I believ'd it the effect of a poetick gaiety, that had not left his years.
This Gentleman is frequently possest with Poetick Raptures; and all the Family complains, that he disturbs 'em at Midnight, by reciting some incomparable sublime Fustian of his own Composing.
Farewel, too little and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own; For sure our Souls were near ally'd; and thine Cast in the same Poetick Mould with mine.
This, this is he who in Poetick Rage, With Scorpions lash'd the Madness of the age; Who durst the fashions of the times despise, And be a Wit when all Mankind grew wise.
Go jilt among thy Vot'ries there, And clap 'em with Poetick fire!
Thou who but now did'st reach the Sky, Low as Despair art forc'd to lie: Those soaring thoughts thou didst admire, With thy Poetick rage expire.
In his 23d year, he wrote the beautiful pastoral of Colin and Phebe, on which his poetick reputation is principally founded.
Thou in thy large Poetick Chace, Begin'st where others end the Race.
And surely none 'midst the Poetick Quire, But justly will admire The Trophies of thy wit, Sublime and gay as e'er were yet In Charming Numbers writ.
For the polite and inquisitive part of Mankind in New England these poetick fancies are highly conformed as many residents testify by their frequent perusal and approval.
To the Ladies in particular and others the lovers of Sentiment and Poetick Numbers this Novel is recommended, to them it will afford a delightful Repast.
He is never lost in smoak and Rapture, nor overborn with Poetick Fury; but keeps his Fancy warm and his Reason Cool at the same time.
Has it no basis of Truth, nothing to support it, but strength of Fancy, andPoetick Invention?
The preface contains an apology for heroick verse and poetick license; by which is meant not any liberty taken in contracting or extending words, but the use of bold fictions and ambitious figures.
Then, if they will not gently apprehend, Let one great blot give to their fame an end; Whilst no poetick flower their herse doth dresse, But perish they and their effigies.
Can the poetick heaven still hold on The golden dance, when the first mover's gon?
The representative power of poetick harmony consists of sound and measure; of the force of the syllables singly considered, and of the time in which they are pronounced.
Illiterate is an ambiguous term: the question is, whether Poetick History could be only known by an Adept in Languages.
But not only Aufidius, but the Roman Tribunes, Sicinius and Brutus, appear to me to cry aloud for Poetick Vengeance.
Indeed this doctrine was before now introduced into poetick fiction, as you may see in a Poem, “where the Lover declareth his pains to exceed far the pains of Hell,” among the many miscellaneous ones subjoined to the Works of Surrey.
My lords, ladies and gentlemen, you are one and all the genteelest of companions, but so far as my theology has taken me, you are none of you gods or goddesses, except in the hyperbole of poetick dedications.
A poetick satirist too often sacrifices his good breeding for the sake of the rhymes.
During my saunters, I delight to rest my mind with the recitation of the Odes and Epodes of my poetick and pre-Christian namesake.
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