Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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Page 168
... youth ; The shining moisture swells into her eyes In brighter flow ; her wishing bosom heaves With palpitations wild ; kind tumults seize Her veins , and all her yielding soul is love . From the keen gaze her lover turns away , Full of ...
... youth ; The shining moisture swells into her eyes In brighter flow ; her wishing bosom heaves With palpitations wild ; kind tumults seize Her veins , and all her yielding soul is love . From the keen gaze her lover turns away , Full of ...
Page 196
... youth , who took you at first sight ; Him the wild wave of pleasure hither drove , Before the sprightly tempest tossing light : Certes , he was a most engaging wight , Of social glee , and wit humane though keen , Turning the night to ...
... youth , who took you at first sight ; Him the wild wave of pleasure hither drove , Before the sprightly tempest tossing light : Certes , he was a most engaging wight , Of social glee , and wit humane though keen , Turning the night to ...
Page 307
... youth , be wise , These dreams were Settle's once and Ogilby's . The pamphlet spreads , incessant hisses rise , To some retreat the baffled writer flies , Where no sour critics damn , nor sneers molest , Safe from the keen lampoon and ...
... youth , be wise , These dreams were Settle's once and Ogilby's . The pamphlet spreads , incessant hisses rise , To some retreat the baffled writer flies , Where no sour critics damn , nor sneers molest , Safe from the keen lampoon and ...
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