The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... fancy , and with a few flashes of eruptive poetry . But their general cha- racter is that of prosaic humility . They may some- times rise for a moment on the wing , but their proper abode is on the earth . They may disclose the fancy ...
... fancy , and with a few flashes of eruptive poetry . But their general cha- racter is that of prosaic humility . They may some- times rise for a moment on the wing , but their proper abode is on the earth . They may disclose the fancy ...
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... fancy without controll : in which he may pursue the topic of his choice till it be hunted down , or till another be started in his path to be- come in its turn a new subject of his chase . The epic and the dramatic poet are subjected to ...
... fancy without controll : in which he may pursue the topic of his choice till it be hunted down , or till another be started in his path to be- come in its turn a new subject of his chase . The epic and the dramatic poet are subjected to ...
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... Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ' ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires . Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be ...
... Fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ' ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires . Place me where Winter breathes his keenest air , And I will sing , if Liberty be ...
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... fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment were sacrificed to sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judged ...
... fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment were sacrificed to sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judged ...
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... fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste ; But , when the second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrain'd a nerve ...
... fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste ; But , when the second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrain'd a nerve ...
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