The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volumen2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... my trembling heart . Give me thy hand , and let me hear thy voice ; Nay , quickly speak to me , and let me hear Thy voice - my own affrights me with its echoes . He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the B 2 CONGREVE . 9.
... my trembling heart . Give me thy hand , and let me hear thy voice ; Nay , quickly speak to me , and let me hear Thy voice - my own affrights me with its echoes . He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the B 2 CONGREVE . 9.
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... hands , and beats her breast , And tears her useless girdle from her waist ! Hear the sad murmurs of her sighing doves ! For grief they sigh , forgetful of their loves . And , many years after , he gave no proof that time had improved ...
... hands , and beats her breast , And tears her useless girdle from her waist ! Hear the sad murmurs of her sighing doves ! For grief they sigh , forgetful of their loves . And , many years after , he gave no proof that time had improved ...
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... hands , Encompass'd all the mingled mass of seas and lands ; And , having heav'd aloft the ponderous sphere , He launch'd the world to float in ambient air . The con- Of his irregular poems , that to mrs . Arabella Hunt seems to be the ...
... hands , Encompass'd all the mingled mass of seas and lands ; And , having heav'd aloft the ponderous sphere , He launch'd the world to float in ambient air . The con- Of his irregular poems , that to mrs . Arabella Hunt seems to be the ...
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... hands : mine is therefore not so much as a permission - poem , but a downright interloper . Those gen- tlemen who carry on their poetical trade in a joint - stock , would certainly do what they could to sink and ruin an un- licensed ...
... hands : mine is therefore not so much as a permission - poem , but a downright interloper . Those gen- tlemen who carry on their poetical trade in a joint - stock , would certainly do what they could to sink and ruin an un- licensed ...
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... hand : and , while the fancy is full of images , col- lected from innumerable objects , and their different quali- ties , relations , and habitudes , it can at pleasure dress a common notion in a strange but becoming garb ; by which ...
... hand : and , while the fancy is full of images , col- lected from innumerable objects , and their different quali- ties , relations , and habitudes , it can at pleasure dress a common notion in a strange but becoming garb ; by which ...
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