Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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Page 205
... Fear ( 1746 ) Strophe Thou to whom the world unknown With all its shadowy shapes is shown ; Who see'st appalled th ' unreal scene , While Fancy lifts the veil between : Ah Fear ! ah frantic Fear ! I see , I see thee near ! I know thy ...
... Fear ( 1746 ) Strophe Thou to whom the world unknown With all its shadowy shapes is shown ; Who see'st appalled th ' unreal scene , While Fancy lifts the veil between : Ah Fear ! ah frantic Fear ! I see , I see thee near ! I know thy ...
Page 206
... Fear , this ghastly train can see , And look not madly wild , like thee ? Epode In earliest Greece to thee , with partial choice , The grief - full Muse addressed her infant tongue ; The maids and matrons , on her awful voice , Silent ...
... Fear , this ghastly train can see , And look not madly wild , like thee ? Epode In earliest Greece to thee , with partial choice , The grief - full Muse addressed her infant tongue ; The maids and matrons , on her awful voice , Silent ...
Page 351
... fear to die , 475 480 485 Yet scorn the purposes for which they live . Then wherefore not renounce them ? No the dread , The slavish dread of solitude , that breeds Reflection and remorse , the fear of shame , And their invet'rate ...
... fear to die , 475 480 485 Yet scorn the purposes for which they live . Then wherefore not renounce them ? No the dread , The slavish dread of solitude , that breeds Reflection and remorse , the fear of shame , And their invet'rate ...
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