Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1810 |
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... Pleasures of Imagination . 319 • DAVID MALLETT . William and Margaret WILLIAM SHENSTONE . Ode to Memory CHARLES WESLEY . Hymn of Praise Communion with God THOMAS CHATTERTON . Mynstrelle's Song TOBIAS SMOLLETT . Ode to Independence JOHN ...
... Pleasures of Imagination . 319 • DAVID MALLETT . William and Margaret WILLIAM SHENSTONE . Ode to Memory CHARLES WESLEY . Hymn of Praise Communion with God THOMAS CHATTERTON . Mynstrelle's Song TOBIAS SMOLLETT . Ode to Independence JOHN ...
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... star : And all within were paths and alleys wide , With footing worn , and leading inward far : Fair harbour , that them seems ; so in they entered are . And forth they pass , with pleasure forward led , 14 EDMUND SPENSER .
... star : And all within were paths and alleys wide , With footing worn , and leading inward far : Fair harbour , that them seems ; so in they entered are . And forth they pass , with pleasure forward led , 14 EDMUND SPENSER .
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Fitz-Greene Halleck. And forth they pass , with pleasure forward led , Joying to hear the birds ' sweet harmony , Which therein shrouded from the tempest's dread , Seem'd in their song to scorn the cruel sky . Much can they praise the ...
Fitz-Greene Halleck. And forth they pass , with pleasure forward led , Joying to hear the birds ' sweet harmony , Which therein shrouded from the tempest's dread , Seem'd in their song to scorn the cruel sky . Much can they praise the ...
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... pleasures vam . Into a shady dale she soft him led , And laid him down upon a grassy plain , And her sweet self , without dread or disdain , She set beside , laying his head disarm'd In her loose lap , it softly to sustain , Where soon ...
... pleasures vam . Into a shady dale she soft him led , And laid him down upon a grassy plain , And her sweet self , without dread or disdain , She set beside , laying his head disarm'd In her loose lap , it softly to sustain , Where soon ...
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... pleasures choose . " Thence passing forth , they shortly do arrive Whereat the Bower of Bliss was situate ; A place pick'd out by ... pleasure than for battery or fight . It framed was of precious ivory , That seem'd a EDMUND SPENSER . 19.
... pleasures choose . " Thence passing forth , they shortly do arrive Whereat the Bower of Bliss was situate ; A place pick'd out by ... pleasure than for battery or fight . It framed was of precious ivory , That seem'd a EDMUND SPENSER . 19.
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