 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
 | 1856 - 418 pages
...Milton's " Puradise Lost." Such is the perfection of these poems that they form a class by themselves. " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn." The formation of our hermit, from the Greek eremites, illustrates the change which words undergo in passing... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 pages
...earth, busy and blind, Works all her folly up, and casts it outward To the world's open view. ON 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 nature could no further go; To make... | |
 | William Dowe - 1857 - 272 pages
...as just as the original, but have not the tautology of " loftiness" and "majesty." " Three orators, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first, in loftiness of thought, surpassed, The next, in language, and, in both, the last. The force of nature could no further go,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 pages
...both united be ; I live in pleasure when I live to Thee. Doddridge. II. LINES UNDER MILTON'S PORTRAIT. 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... | |
 | Richmal Mangnall - 1859 - 600 pages
...best portrayed in Dryden's celebrated verses, written under Milton's picture, which we subjoin: — Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'ci, The next in majesty, in both the last; The force of Nature could no farther go, — To... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 pages
...tomh. UNDER MR. MILTON'S PICTURE BEFORE HIS PARADISE LOST. TIIRFE poets in three distant ages horn, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first, in...loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next, in majesty ; in hoth the last. WHO DIED AT BATH, ARD If THKKi: » TEREED.* BELOW this marhle monument is laid All that... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...go, As harbinger of heaven, the way to show, The way which thou so well hast learnt below. ON MILTON. Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next in majesty j in both the last. The force of nature could no further go; To make a third, she join'd the other... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 434 pages
...family could not expect a poetbutin a hundred generations. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "not one family in a hundred can expect a poet in a hundred generations."...celebrated lines, " Three poets in three distant ages horn, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn: The first in loftiness of thought surpassed ; The next... | |
 | John Milton - 1954 - 652 pages
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