Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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... arms . While Betty dances on the green ; And Susan is at stool - ball seen : While John for nine - pins does declare ; And Roger loves to pitch the bar ; Both legs and arms spontaneous move : Which was the thing I meant to prove . 303 ...
... arms . While Betty dances on the green ; And Susan is at stool - ball seen : While John for nine - pins does declare ; And Roger loves to pitch the bar ; Both legs and arms spontaneous move : Which was the thing I meant to prove . 303 ...
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... arms . " Pale Phoebe , drawn by verse , from heav'n descends : And Circe changed with charms Ulysses ' friends . Verse breaks the ground , and penetrates the brake , And in the winding cavern splits the snake : Verse fires the frozen ...
... arms . " Pale Phoebe , drawn by verse , from heav'n descends : And Circe changed with charms Ulysses ' friends . Verse breaks the ground , and penetrates the brake , And in the winding cavern splits the snake : Verse fires the frozen ...
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... arms . " These pois'nous plants , for magic use designed , ( The noblest and the best of all the baneful kind , ) Old Moeris brought me from the Pontic strand , And culled the mischief of a bounteous land . Smeared with these pow'rful ...
... arms . " These pois'nous plants , for magic use designed , ( The noblest and the best of all the baneful kind , ) Old Moeris brought me from the Pontic strand , And culled the mischief of a bounteous land . Smeared with these pow'rful ...
Contents
Introduction | xvii |
Matthew Prior | xxiv |
To the Honorable Charles Montague Esq | 2 |
Copyright | |
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ADORATION auld auld lang syne bard beauty beneath bless breast breath charms Christopher Smart clouds Cowper death delight Dunciad e'er earth eighteenth-century ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fate fear fire flame flowers frae golden reign grace hand hear heart heav'n honor hour human J. V. Cunningham John John Gay Jonathan Swift king lasses light Lord lyre maid Matthew Prior mind morn Muse nature Nature's ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace periphrasis Philip Larkin plain play pleasure poem poet poetic poetry pow'r praise pride rise round scene scorn sense shade shine sighs sing skelpin sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit Spring strain stream swain sweet Swift thee thou thought toil trembling Twas vale verse virtue voice walk wild William Cowper wind wing woods youth