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.1821 |
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... divine grace ; abhorrence of sin ; love of virtue ; innocency of life ; and a steady de- votion of great natural abilities , and high attainments , to the diffusion of general good , and the service of his country . These could not have ...
... divine grace ; abhorrence of sin ; love of virtue ; innocency of life ; and a steady de- votion of great natural abilities , and high attainments , to the diffusion of general good , and the service of his country . These could not have ...
Page 130
... divine upon cooler reflection , and exposed him to just censure . And his Lordships's con- duct , with respect to that lady , gave such a wound to his reputation , though he endeavoured to excuse it by a written apology , that the ...
... divine upon cooler reflection , and exposed him to just censure . And his Lordships's con- duct , with respect to that lady , gave such a wound to his reputation , though he endeavoured to excuse it by a written apology , that the ...
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... divine Spenser , bewailing the untimely death of her noble brother . In that poet's " Astrophel , " Lady Pem- broke's elegy is introduced by the following stanza : - And first his sister , that Clarinda hight , That gentlest shepherdess ...
... divine Spenser , bewailing the untimely death of her noble brother . In that poet's " Astrophel , " Lady Pem- broke's elegy is introduced by the following stanza : - And first his sister , that Clarinda hight , That gentlest shepherdess ...
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... from the heavenly quires select , And lineally deriv'd from angel's race , O what is now of it become ? aread ! Aye me ! can so divine a thing be deal ? Ah ! no , it is not dead , nor 13 . MARY , COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE . 145.
... from the heavenly quires select , And lineally deriv'd from angel's race , O what is now of it become ? aread ! Aye me ! can so divine a thing be deal ? Ah ! no , it is not dead , nor 13 . MARY , COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE . 145.
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... Shepherds . THENOT AND PIERS . Thenot , I sing divine Astrea's praise , O Muses ! help my wits to raise , And heave my verses higher . Piers . Thou need'st the truth but plainly tell Which MARY , COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE . 147.
... Shepherds . THENOT AND PIERS . Thenot , I sing divine Astrea's praise , O Muses ! help my wits to raise , And heave my verses higher . Piers . Thou need'st the truth but plainly tell Which MARY , COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE . 147.
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