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Page 191
I have not yet read although I saw the performance , but have the pleasure to
bear those parts particularly applauded , where the sentiments were clothed in
their original dress : and indeed the language was in many places verbatim ; at
least ...
I have not yet read although I saw the performance , but have the pleasure to
bear those parts particularly applauded , where the sentiments were clothed in
their original dress : and indeed the language was in many places verbatim ; at
least ...
Page 219
From empty mirth and fruitless strife , The tumult and the pride of life , The craft of
trade , the farce of state , From all the busy , all the great ,Bear me , ye sylvans !
quickly bear To peaceful scenes , and purer air : Come ! kindly lead my weary
feet ...
From empty mirth and fruitless strife , The tumult and the pride of life , The craft of
trade , the farce of state , From all the busy , all the great ,Bear me , ye sylvans !
quickly bear To peaceful scenes , and purer air : Come ! kindly lead my weary
feet ...
Page 336
... And winter on a goat bestrides the gale : Rough blows the north wind near
Arcturus ' star , And sweeps , unrein'd , across the polar bar , On the world's
confines , where the sea - bears prowl , And Greenland whales , like moving
islands , roll ...
... And winter on a goat bestrides the gale : Rough blows the north wind near
Arcturus ' star , And sweeps , unrein'd , across the polar bar , On the world's
confines , where the sea - bears prowl , And Greenland whales , like moving
islands , roll ...
Page 400
O you , that with such bestial signs declare Your horrid hate , awhile that hate
refrain ; O say the cause , and I to upper air Will bear the tale , if rightly you
complain : Sing the dire scene , unless , return'd no more , The silence of the
grave ...
O you , that with such bestial signs declare Your horrid hate , awhile that hate
refrain ; O say the cause , and I to upper air Will bear the tale , if rightly you
complain : Sing the dire scene , unless , return'd no more , The silence of the
grave ...
Page 413
Her lilly hand did bear a cup , ' Twas a ' gowd but the stem , Full fair ywrought the
burnish'd sides Shone bright with many a gem . But strange to tell , a sudden dew
O'erspread the gems so sheen ; From rubies red the colour fled , And em'ralds ...
Her lilly hand did bear a cup , ' Twas a ' gowd but the stem , Full fair ywrought the
burnish'd sides Shone bright with many a gem . But strange to tell , a sudden dew
O'erspread the gems so sheen ; From rubies red the colour fled , And em'ralds ...
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| Title | Kentish Poets. A series of writers in English poetry, natives or residents in the county of Kent; with specimens of their compositions and some account of their lives and writings. By R. F. |
| Author | Rowland FREEMAN |
| Publisher | G. Wood, 1821 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
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