Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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Page 87
... voice to loftier numbers raise , The drunkard's flights require sonorous lays , With Bowzybeus ' songs exalt thy verse , 5 While rocks and woods the various notes rehearse . ' Twas in the season when the reapers ' toil Of the ripe ...
... voice to loftier numbers raise , The drunkard's flights require sonorous lays , With Bowzybeus ' songs exalt thy verse , 5 While rocks and woods the various notes rehearse . ' Twas in the season when the reapers ' toil Of the ripe ...
Page 175
... voice Or bids you roar or bids your roaring fall . Soft roll your incense , herbs , and fruits , and flowers , In mingled clouds to Him , whose sun exalts , Whose breath perfumes you , and whose pencil paints . Ye forest , bend ; ye ...
... voice Or bids you roar or bids your roaring fall . Soft roll your incense , herbs , and fruits , and flowers , In mingled clouds to Him , whose sun exalts , Whose breath perfumes you , and whose pencil paints . Ye forest , bend ; ye ...
Page 382
... voice is heard that mortal ears hear not Till Thou hast touched them ; ' tis the voice of song- A loud hosanna sent from all Thy works ; Which he that hears it with a shout repeats , And adds his rapture to the gen'ral praise . 890 In ...
... voice is heard that mortal ears hear not Till Thou hast touched them ; ' tis the voice of song- A loud hosanna sent from all Thy works ; Which he that hears it with a shout repeats , And adds his rapture to the gen'ral praise . 890 In ...
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