Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin A. Hart, Carey & Hart, 1850 - 807 pages |
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... Muse , What kind of creature I could most desire , To honor , serve , and love ; as poets use . I meant to make her fair , and free , and wise , Of greatest blood , and yet more good than great ; I meant the day - star should not ...
... Muse , What kind of creature I could most desire , To honor , serve , and love ; as poets use . I meant to make her fair , and free , and wise , Of greatest blood , and yet more good than great ; I meant the day - star should not ...
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... Muse appear'd to's closed sight , ( The Muses oft in lands of vision play , ) Body'd , array'd , and seen , by an internal light . A golden harp with silver strings she bore ; A wondrous hieroglyphic robe she wore , In which all colors ...
... Muse appear'd to's closed sight , ( The Muses oft in lands of vision play , ) Body'd , array'd , and seen , by an internal light . A golden harp with silver strings she bore ; A wondrous hieroglyphic robe she wore , In which all colors ...
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... Muse ! strain They screen their horrid shapes with the black Through the. All thy remaining life should sunshine be ; Behold ! the public storm is spent at last , The sovereign's tost at sea no more , And thou , with all the noble ...
... Muse ! strain They screen their horrid shapes with the black Through the. All thy remaining life should sunshine be ; Behold ! the public storm is spent at last , The sovereign's tost at sea no more , And thou , with all the noble ...
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... muse's fount , should withhold the draught from others . We learn , however , that he per- ated to think and act for himself . He now returned to his father , who had retired formed the task of instruction with great assiduity . Milton ...
... muse's fount , should withhold the draught from others . We learn , however , that he per- ated to think and act for himself . He now returned to his father , who had retired formed the task of instruction with great assiduity . Milton ...
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... Muse herself that Orpheus bore , The Muse herself , for her enchanting son , Whom universal Nature did lament , When , by the rout that made the hideous roar , His gory visage down the stream was sent , Down the swift Hebrus to the ...
... Muse herself that Orpheus bore , The Muse herself , for her enchanting son , Whom universal Nature did lament , When , by the rout that made the hideous roar , His gory visage down the stream was sent , Down the swift Hebrus to the ...
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