The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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Page xvii
... Fire , Graces each motion of th ' immortal Lyre . The matchlefs ftrains our ravish'd fenfes charm : 20 How great the thought ! the images how warm ! How beautifully just the turns appear ; The language how majestically clear ! With ...
... Fire , Graces each motion of th ' immortal Lyre . The matchlefs ftrains our ravish'd fenfes charm : 20 How great the thought ! the images how warm ! How beautifully just the turns appear ; The language how majestically clear ! With ...
Page xviii
... fire . O , for a Mufe like thine , while I rehearse , Th ' immortal beauties of thy various verse ! Now light as air th ' inlivening numbers move , Soft as the downy plumes of fabled Love , Gay as the streaks that stain the gaudy bow ...
... fire . O , for a Mufe like thine , while I rehearse , Th ' immortal beauties of thy various verse ! Now light as air th ' inlivening numbers move , Soft as the downy plumes of fabled Love , Gay as the streaks that stain the gaudy bow ...
Page xx
... fire ; Whilft I , the meanest of the Muses ' throng , To thy juft praises tune th ' adventurous fong . How am I fill'd with rapture and delight When gods and mortals , mix'd , fuftain the fight ! Like Milton then , though in more polish ...
... fire ; Whilft I , the meanest of the Muses ' throng , To thy juft praises tune th ' adventurous fong . How am I fill'd with rapture and delight When gods and mortals , mix'd , fuftain the fight ! Like Milton then , though in more polish ...
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... fire him to reflect , that the Ancients ( to fay the least of them ) had as much genius as we : and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to produce more complete pieces . They conftantly applied them- felves not ...
... fire him to reflect , that the Ancients ( to fay the least of them ) had as much genius as we : and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to produce more complete pieces . They conftantly applied them- felves not ...
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... ends : On me Love's fiercer flames for ever prey , By night he scorches , as he burns by day . VARIATION . Ver . 91. Me love inflames , nor will his fires allay . 90 D 2 AUTUMN . A U T U MN . THE .. THIRD PASTORAL PASTORAL II . 35.
... ends : On me Love's fiercer flames for ever prey , By night he scorches , as he burns by day . VARIATION . Ver . 91. Me love inflames , nor will his fires allay . 90 D 2 AUTUMN . A U T U MN . THE .. THIRD PASTORAL PASTORAL II . 35.
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