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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With tearless eye look backward o'er That youth which shall return no more ?
Without a sigh look forward too , and death contented view ? " He paus'd - nor
time for thought deny'd ;Awhile I mus'd , and thus reply'd . “ That youth once past
shall ...
With tearless eye look backward o'er That youth which shall return no more ?
Without a sigh look forward too , and death contented view ? " He paus'd - nor
time for thought deny'd ;Awhile I mus'd , and thus reply'd . “ That youth once past
shall ...
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In those blest days when great Eliza reign'd O'er the adoring nation , when fair
peace O'erspread an unstain'd olive round the land , Or laurell'd war did teach
our winged fleets To lord it o'er the world ; when our brave sirés Drank valour
from ...
In those blest days when great Eliza reign'd O'er the adoring nation , when fair
peace O'erspread an unstain'd olive round the land , Or laurell'd war did teach
our winged fleets To lord it o'er the world ; when our brave sirés Drank valour
from ...
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Ought similar , ought second has to boast , Once more , -- so prophecies the
muse , -thy sons Shall triumph , emulous of their sires : - ' till then With olive , and
with hop - land garlands crown'd , O'er all thy land reign plenty , reign fair peace .
Ought similar , ought second has to boast , Once more , -- so prophecies the
muse , -thy sons Shall triumph , emulous of their sires : - ' till then With olive , and
with hop - land garlands crown'd , O'er all thy land reign plenty , reign fair peace .
Page 356
Now in ecstatic visions let me rove , By Cynthia's beams , through Brackley's
glimmering grove ; Where still each night by startled shepherds seen , Young
Leapor's † form flies shadowy o'er the green . Those enry'd honours nature loved
to pay ...
Now in ecstatic visions let me rove , By Cynthia's beams , through Brackley's
glimmering grove ; Where still each night by startled shepherds seen , Young
Leapor's † form flies shadowy o'er the green . Those enry'd honours nature loved
to pay ...
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O happy nymph , though winter o'er thy head , Blind to that form , the snow of age
shall shed ; : Though life's short spring and beauty's blossoms fade , Still shall thy
reason flourish , undecay'd ; Time , though he steals the roseate bloom of ...
O happy nymph , though winter o'er thy head , Blind to that form , the snow of age
shall shed ; : Though life's short spring and beauty's blossoms fade , Still shall thy
reason flourish , undecay'd ; Time , though he steals the roseate bloom of ...
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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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