Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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... toil yet scarcely done ? May they not justly to our climes upbraid Shortness of night , and penury of shade ; That ere our wearied limbs are justly blessed With wholesome sleep , and necessary rest , Another sun demands return of care ...
... toil yet scarcely done ? May they not justly to our climes upbraid Shortness of night , and penury of shade ; That ere our wearied limbs are justly blessed With wholesome sleep , and necessary rest , Another sun demands return of care ...
Page 322
... toil from day to day , By sudden blasts , or slow decline , Our social comforts drop away . Well tried through many a varying year , See Levet to the grave descend ; Officious , innocent , sincere , Of ev'ry friendless name the friend ...
... toil from day to day , By sudden blasts , or slow decline , Our social comforts drop away . Well tried through many a varying year , See Levet to the grave descend ; Officious , innocent , sincere , Of ev'ry friendless name the friend ...
Page 403
... toil - worn Cotter frae his labor goes- This night his weekly moil is at an end , Collects his spades , his mattocks , and his hoes , Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend , And weary , o'er the moor , his course does hameward bend ...
... toil - worn Cotter frae his labor goes- This night his weekly moil is at an end , Collects his spades , his mattocks , and his hoes , Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend , And weary , o'er the moor , his course does hameward bend ...
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