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. |
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Divine destroyer , pity me no more , Or else more pity me ! Give me more love , ah
, quickly give me more Or else more cruelty ! For left thus as I am , My heart is ice
and flame ; And languishing thus I Can neither line nor die ! Your glories are ...
Divine destroyer , pity me no more , Or else more pity me ! Give me more love , ah
, quickly give me more Or else more cruelty ! For left thus as I am , My heart is ice
and flame ; And languishing thus I Can neither line nor die ! Your glories are ...
Page 108
Socrates after meditating and teaching wisdom all the day , retired in the evening
to enjoy the society , the wit , the accomplishments , and the beauty of the divine
Aspasia . Why might not the British sage " enquire after ” the “ incomparable ...
Socrates after meditating and teaching wisdom all the day , retired in the evening
to enjoy the society , the wit , the accomplishments , and the beauty of the divine
Aspasia . Why might not the British sage " enquire after ” the “ incomparable ...
Page 116
As the art itself , when managed according to the native purity of its intentions ,
qualifies the religious votary to be much conversant in the sacred mysteries of
heaven ; it may be allowed to make the nearest approaches to a divine
inspiration ...
As the art itself , when managed according to the native purity of its intentions ,
qualifies the religious votary to be much conversant in the sacred mysteries of
heaven ; it may be allowed to make the nearest approaches to a divine
inspiration ...
Page 118
Since the choicest of these divine monuments , left by the ancient Prophets , run
in a poetic strain , especially such parts of them as tend most to exalt the glorious
attributes of God , and to raise the soul into a frame suitable to the purest acts of ...
Since the choicest of these divine monuments , left by the ancient Prophets , run
in a poetic strain , especially such parts of them as tend most to exalt the glorious
attributes of God , and to raise the soul into a frame suitable to the purest acts of ...
Page 132
What inferior mind can form Ideas equal to th ' unbounded worth Of his ennobling
part , divine resemblance ! For whose glad rescue , such amazing price , Of value
infinite , was paid ! The soul Claims kindred with the stars ; not form'd of fire ...
What inferior mind can form Ideas equal to th ' unbounded worth Of his ennobling
part , divine resemblance ! For whose glad rescue , such amazing price , Of value
infinite , was paid ! The soul Claims kindred with the stars ; not form'd of fire ...
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