Chamber's Cyclopædia of English literature; a history, critical and biographical, of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writings . he youths b^n to sweepNeptunes smooth face and cleave the yielding deep ;^^hich soon becomes the seat of sudden warbetween the wind and tide that fiercely when a sort of lusty shepherds tryTlieir force at football, care of victoryMakes them salute so liriskly, breast to breast,That their encounters seem too rough for jest:They ply their feet, and still the restless ball,Tossed to and fro, is ur
Chamber's Cyclopædia of English literature; a history, critical and biographical, of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writings . he youths b^n to sweepNeptunes smooth face and cleave the yielding deep ;^^hich soon becomes the seat of sudden warbetween the wind and tide that fiercely when a sort of lusty shepherds tryTlieir force at football, care of victoryMakes them salute so liriskly, breast to breast,That their encounters seem too rough for jest:They ply their feet, and still the restless ball,Tossed to and fro, is urged by them all:So fares the doubtful barge twixt tide and like effect of their contention On , in hasty words or discharges on our foes ;And sorrow, too, finds some reliefIn tears, which wait upon our grief:So ever)- passion, but fond love,Unto its own redress does move ;But that alone the wretch inclinesTo what prevents his o«-n designs ;Makes him lament, and sigh, and , tremble, fawn, and creep ;Postures which render him he endeavours to be women (bom to be controlled)Stoop to the fonvard and the bold ;. EDMUND WALLER. From the Portrait by John Riley in ihc National Portrait Gallery. Affect the haughty and the gay, the frolic, and the first the generous steed kneeling did salute the beast;But with high courage, life, and force,Approaching, tamed the unruly horse. Lnwisely we the wiser EastPity, supposing them oppressedWith tyrants force, whose law is will,By which they govern, spoil, and kill ;Each nymph, but moderately with no less rigour some brave Turk, that walks amongHis twenty lasses, bright and beckons to the willing ,Preferre<l to quench his present as many gallants modest guise and silent to one female idol bend,While her high pride does scarce descendTo mark their follies, h
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