adorn; The first in gravity of face surpassed, The next in bigotry - in both the last. The force of nature could no further go; To beard the one she shaved the other two. 2 Fraser's Magazine, xxxv1 (July-December 1847), 462-5. 3 Towards... | |
 | James Chapman - عدد الصفحات: 378
...hundred ways with two. p' pp P , P' r P P'PP* 4. Three poets ui three distant ages born, P' PPPPPPPP P' Greece, Italy, and England did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd, , PPP P. PPP P', P PThe next in majesty, in both the last. „ P P' PPPP , , P /' , P P'... | |
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