The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... play of 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 ...
... play of 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 ...
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... Playing , at beat of drum , their martial pranks , Shouldering , and standing as if stuck to stone , While condescending majesty looks on ; If monarchy consist in such base things , Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ! To be suspected ...
... Playing , at beat of drum , their martial pranks , Shouldering , and standing as if stuck to stone , While condescending majesty looks on ; If monarchy consist in such base things , Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ! To be suspected ...
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... play ) ; To win no praise when well wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censured when they fail ; To doubt the love his favourites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries ...
... play ) ; To win no praise when well wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely censured when they fail ; To doubt the love his favourites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend ; If he indulge a cultivated taste , His galleries ...
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... play the wanton with her powers , Grow freakish , and , o'erleaping every mound , Spread anarchy and terror all around ? [ horse B. Agreed . But would you sell or slay your For bounding and curvetting in his course ? Or if , when ridden ...
... play the wanton with her powers , Grow freakish , and , o'erleaping every mound , Spread anarchy and terror all around ? [ horse B. Agreed . But would you sell or slay your For bounding and curvetting in his course ? Or if , when ridden ...
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... play with syllables , and sport in song . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive , To set a distich upon six and five , Where Discipline helps the'opening buds of sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a ...
... play with syllables , and sport in song . A. At Westminster , where little poets strive , To set a distich upon six and five , Where Discipline helps the'opening buds of sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a ...
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