Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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Page 87
... raise , So long shall swains tell Blouzelinda's praise . Thus wailed the louts in melancholy strain , Till bonny Susan sped across the plain ; They seized the lass in apron clean arrayed , And to the ale - house forced the willing maid ...
... raise , So long shall swains tell Blouzelinda's praise . Thus wailed the louts in melancholy strain , Till bonny Susan sped across the plain ; They seized the lass in apron clean arrayed , And to the ale - house forced the willing maid ...
Page 297
... raised us from our wretched state , 20 O prodigy of Love ! Ascending to the skies he shone Refulgent on his starry throne ... raise them from their fall . Where Atlas was believed to bear The weight of ev'ry rolling sphere , 25 25 30 ...
... raised us from our wretched state , 20 O prodigy of Love ! Ascending to the skies he shone Refulgent on his starry throne ... raise them from their fall . Where Atlas was believed to bear The weight of ev'ry rolling sphere , 25 25 30 ...
Page 313
... raise the tardy bust . If dreams yet flatter , once again attend , Hear Lydiat's life , and Galileo's end . 155 160 Nor deem , when learning her last prize bestows , The glitt'ring eminence exempt from foes ; 165 See when the vulgar ...
... raise the tardy bust . If dreams yet flatter , once again attend , Hear Lydiat's life , and Galileo's end . 155 160 Nor deem , when learning her last prize bestows , The glitt'ring eminence exempt from foes ; 165 See when the vulgar ...
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