Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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... thought and history is also obviously - a valuable tool for the reading of its poetry . With it one can understand more readily the subtleties of thought this poetry offers and their significance ; long stretches that look at first ...
... thought and history is also obviously - a valuable tool for the reading of its poetry . With it one can understand more readily the subtleties of thought this poetry offers and their significance ; long stretches that look at first ...
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... thought , by restless musing fed , 1005 Chill the warm cheek , and blast the bloom of life ! Neglected fortune flies ; and , sliding swift , Prone into ruin fall his scorned affairs . ' Tis nought but gloom around : the darkened sun ...
... thought , by restless musing fed , 1005 Chill the warm cheek , and blast the bloom of life ! Neglected fortune flies ; and , sliding swift , Prone into ruin fall his scorned affairs . ' Tis nought but gloom around : the darkened sun ...
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... Thought meeting thought , and will preventing will , With boundless confidence : for nought but love Can answer love , and render bliss secure . Let him , ungenerous , who , alone intent To bless himself , from sordid parents buys The ...
... Thought meeting thought , and will preventing will , With boundless confidence : for nought but love Can answer love , and render bliss secure . Let him , ungenerous , who , alone intent To bless himself , from sordid parents buys The ...
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