Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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Page xlvi
... fields , Wordsworth can dismiss , precisely because they rely so heavily on this characteristically eighteenth - century sort of language . But this aspect of the language of eighteenth - century poetry , like the others we have ...
... fields , Wordsworth can dismiss , precisely because they rely so heavily on this characteristically eighteenth - century sort of language . But this aspect of the language of eighteenth - century poetry , like the others we have ...
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... fields again to pass Duteous , and hark'ning to the sounding brass ? And , O thou sluggard , tell me why the ant ' Midst summer's plenty thinks of winter's want : By constant journeys careful to prepare Her stores ; and bringing home ...
... fields again to pass Duteous , and hark'ning to the sounding brass ? And , O thou sluggard , tell me why the ant ' Midst summer's plenty thinks of winter's want : By constant journeys careful to prepare Her stores ; and bringing home ...
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... field declines , When now the sword is girded to his loins . When the swift vessel flies before the wind , Too late the sailor views the land behind . And ' tis too late now back again to bring Enquiry , raised and tow'ring on the wing ...
... field declines , When now the sword is girded to his loins . When the swift vessel flies before the wind , Too late the sailor views the land behind . And ' tis too late now back again to bring Enquiry , raised and tow'ring on the wing ...
Contents
Introduction | xvii |
Matthew Prior | xxiv |
To the Honorable Charles Montague Esq | 2 |
Copyright | |
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