Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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Page xlvii
... kind " ( such poetic euphemism is known technically as periphrasis ) does not ordinarily seek to avoid calling a bird a bird ; he is , rather , evoking an elaborate system of scientific and theological reference . He reminds his readers ...
... kind " ( such poetic euphemism is known technically as periphrasis ) does not ordinarily seek to avoid calling a bird a bird ; he is , rather , evoking an elaborate system of scientific and theological reference . He reminds his readers ...
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... kind gifts of water , and of food , Ungrateful , and returning ill for good , 200 He seeks his keeper's flesh , and thirsts his blood : While the strong camel , and the gen'rous horse , Restrained and awed by man's inferior force , Do ...
... kind gifts of water , and of food , Ungrateful , and returning ill for good , 200 He seeks his keeper's flesh , and thirsts his blood : While the strong camel , and the gen'rous horse , Restrained and awed by man's inferior force , Do ...
Page 159
... kind Try every winning way inventive love Can dictate , and in courtship to their mates Pour forth their little souls . First , wide around , With distant awe , in airy rings they rove , Endeavoring by a thousand tricks to catch The ...
... kind Try every winning way inventive love Can dictate , and in courtship to their mates Pour forth their little souls . First , wide around , With distant awe , in airy rings they rove , Endeavoring by a thousand tricks to catch The ...
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