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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Then , with their help , by her the sacred muses Refresh the prince dull'd with
much business ; By her the prince , unto his Prince oft uses In heavenly throne
from hell to find access ; She heaven to earth in music often brings , And earth to
...
Then , with their help , by her the sacred muses Refresh the prince dull'd with
much business ; By her the prince , unto his Prince oft uses In heavenly throne
from hell to find access ; She heaven to earth in music often brings , And earth to
...
Page 283
Age on his hairs the winter snow had spread ; That silver badge his near end
plainly proves : Yet on to earth he nearer bows his head , So loves it more ; for
Like his like still loves : Deep from the ground he digs his sweetest gain , And
deep ...
Age on his hairs the winter snow had spread ; That silver badge his near end
plainly proves : Yet on to earth he nearer bows his head , So loves it more ; for
Like his like still loves : Deep from the ground he digs his sweetest gain , And
deep ...
Page 357
She ended , and the heavenly hierarchies Burning with zeal , now quickly
marshall'd were ; Like to an army that alarum cries , When every one doth shake
his dreadful spear ; And the Almighty's self , as he would tear The earth from her
firm ...
She ended , and the heavenly hierarchies Burning with zeal , now quickly
marshall'd were ; Like to an army that alarum cries , When every one doth shake
his dreadful spear ; And the Almighty's self , as he would tear The earth from her
firm ...
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From the dire monument of thy black room , Where now that vestal flame thou
dost entomb As in the inmost cell of all earth's womb ; Sacred Lucasta , like the
powerful ray Of heavenly truth , pass this cimmerian way , And all the standards
of ...
From the dire monument of thy black room , Where now that vestal flame thou
dost entomb As in the inmost cell of all earth's womb ; Sacred Lucasta , like the
powerful ray Of heavenly truth , pass this cimmerian way , And all the standards
of ...
Page 251
TO Say , dear Emilia , what untry'd delight Has earth , or air , or ocean to bestow ,
That checks thy active spirit's nobler flight , And bounds its narrow views to
scenes below ? Is life thy passion ? -let it not depend On flutt'ring pulses , and a ...
TO Say , dear Emilia , what untry'd delight Has earth , or air , or ocean to bestow ,
That checks thy active spirit's nobler flight , And bounds its narrow views to
scenes below ? Is life thy passion ? -let it not depend On flutt'ring pulses , and a ...
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