Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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Page 223
... spirit brews the stormful day , And , heartless , oft like moody madness stare To see the phantom train their secret work prepare . V [ This stanza , lines 70-86 , was missing in the manuscript . ] VI [ Lines 87-94 were missing in the ...
... spirit brews the stormful day , And , heartless , oft like moody madness stare To see the phantom train their secret work prepare . V [ This stanza , lines 70-86 , was missing in the manuscript . ] VI [ Lines 87-94 were missing in the ...
Page 238
... spirit lost , They sought , oh Albion ! next thy sea - encircled coast . III . 1 Far from the sun and summer - gale , In thy green lap was Nature's darling laid , What time , where lucid Avon strayed , To him the mighty Mother did ...
... spirit lost , They sought , oh Albion ! next thy sea - encircled coast . III . 1 Far from the sun and summer - gale , In thy green lap was Nature's darling laid , What time , where lucid Avon strayed , To him the mighty Mother did ...
Page 343
... spirit , and restore The tone of languid Nature . Mighty winds , That sweep the skirt of some far - spreading wood Of ancient growth , make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore , Heasure in 343 geen displaced 165 ...
... spirit , and restore The tone of languid Nature . Mighty winds , That sweep the skirt of some far - spreading wood Of ancient growth , make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore , Heasure in 343 geen displaced 165 ...
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