Poets of the English Language: Milton to GoldsmithWystan Hugh Auden, Norman Holmes Pearson Viking Press, 1950 |
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... Land he spreads His orient Beams , on herb , tree , fruit , and flour , Glistring with dew ; fragrant the fertil earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful Eevning milde , then silent Night With this her solemn Bird ...
... Land he spreads His orient Beams , on herb , tree , fruit , and flour , Glistring with dew ; fragrant the fertil earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful Eevning milde , then silent Night With this her solemn Bird ...
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... Land , How could unguarded Virtue stand ? " With Horror , Grief , Despair the Dean Beheld the dire destructive Scene : His Friends in Exile , or the Tower , Himself within the Frown of Power ; Pursu'd by base envenom❜d Pens , Far to the ...
... Land , How could unguarded Virtue stand ? " With Horror , Grief , Despair the Dean Beheld the dire destructive Scene : His Friends in Exile , or the Tower , Himself within the Frown of Power ; Pursu'd by base envenom❜d Pens , Far to the ...
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... land the dismal rumour flies , And publick mournings pacify the skies ; The laureat tribe in servile verse relate , How virtue wars with persecuting fate ; With well - feign'd gratitude the pension'd band Refund the plunder of the ...
... land the dismal rumour flies , And publick mournings pacify the skies ; The laureat tribe in servile verse relate , How virtue wars with persecuting fate ; With well - feign'd gratitude the pension'd band Refund the plunder of the ...
Contents
Introduction | xiii |
General Principles | xxvi |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 1 |
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