Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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Page 99
... bear the tott'ring plank , or ladder's length ; Still fix thy eyes intent upon the throng , And as the passes open , wind along . Where the fair columns of St. Clement stand , Whose straitened bounds encroach upon the Strand ; Where the ...
... bear the tott'ring plank , or ladder's length ; Still fix thy eyes intent upon the throng , And as the passes open , wind along . Where the fair columns of St. Clement stand , Whose straitened bounds encroach upon the Strand ; Where the ...
Page 239
... bear Two coursers of ethereal race , With necks in thunder clothed , and long - resounding pace . III . 3 Hark , his hands the lyre explore ! Bright - eyed Fancy hov'ring o'er Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts , that breathe , and ...
... bear Two coursers of ethereal race , With necks in thunder clothed , and long - resounding pace . III . 3 Hark , his hands the lyre explore ! Bright - eyed Fancy hov'ring o'er Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts , that breathe , and ...
Page 440
... bear the grain . At least where vetches , pulse , and tares have stood , 110 And stalks of lupines grew ( a stubborn wood ) Th ' ensuing season , in return , may bear The bearded product of the golden year . For flax and oats will burn ...
... bear the grain . At least where vetches , pulse , and tares have stood , 110 And stalks of lupines grew ( a stubborn wood ) Th ' ensuing season , in return , may bear The bearded product of the golden year . For flax and oats will burn ...
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