The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With a Memoir of EachPhillips, Sampson, 1851 - 308 pages |
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... nature , and to which the mind is re- conciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular tra- ditions . He loved fairies , genii , giants , and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchant- ment , to gaze on the ...
... nature , and to which the mind is re- conciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular tra- ditions . He loved fairies , genii , giants , and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchant- ment , to gaze on the ...
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... Nature gave him , and though Science taught The fire of Fancy , and the reach of thought , Severely doom'd to Penury's extreme , He pass'd in madd'ning pain life's fev'rish dream , While rays of genius only served to shew The thick'ning ...
... Nature gave him , and though Science taught The fire of Fancy , and the reach of thought , Severely doom'd to Penury's extreme , He pass'd in madd'ning pain life's fev'rish dream , While rays of genius only served to shew The thick'ning ...
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... Nature's wounds , and wrecks preside ; While Vengeance , in the lurid air , Lifts her red arm , exposed and bare : On whom that ravening brood of Fate , Who lap the blood of Sorrow , wait ; Who , Fear , this ghastly train can see , And ...
... Nature's wounds , and wrecks preside ; While Vengeance , in the lurid air , Lifts her red arm , exposed and bare : On whom that ravening brood of Fate , Who lap the blood of Sorrow , wait ; Who , Fear , this ghastly train can see , And ...
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... In thy divine emotions spoke ! Hither again thy fury deal , Teach me but once like him to feel His cypress wreath my meed decree , And I , O Fear , will dwell with thee TO SIMPLICITY . O THOU , by Nature taught To 22 TO FEAR .
... In thy divine emotions spoke ! Hither again thy fury deal , Teach me but once like him to feel His cypress wreath my meed decree , And I , O Fear , will dwell with thee TO SIMPLICITY . O THOU , by Nature taught To 22 TO FEAR .
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With a Memoir of Each William Collins. TO SIMPLICITY . O THOU , by Nature taught To breathe her genuine thought , In numbers warmly pure , and sweetly strong : Who first on mountains wild , In Fancy , loveliest child , Thy babe , and ...
With a Memoir of Each William Collins. TO SIMPLICITY . O THOU , by Nature taught To breathe her genuine thought , In numbers warmly pure , and sweetly strong : Who first on mountains wild , In Fancy , loveliest child , Thy babe , and ...
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