American Poems (1625-1892)Walter Cochrane Bronson University of Chicago Press, 1912 - 669 pages |
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... better poets , but because their works are less accessible ; indeed , the selec- tions from Colonial and Revolutionary writers have in general been made full enough to meet the needs of most students and readers without resort to other ...
... better poets , but because their works are less accessible ; indeed , the selec- tions from Colonial and Revolutionary writers have in general been made full enough to meet the needs of most students and readers without resort to other ...
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... better fits ; A Poets pen all scorn I should thus wrong , For such despite they cast on Female wits : If what I do prove well it won't advance ; They ' l say it's stoln , or else it was by chance . 20 25 30 But sure the antique Greeks ...
... better fits ; A Poets pen all scorn I should thus wrong , For such despite they cast on Female wits : If what I do prove well it won't advance ; They ' l say it's stoln , or else it was by chance . 20 25 30 But sure the antique Greeks ...
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... better then can I. Yet above all this priviledg is thine ; Thy dayes still lengthen , without least decline . 1650 . FROM THE FOUR MONARCHYES Next o're the Heles pont a bridge he made Of Boats together coupled and there laid ; But winds ...
... better then can I. Yet above all this priviledg is thine ; Thy dayes still lengthen , without least decline . 1650 . FROM THE FOUR MONARCHYES Next o're the Heles pont a bridge he made Of Boats together coupled and there laid ; But winds ...
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... better known , alas , the same had I. " Thou as a Bridegroom from thy Chamber rushes , And as a strong man joyes to run a race ; The morn doth usher thee with smiles & blushes , The Earth reflects her glances in thy face ; 30 Birds ...
... better known , alas , the same had I. " Thou as a Bridegroom from thy Chamber rushes , And as a strong man joyes to run a race ; The morn doth usher thee with smiles & blushes , The Earth reflects her glances in thy face ; 30 Birds ...
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... better then my sight , And wisht me wings with her a while to take my flight . " O merry Bird , " said I , " that fears no snares , That neither toyles nor hoards up in thy barn , Feels no sad thoughts , nor cruciating cares To gain ...
... better then my sight , And wisht me wings with her a while to take my flight . " O merry Bird , " said I , " that fears no snares , That neither toyles nor hoards up in thy barn , Feels no sad thoughts , nor cruciating cares To gain ...
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