Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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... wind , and in the tempest plays . How they in warlike bands march greatly forth From freezing waters , and the ... winds , and falling snows : If into rocks , or hollow trees they creep , In temporary death confined to sleep ; Or ...
... wind , and in the tempest plays . How they in warlike bands march greatly forth From freezing waters , and the ... winds , and falling snows : If into rocks , or hollow trees they creep , In temporary death confined to sleep ; Or ...
Page 96
... winds , ere kennels break their bounds ; Ungrateful odors common - shores diffuse , And dropping vaults distill ... wind . If you the precepts of the muse despise , And slight the faithful warning of the skies , Others you'll see ...
... winds , ere kennels break their bounds ; Ungrateful odors common - shores diffuse , And dropping vaults distill ... wind . If you the precepts of the muse despise , And slight the faithful warning of the skies , Others you'll see ...
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... wind , To lay the well - tuned instrument reclined ; From which , with airy flying fingers light , Beyond each mortal touch the most refined , The god of winds drew sounds of deep delight , Whence , with just cause , the harp of Æolus ...
... wind , To lay the well - tuned instrument reclined ; From which , with airy flying fingers light , Beyond each mortal touch the most refined , The god of winds drew sounds of deep delight , Whence , with just cause , the harp of Æolus ...
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