Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Samuel Johnson
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Though every night the sun himself set there. COWLEY.
The poetical effect of a lover's name upon glass: My name engrav'd herein Doth contribute my firmness to this glass; Which, ever since that charm, hath been As hard as that which grav'd it was. DONNE. Their conceits were sentiments slight and trifling. On an inconstant woman: He enjoys the calmy sunshine now, And no breath stirring hears; In the clear heaven of thy brow, No smallest cloud appears. He sees thee gentle, fair and gay, And trusts the faithless April of thy May. COWLEY Upon a paper, written with the juice of lemon, and read by the fire: Nothing yet in thee is seen, But when a genial heat warms thee within, A new-born wood of various lines there grows: Here buds an L, and there a B; Here sprouts a V, and there a T; And all the flourishing letters stand in rows. COWLEY. As they sought only for novelty, they did not much inquire, whether their allusions were to things high or low, elegant or gross; whether |
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