 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 other two.  THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D - Page 66by JAMES BOSWELL - 1892Full view - About this book
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - 1194 pages
...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... | |
 | 1849 - 588 pages
...Dryden — so far as respects genius and literary taste — Three poets, in three different ages torn, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in beauty, in both the last ; The force of nature could no farther go, To make... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 564 pages
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 | John Milton, James Prendeville - 1850 - 452 pages
...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,...England did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpassed ; The second in dignity ; in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go ; To... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1850 - 734 pages
...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...England, did adorn; . The first, in loftiness of thought surpassed; . The next in majesty, in both the last; The force of nalurecould no farther go — To make... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1850 - 130 pages
...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,...England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty, in both the last. EXERCISE XII. Death of Adam and Eve. — MONTGOMERY.... | |
 | 1850 - 590 pages
...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... | |
 | 1908 - 572 pages
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 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...As harbinger of heaven, the way to show, The way which thou so well hast learnt below. [On Milton.'] adom. The first in loftiness of thought surpassM, The next in majesty ; in both the liwt. The force... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 410 pages
...family could not expect a poet but in a hundred generations. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "not one family in a hundred can expect a poet in a hundred generations."...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... | |
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