 | John Moore - Europe - 1781 - 544 pages
...the world's exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make thy ftream, My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet...dull; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. 2 Heaven Heaven her Eridanus no more (hall boaft, Whofe fame in thine, like lefler current, 's loft.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 498 pages
...generally known : ** O could I flow tike thec, And make fhy ftreani, lt My great example^ as it is my theme ! " Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet...Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing " full." The lines are in themfelves not perfect ; for moft of the words, thus artfully oppofed, are to be underftood... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...generally known : " O could I flow like thee, and make thy flrcam •* My great example, as it is my theme ! " Though deep, yet clear ; though gentle,..." Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full." The lines are in themfelves not perfect ; for moft of the words, thus artfully oppofed, are to be undcrftood... | |
 | John Moore - Anecdotes - 1795 - 508 pages
...is the world's exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make thy ftream My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet...dull; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. Heaven her Eridanus no more fhall boaft, Whofe fame in thine, like lefler current 's loft. You will... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1806 - 498 pages
...general sentiment is there. О could 1 flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep yet clear ; though gentle yet...dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. Hcav'n her Eridanus no more bhall boast ; Her fame in thine, like lesser currents, lost; Thy nobler... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 336 pages
...are generally known : " O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream " My great exampTe, as it is my theme ! " Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet..." Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full." The lines are in J hemselves not perfect; for most of the words, thus artfully opposed, are to be unUS... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1806 - 796 pages
...morality. SIR JOHN DENHAM. О could I flow like tbee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is iny theme ! Thoug-h deep, yet clear ; though gentle, yet...Strong -without rage ; without o'erflowing, full. Of this famous passage, to which Dryden has nothing equal, and Pope nothing supérieur, Dr. Johnson... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1810 - 238 pages
...dependence upon Fate ; O could I flow like thee ! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet...without rage ; without o'erflowing, full. Cooper's Hill. See an excellent parody of these lines in the Dunciad, Book iii. 1. 169. Success thou ne'er thought's!... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...the world's exchange. . O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet...dull; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. Heaven her Erklanus no more shall boast; Whose fame in thine, like lesser current, 's lost Thy nobler... | |
 | William Bernard Cooke - England - 1811 - 324 pages
...is the world's exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make my stream My great example as it is my theme ! Though deep yet clear ; though gentle yet...dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full ; Heav'n her Eridanus no more shall boast, Whose fame's in this, like lesser currents lost. Staines... | |
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O could I flow like thee ! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. 
