 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.  Walks in London - Page 325by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1778 - 438 pages
...PARADISE LOST. THRIE poets, in three distant agts horn, Greece, Italy, and England, did adoin. IIL S The first in loftiness of thought surpast , The next in majesty ; in hoth the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; 5 To make a third she join'd the former two.... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1799 - 368 pages
...Milton moulders. Dryden's lines on the three great poets, Homer, Virgil, and Milton, are well known. " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn ; The first in majesty of thought surpass'd, The next in gracefulness;—in both, the last. The force of nature could... | |
 | James Hardie - 1802 - 486 pages
...epigram of six lines, constantly prefixed to Paradise Lost, is little more than a translation. ^ , " Three poets in three distant ages born, > - Greece, Italy and England did adorn, 1'be first in majesty of thought surpass'd. The next in gracefulness : in both the last t The force... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 pages
...contemporaries, and yet has since been placed at the head of English classic literature by Dryden : — " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy and England did adorn, Homer in loftiness of thought surpass'd, Virgil in majesty, in both the last." " And ever against eating... | |
 | 1804 - 512 pages
...TP TO; . H ^u<ri5 c! OTforsf e; a>w nfyvacura, /AEW/VOT, Tov Tf iron (ts^arrEn, TS<TW The Original. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...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 further go, To make... | |
 | James Hardie - 1805 - 496 pages
...celebrated epigram of six lines, constantly prefixed to Paradise Lost, is little more than a translation. " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy and England did attorn, The first in majesty of thought surpass'd, The next in gracefulness: in both the last, The... | |
 | 1806 - 274 pages
...captain, I'd put on gay looks, " If the judge and the jury to try me were cooks." CCXLVIII. MILTON. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...— in both the last. The force of Nature could no farther go ; To make a third, she join'd the other tioo. CCXLIX. AN OPINION STATED, AND ILLUSTRATED.... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pages
...l'expression. Dryden me paraît avoir écouté l'orgueil national plus que la justice, quand il a dit : Three poets, in three distant ages born , Greece,...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 further go : To make... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...Can Stuart or Nassau claim higher? Under MILTON'S PICTURE, before kis PARADISE LOST. (DRYDEN.J THRKE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'dj The next, in majesty; in both the last. The pow'r of Nature could no further go; To make... | |
 | 1806 - 224 pages
...epigram, constantly prefixed to Para» John Milton. disc Lost, is little more than a translation : Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn : The first in majesty of thought surpass'd, The next in gracefulness, in both the last. The force of nature could... | |
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