American Poems (1625-1892)Walter Cochrane Bronson University of Chicago Press, 1912 - 669 pages |
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... Verse That ever waited on the bravest Hearse . And could my Pen ingeniously distill The purest Spirits of a sparkling wit In rare conceits , the quintessence of skill In Elegiack Strains , none like to it , I should think all too little ...
... Verse That ever waited on the bravest Hearse . And could my Pen ingeniously distill The purest Spirits of a sparkling wit In rare conceits , the quintessence of skill In Elegiack Strains , none like to it , I should think all too little ...
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... verse deplore her cruel fate , And celebrate the virtues of my cat . • 5 ΤΟ She never thirsted for the chickens ' blood ; Her JOSEPH GREEN 45 JOSEPH GREEN The Poet's Lamentation for the Loss of His Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 Scene 9.
... verse deplore her cruel fate , And celebrate the virtues of my cat . • 5 ΤΟ She never thirsted for the chickens ' blood ; Her JOSEPH GREEN 45 JOSEPH GREEN The Poet's Lamentation for the Loss of His Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 Scene 9.
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... verse , Descend , immortal nine , my soul inspire , Amid my bosom lavish all your fire , While smiling Phœbus owns the heavenly layes And shades the poet with surrounding bayes ! But chief , ye blooming nymphs of heavenly frame Who make ...
... verse , Descend , immortal nine , my soul inspire , Amid my bosom lavish all your fire , While smiling Phœbus owns the heavenly layes And shades the poet with surrounding bayes ! But chief , ye blooming nymphs of heavenly frame Who make ...
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... in the tomb , To dust and dull oblivion now resign'd ; Then turn'd the chariot tow'rd the House of Night , Which soon flew off and left no trace behind . 255 But as I stoop'd to write the appointed verse , 142 AMERICAN POEMS.
... in the tomb , To dust and dull oblivion now resign'd ; Then turn'd the chariot tow'rd the House of Night , Which soon flew off and left no trace behind . 255 But as I stoop'd to write the appointed verse , 142 AMERICAN POEMS.
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Walter Cochrane Bronson. But as I stoop'd to write the appointed verse , Swifter than thought the airy scene decay'd ; Blushing the morn arose , and from the east With her gay streams of light dispell'd the shade . About 1776 . 260 1779 ...
Walter Cochrane Bronson. But as I stoop'd to write the appointed verse , Swifter than thought the airy scene decay'd ; Blushing the morn arose , and from the east With her gay streams of light dispell'd the shade . About 1776 . 260 1779 ...
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