 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1764 - 616 pages
...enchanted fmil'd and wav'd her golden hair. The force of. the following ftanza muft be univerfally felt : Firft Fear his hand, its fkill to try, Amid the chords,...knew not why, Even at the found himfelf had made. It is with peculiar pleafure that we do this juftice to a Poet who was too great to be popular, and... | |
 | William Collins, John Langhorne - English poetry - 1765 - 144 pages
...of found, And as they oft had heard apart Sweet leflbns of her forceful art, Each, for madnefs rul'd the hour, Would prove his own expreffive power. Firft...knew not why, Even at the found himfelf had made. H 2 C 60 ] Next Anger rufii'd, his eyes on fire, In light'nings own'd his fecret flings, In one rude... | |
 | Moses Mendez - English poetry - 1767 - 340 pages
...Each, for madnefs rul'd the hour, Would prove his own expreffive power. Firft Fear his hand, its {kill to try, Amid the chords bewilder'd laid, And back...knew not why, Even at the found himfelf had made. Anger rufh'd, his eyes on fire, Jn lightnings own'd his fecret flings, In one rude clafh he ftruck... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 628 pages
...found, And as they oft had heard apart Sweet leffons of her. forceful art, Each, for madnefs rul'd the hour, Would prove his own expreffive power. Firft...bewilder'd laid, .And back recoil'd, he knew not why, . ' Ev'n at the found himfelf had made. Next Anger rufli'd, his eyes on fire, In lightnings own'd his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 348 pages
...Sweet leflbns of her forceful art, Each, for madncfs rul'd the hour, Would prove his own exprcffive power. Firft Fear his hand, its fkill to try, Amid...bewilder'd laid, And back recoil'd, he knew not why, Ev'n at the found lumieif had made. Next Anger rufli'd, his eyes on fire, In lightnings own'd his fecret... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 380 pages
...of her forceful art, Each, for msdnefs rul'd the hour, Would prove his own expreffive power, Fiift Fear his hand, its fkill to try, Amid the chords bewilder'd laid, And back recoil'd, he knew not why, Ev'n at the found himfdf had made. Next Anger rufli'd, his eyes on fire, In lightnings own'd his fecret... | |
 | William Scott (teacher of elocution, Edinburgh.) - Recitations - 1781 - 470 pages
...hour) Would prove his own expreffive pow'r. „_ „; FIRST, Fear, his hand, iis (kill to try, . . _., Amid the chords bewilder'd laid ; And back recoil'd,...why, Even at the found himfelf had made* NEXT, Anger rufh'd^his eyes on fire: In lightnings, own'd his fecret (lings. In one rude clalh, he ftruck the lyre—-... | |
 | English periodicals - 1781 - 552 pages
...(for Madnefs rul'd the hour) Would prove his own expreffive power. Firft, Fear, his hand, it's fcill to try, Amid the chords bewilder'd laid; And back recoil'd, he knew not why, E'en at the found himfelf had made* t, Anger rufii'd ; his eyes on fire, .In lightnings own'd his fecret... | |
 | English poetry - 1788 - 480 pages
...Each, for madness rul'd the hour, Would prove his own expressive pow'r. First Fear his hand, its skill to try, •.. Amid the chords bewilder'd laid, And back recoil'd he knew not why, '.*.•" Ev'n at the sound himself had made. zb Next Anger rush'd, his eyes on fire In lightnings own'd... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...£we«t It-lions of her forceful art, Kach (for madnefs rul'd the hour) Would prove his own expreflive power.' Firft, Fear, his hand, its fkill to try, Amid...back recoil'd, he knew not why, Even at the found himielf had made* Next, Anger rufh'd, his eyes on fire: \ \ In lightnings own'd his fccret .Aings.... | |
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Next Anger rush'd : his eyes on fire, In lightnings, own'd his secret stings : In one rude clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. 
