Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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Page xxvi
... stand , Where wild carnations blow . The laurels with the winter strive ; The crocus burnishes alive Upon the snow ... standing , feeling animal ; his concern with nature is mainly to find out what it means . This preoccupation with ...
... stand , Where wild carnations blow . The laurels with the winter strive ; The crocus burnishes alive Upon the snow ... standing , feeling animal ; his concern with nature is mainly to find out what it means . This preoccupation with ...
Page 99
... stand , Whose straitened bounds encroach upon the Strand ; Where the low penthouse bows the walker's head , And the rough pavement wounds the yielding tread ; Where not a post protects the narrow space , And strung in twines , combs ...
... stand , Whose straitened bounds encroach upon the Strand ; Where the low penthouse bows the walker's head , And the rough pavement wounds the yielding tread ; Where not a post protects the narrow space , And strung in twines , combs ...
Page 104
... stand , And call for aid in vain ; the coachman swears , And car - men drive , unmindful of thy prayers . Where wilt ... stands , Who boasts her shelly ware from Wallfleet sands ; There may'st thou pass , with safe unmiry feet , Where ...
... stand , And call for aid in vain ; the coachman swears , And car - men drive , unmindful of thy prayers . Where wilt ... stands , Who boasts her shelly ware from Wallfleet sands ; There may'st thou pass , with safe unmiry feet , Where ...
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