Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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Page 139
... live whose pocket's light : Are not his hours by want depressed ? Penurious care corrodes his breast : Without respect , or love , or friends , His solitary day descends . " " You might , " says Cupid , " doubt my parts , My knowledge ...
... live whose pocket's light : Are not his hours by want depressed ? Penurious care corrodes his breast : Without respect , or love , or friends , His solitary day descends . " " You might , " says Cupid , " doubt my parts , My knowledge ...
Page 320
... live to please , must please to live . Then prompt no more the follies you decry , As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; ' Tis yours this night to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature , and reviving Sense ; To chase the ...
... live to please , must please to live . Then prompt no more the follies you decry , As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; ' Tis yours this night to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature , and reviving Sense ; To chase the ...
Page 341
... live exempted ( while I live Guiltless of pampered appetite obscene ) From pangs arthritic , that infest the toe Of libertine excess . The sofa suits -pens 105 100 95 90 The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb Though on a sofa ...
... live exempted ( while I live Guiltless of pampered appetite obscene ) From pangs arthritic , that infest the toe Of libertine excess . The sofa suits -pens 105 100 95 90 The gouty limb , ' tis true ; but gouty limb Though on a sofa ...
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