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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... rise , Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat . I meant she should be courteous , facile , sweet , Hating that solemn vice of greatness , pride ; I meant each softest virtue there should meet , Fit in that softer bosom to reside ...
... rise , Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat . I meant she should be courteous , facile , sweet , Hating that solemn vice of greatness , pride ; I meant each softest virtue there should meet , Fit in that softer bosom to reside ...
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... Rise , rise , and heave thy rosy head , From thy coral - paven bed , And bridle in thy headlong wave , Till thou our summons answer'd have . 860 870 880 Listen , and save . SABRINA rises , attended by water - nymphs , and sings . By the ...
... Rise , rise , and heave thy rosy head , From thy coral - paven bed , And bridle in thy headlong wave , Till thou our summons answer'd have . 860 870 880 Listen , and save . SABRINA rises , attended by water - nymphs , and sings . By the ...
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... rising Sun No creature thence : if spirit of other sort , So minded , have o'er - leap'd these earthy bounds On ... rise ; Lest total Darkness should by night regain Her old possession , and extinguish life , Return'd on that bright ...
... rising Sun No creature thence : if spirit of other sort , So minded , have o'er - leap'd these earthy bounds On ... rise ; Lest total Darkness should by night regain Her old possession , and extinguish life , Return'd on that bright ...
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... rise Among the groves , the fountains , and the flowers That open now their choicest bosom'd smells , Reserv'd from ... rise From hill or streaming lake , dusky , or gray , Till the Sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold , In honour to ...
... rise Among the groves , the fountains , and the flowers That open now their choicest bosom'd smells , Reserv'd from ... rise From hill or streaming lake , dusky , or gray , Till the Sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold , In honour to ...
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... Rise on the Earth ; or Earth rise on the Sun ; He from the east his flaming road begin ; Or she from west her silent course advance , With inoffensive pace that spinning sleeps On her soft axle 76 Book VIII . MILTON .
... Rise on the Earth ; or Earth rise on the Sun ; He from the east his flaming road begin ; Or she from west her silent course advance , With inoffensive pace that spinning sleeps On her soft axle 76 Book VIII . MILTON .
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