Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical PrefacesJohn Aikin Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row, 1820 - 807 páginas "The object of this work, which is entirely new, is to comprise, within a single volume, a chronological series of our classical poets, from Ben Johnson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of their authors. The contents of this volume are so comprehensive, that few poems, it is believed, are omitted, except such as are of secondary merit, or unsuited to the perusal of youth" -- Page [i]. |
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... leave a kiss but in the cup , And I'll not look for wine . The thirst , that from the soul doth rise , Doth ask a drink divine : But might I of Jove's nectar sup , I would not change for thine . I sent thee , late , a rosy wreath , Not ...
... leave a kiss but in the cup , And I'll not look for wine . The thirst , that from the soul doth rise , Doth ask a drink divine : But might I of Jove's nectar sup , I would not change for thine . I sent thee , late , a rosy wreath , Not ...
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... leave the body that it lov'd , And link'd itself by carnal sensuality To a degenerate and degraded state . Sec . Br . How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh , and crabbed , as dull fools suppose , But musical as is Apollo's lute ...
... leave the body that it lov'd , And link'd itself by carnal sensuality To a degenerate and degraded state . Sec . Br . How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh , and crabbed , as dull fools suppose , But musical as is Apollo's lute ...
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... leave i ' the midst a horrid vale . Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With solid , as the lake with ...
... leave i ' the midst a horrid vale . Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With solid , as the lake with ...
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... leave ask'd of thee : Retire , or taste thy folly , and learn by proof , Hell - born , not to contend with spirits of Heaven . " To whom the goblin full of wrath replied . " Art thou that traitor - angel , art thou he , Who first broke ...
... leave ask'd of thee : Retire , or taste thy folly , and learn by proof , Hell - born , not to contend with spirits of Heaven . " To whom the goblin full of wrath replied . " Art thou that traitor - angel , art thou he , Who first broke ...
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... leave Thy bosom , and this glory next to thee Freely put off , and for him lastly die Well pleas'd ; on me let Death wreak all his rage ; Under his gloomy power I shall not long Lie vanquish'd ; thou hast given me to possess Life in ...
... leave Thy bosom , and this glory next to thee Freely put off , and for him lastly die Well pleas'd ; on me let Death wreak all his rage ; Under his gloomy power I shall not long Lie vanquish'd ; thou hast given me to possess Life in ...
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