..."ethereal race:" Wide o'er the fields of glory bear " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace." Ode on the Progres8 of Poesy. which had been published in my absence, "There has not been so fine a...

...ethereal race: " — " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace." JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, the truth is, they both drive coaches and six ; but Dryden's horses are either...

...manner equally poetical : Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace. THE RAINBOW. IF we hold green glass to the eye, every object seen through it appears green : hence...

...resemblance between these two great poets. They equally remind us of the comparison of Gray, — " Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace." After his translation of Phaedra, our poet went to work upon another dramatic poem, of which, " The...

...eyes in endless night. Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn...

...Gray has nnely alluded to the characteristics of Dryden's style ia describing his " car" as drawn by " Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace." Our extract is taken from the " Religio Laici," written before his conversion to Popery. Not proud...

...eyes in endless night Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace. Hark ! his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn...

...IC31; Hutu, )?,(i!. Behold I when Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race ; With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pure. Hark 1 — his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters, from her...

...Milton's sightless eyes with "excess of light;" nor, mounting Dryden's presumptuous car, " Guide these coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace." But, on the other hand, Tennyson has made onr mother tongue discourse more excellent music than it...

..."ethereal race:"— " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous ca> Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace." , 0 passed it over quite smoothly ; while those of more attention have been as much perplexed by Luke,...