English Poetry and Prose of the Romantic MovementGeorge Benjamin Woods Scott, Foresman, 1916 - 1432 pages This book presents an extensive compilation of all of the most important works of English Romantic literature. Virtually every important Romantic writer is covered, including William Blake, Robert Burns, Lord Byron and many, many more. |
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... nature's sweet restorer , balmy Sleep ! He , like the world , his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes , Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe , 5 And lights on lids unsullied with a tear . From short ( as ...
... nature's sweet restorer , balmy Sleep ! He , like the world , his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes , Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe , 5 And lights on lids unsullied with a tear . From short ( as ...
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... nature pays For mighty gain : the gain of each , a life ! But O ! the last the former so transcends , Life dies , compar'd : life lives beyond the grave . And feel I , death ! no joy from thought of thee , Death , the great counsellor ...
... nature pays For mighty gain : the gain of each , a life ! But O ! the last the former so transcends , Life dies , compar'd : life lives beyond the grave . And feel I , death ! no joy from thought of thee , Death , the great counsellor ...
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... nature through , ' tis revolution all ; All change ; no death . Day follows night ; and night The dying day ; stars rise , and set , and rise ; Earth takes th ' example . See , the sum- mer gay , With her green chaplet , and ambrosial ...
... nature through , ' tis revolution all ; All change ; no death . Day follows night ; and night The dying day ; stars rise , and set , and rise ; Earth takes th ' example . See , the sum- mer gay , With her green chaplet , and ambrosial ...
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... nature . From the first , On that full scene his love divine he fix'd , His admiration ; till , in time complete , What he admir'd and lov'd , his vital power 115 Unfolded into being . Hence the breath Of life informing each organic ...
... nature . From the first , On that full scene his love divine he fix'd , His admiration ; till , in time complete , What he admir'd and lov'd , his vital power 115 Unfolded into being . Hence the breath Of life informing each organic ...
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... Nature's opening walks enlarge her aim , Till every bound at length should dis- appear , And infinite perfection fill the scene . Then tell me ( for ye know ) Doth Beauty ever deign to dwell where use And aptitude are strangers ? is her ...
... Nature's opening walks enlarge her aim , Till every bound at length should dis- appear , And infinite perfection fill the scene . Then tell me ( for ye know ) Doth Beauty ever deign to dwell where use And aptitude are strangers ? is her ...
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