Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical PrefacesJohn Aikin "The object of this work, which is entirely new, is to comprise, within a single volume, a chronological series of our classical poets, from Ben Johnson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of their authors. The contents of this volume are so comprehensive, that few poems, it is believed, are omitted, except such as are of secondary merit, or unsuited to the perusal of youth" -- Page [i]. |
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... turn'd thither - ward in haste His travell'd steps : far distant he descries Ascending by degrees magnificent springs Of Ganges or Hydaspes , Indian streams ; But in his way lights on the barren plains Of Sericana , where Chineses drive ...
... turn'd thither - ward in haste His travell'd steps : far distant he descries Ascending by degrees magnificent springs Of Ganges or Hydaspes , Indian streams ; But in his way lights on the barren plains Of Sericana , where Chineses drive ...
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... turn'd By his magnetic beam , that gently warms The universe , and to each inward part With gentle penetration , though unseen , Shoots invisible virtue even to the deep ; So wonderously was set his station bright . There lands the ...
... turn'd By his magnetic beam , that gently warms The universe , and to each inward part With gentle penetration , though unseen , Shoots invisible virtue even to the deep ; So wonderously was set his station bright . There lands the ...
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... turn'd to stars Numberless , as thou seest , and how they move ; Each had his place appointed , each his course ; The rest in circuit walls this universe . Look downward on that globe , whose hither side With light from hence , though ...
... turn'd to stars Numberless , as thou seest , and how they move ; Each had his place appointed , each his course ; The rest in circuit walls this universe . Look downward on that globe , whose hither side With light from hence , though ...
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... Turn'd him all ear to hear new utterance flow . " Sole partner , and sole part , of all these joys , Dearer thyself than all ; needs must the Power That made us , and for us this ample world , Be infinitely good , and of his good As ...
... Turn'd him all ear to hear new utterance flow . " Sole partner , and sole part , of all these joys , Dearer thyself than all ; needs must the Power That made us , and for us this ample world , Be infinitely good , and of his good As ...
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... turn'd ; Thou following cry'dst aloud , Return , fair Eve , Whom fly'st thou ? whom thou fly'st , of him thou art , His flesh , his bone ; to give thee being I lent Out of my side to thee , nearest my heart , Substantial life , to have ...
... turn'd ; Thou following cry'dst aloud , Return , fair Eve , Whom fly'st thou ? whom thou fly'st , of him thou art , His flesh , his bone ; to give thee being I lent Out of my side to thee , nearest my heart , Substantial life , to have ...
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