Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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Page 168
... soft minutes with betraying man . And let the aspiring youth beware of love , Of the smooth glance beware ; for ' tis too late , When on his heart the torrent - softness pours . Then wisdom prostrate lies , and fading fame Dissolves in ...
... soft minutes with betraying man . And let the aspiring youth beware of love , Of the smooth glance beware ; for ' tis too late , When on his heart the torrent - softness pours . Then wisdom prostrate lies , and fading fame Dissolves in ...
Page 182
... soft gales of passion play , And gently stir the heart , thereby to form A quicker sense of joy ; as breezes stray Across the enlivened skies , and make them still more gay . XVII " The best of men have ever loved repose : They hate to ...
... soft gales of passion play , And gently stir the heart , thereby to form A quicker sense of joy ; as breezes stray Across the enlivened skies , and make them still more gay . XVII " The best of men have ever loved repose : They hate to ...
Page 340
... soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it received , United yet divided , twain at once . distar 7am 1135 65 19 70 75 sprucl So sit two kings of Brentford on one throne ; And so two citizens who take the air ...
... soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it received , United yet divided , twain at once . distar 7am 1135 65 19 70 75 sprucl So sit two kings of Brentford on one throne ; And so two citizens who take the air ...
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