Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1810 |
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... earl of Oxford , and Earl of Mortimer 263 JONATHAN SWIFT . On Poetry . THOMAS WARTON . Retirement ROBERT BLAIR . From " The Grave " • 264 . 275 . 276 JAMES THOMSON . The Castle of Indolence ISAAC WATTS . viii CONTENTS .
... earl of Oxford , and Earl of Mortimer 263 JONATHAN SWIFT . On Poetry . THOMAS WARTON . Retirement ROBERT BLAIR . From " The Grave " • 264 . 275 . 276 JAMES THOMSON . The Castle of Indolence ISAAC WATTS . viii CONTENTS .
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... grave a bed ; With female fairies will his tomb be haunted , And worms will not come to thee . With fairest flowers , Arv . Whilst summer lasts , and I live here , Fidele , I'll sweeten thy sad grave . Thou shalt not lack C 2 WILLIAM ...
... grave a bed ; With female fairies will his tomb be haunted , And worms will not come to thee . With fairest flowers , Arv . Whilst summer lasts , and I live here , Fidele , I'll sweeten thy sad grave . Thou shalt not lack C 2 WILLIAM ...
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Fitz-Greene Halleck. I'll sweeten thy sad grave . Thou shalt not lack The flower , that's like thy face , pale primrose ; nor The azured harebell , like thy veins ; no , nor The leaf of eglantine , whom not to slander , Out - sweeten'd ...
Fitz-Greene Halleck. I'll sweeten thy sad grave . Thou shalt not lack The flower , that's like thy face , pale primrose ; nor The azured harebell , like thy veins ; no , nor The leaf of eglantine , whom not to slander , Out - sweeten'd ...
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... graves The April flow'rs , and leaves , and tree , Before I false my faith to thee . First shall the top of highest hill , By humble plains be overpry'd , And poets scorn the Muses ' quill , And fish forsake the water glide , And Iris ...
... graves The April flow'rs , and leaves , and tree , Before I false my faith to thee . First shall the top of highest hill , By humble plains be overpry'd , And poets scorn the Muses ' quill , And fish forsake the water glide , And Iris ...
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... grave , But virtues of the mind unto The heavens with us we have ; Wherefore , for virtue's sake , I can be well content The sweetest time of all my life To deem in thinking spent . BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER . 1586-1616 . - 1576-1625 ...
... grave , But virtues of the mind unto The heavens with us we have ; Wherefore , for virtue's sake , I can be well content The sweetest time of all my life To deem in thinking spent . BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER . 1586-1616 . - 1576-1625 ...
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