Eighteenth Century Poetry & ProseLouis Ignatius Bredvold Ronald Press Company, 1956 - 1274 pages The purpose os this volume is to provide representative selections from English prose and poetry of the eighteenth century for undergraduate courses in that period. In this second edition of the anthology the editors have expanded the contents considerably. Additions have been made from Addison, Pope, Swift, Young, Smart, Burke, and Reynolds, with Blake's comments. The extensive notes and introductions should assist the beginning student to understand the texts, but it is hoped that they will also lead him to explore further in the works listed in the bibliographies. |
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Page 467
... o'er the palace waves— While , a gay insect in his summer shine , The fop , light - fluttering , spreads his mealy wings . Dread o'er the scene the ghost of Hamlet stalks ; Othello rages ; poor Monimia mourns ; Terror alarms the breast ...
... o'er the palace waves— While , a gay insect in his summer shine , The fop , light - fluttering , spreads his mealy wings . Dread o'er the scene the ghost of Hamlet stalks ; Othello rages ; poor Monimia mourns ; Terror alarms the breast ...
Page 564
... o'er my soul diffuse , O'er all my artless songs preside , My footsteps to thy temple guide , To offer at thy turf - built shrine , In golden cups no costly wine , No murdered fatling of the flock , But flowers and honey from the rock ...
... o'er my soul diffuse , O'er all my artless songs preside , My footsteps to thy temple guide , To offer at thy turf - built shrine , In golden cups no costly wine , No murdered fatling of the flock , But flowers and honey from the rock ...
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... o'er and o'er . The critic eye , that microscope of wit , Sees hairs and pores , examines bit by bit : How parts relate to parts , or they to whole , The body's harmony , the beaming soul , Are things which Kuster , Burman , Wasse shall ...
... o'er and o'er . The critic eye , that microscope of wit , Sees hairs and pores , examines bit by bit : How parts relate to parts , or they to whole , The body's harmony , the beaming soul , Are things which Kuster , Burman , Wasse shall ...
Contents
SAMUEL BUTLER | 1 |
A Bumpkin or CountrySquire | 11 |
JOHN WILMOT EARL OF ROCHESTER | 31 |
Copyright | |
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