Minor English Poets, 1660-1780: A Selection from Alexander Chalmers' The English Poets, Volume 2David P. French B. Blom, 1967 |
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... poem of Blenheim was never denied to be tolerable , even by those who do not allow it supreme excellence . It is indeed the poem of a scholar , all inexpert of war ; of a man who writes books from books , and studies the world in a ...
... poem of Blenheim was never denied to be tolerable , even by those who do not allow it supreme excellence . It is indeed the poem of a scholar , all inexpert of war ; of a man who writes books from books , and studies the world in a ...
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... poem , and I have done . This poem , sir , if we consider the moral , the newness of the subject , the variety of images , and the exactness of the similitudes that compose it , must be allowed a piece that was never equalled by the ...
... poem , and I have done . This poem , sir , if we consider the moral , the newness of the subject , the variety of images , and the exactness of the similitudes that compose it , must be allowed a piece that was never equalled by the ...
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... poem on the Plague of Athens ; a subject of which it is not easy to say what could recommend it . To these he added afterwards a poem on Mr. Cowley's death . After the Restoration he took orders , and by Cowley's recommendation was made ...
... poem on the Plague of Athens ; a subject of which it is not easy to say what could recommend it . To these he added afterwards a poem on Mr. Cowley's death . After the Restoration he took orders , and by Cowley's recommendation was made ...
Contents
Poems of Pomfret | 3 |
The Fortunate Complaint | 13 |
To another Friend under Affliction | 19 |
Copyright | |
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