 | Richmal Mangnall - 1859 - 590 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, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd, The next in majesty, in both the last ; The force of Nature could no... | |
 | 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, and England, did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed ; The next in majesty ; in both the last. The force of nature could... | |
 | Richmal Mangnall - 1859 - 622 pages
...portrayed in Dryden's celebrated verses, written under Milton's picture, which we subjoin: — Three<ioets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd, The next in majesty, in both the last; The force of Nature could no... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...the sweetness of Virgil, for it was of him that the apt and oft-quoted lines were written: — • " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England did adorn ; The first in majesty of thought surpassed, The next in sweetness, and in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pages
...wrong. He would have to say, ' Here I am amongst barbarians, who not only refuse to do justice, but " art of composition, in the assistance which he gave to Mr. Zachariah Williams, father of t loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next, in majesty ; in both the last. The force of Nature could... | |
 | Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1860 - 336 pages
...encircled by a serpent holding an apple. It is peculiarly suggestive of Dryden's graceful panegyric : — " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd, The next in majesty, in both the last — The force of nature could... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 134 pages
...portrait in the handsome folio edition of Paradise Lost, which was published by subscription in 1680 : — "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... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 574 pages
...sublime, In number, weight, and measure, needs not rhyme. EPIGRAM ON MILTON. 8T DBVDEN. Timsr PoeU, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England, did adorn: The firrt in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next, in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1861 - 570 pages
...has declared that the world has only seen three great epic poets. No less a poet than Dry den says " 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 iast; The force of Nature could... | |
 | Jacob Lowres - 1862 - 192 pages
...this side death his dangers never cease ; His joys are joys of conquest, not of peace. — Young. (5.) 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... | |
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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. 
