 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.  Complete Manual of Analysis and Paraphrasing - 第195页作者：William Davidson (B.A.), Joseph Crosby Alcock - 1877 - 232 页全本阅读 - 图书信息
 | Sir Jonah Barrington - 1827 - 504 页
...Cork, and Blarney did adorn : In solemn surliness the first surpass'd, The next in baldcrikuh—in both the last: The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two ! Lord Yelverton, not expecting the lampoon to come in form of a letter, was greatly diverted; it was... | |
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 页
...Muse in marble might express, Is known already: Praise would make him less. Pope's Works. ON MILTON. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England, did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpast — The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go j To make... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 页
...the void, by some rude shock we're broke, And all our boasted fire is lost in smoke. Congreee. MLXXI. 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 could no further go; To make... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 页
...the void, by some rude shock we're broke, And all our boasted fire is lost in smoke. MLXXI. Congreve. 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 could no further go; To make... | |
 | 1830 - 550 页
...imitated (perhaps unintentionally) by Dryden, in his celebrated encomium on Milton; beginning — " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...and England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thougbt surpass'd; The next in majesty— in both tlie last. The force of Nature could no farther go... | |
 | 1830 - 542 页
...should meet in the minds of the same individuals, anti-celtic prejudice, and pride of Celtic birth ! " The force of nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two." Yet, notwithstanding what we have said, we are far from feeling disrespect... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 页
...distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England, did adorn, The first in loftiness of thought surThe next in majesty; in both the last, The force of nature could no further go; To make a third, she joined the former two. [From lieligio Laici.] THE LIGHT OF REASON. Dm as the borrowed beams of moon... | |
 | Joseph Ivimey - 1833 - 320 页
...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...nature could no further go : To make a third, she joined the former two." Mention has been made of the withdrawment of MILTON at the time of the plague,... | |
 | Joseph Ivimey - 1833 - 430 页
...and juster description of MILTON, considered as a poet, than in the well-known words of Dryden :— " 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 lastThe force of nature could no further go : To make a... | |
 | Mary Martha Rodwell - 1834 - 424 页
...employed one of his daughters as his amanuensis : his character is thus portrayed by Dryden : — " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two." BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Boundaries. — Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire... | |
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