Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks |
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... Hear , ye little children , hear me , I am God's delightful voice ; They who sweetly still revere me , Still shall make the wisest choice . IV Hear me not like Adam trembling , When I walked in Eden's grove ; And the host of heav'n ...
... Hear , ye little children , hear me , I am God's delightful voice ; They who sweetly still revere me , Still shall make the wisest choice . IV Hear me not like Adam trembling , When I walked in Eden's grove ; And the host of heav'n ...
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... hear his death , ye blockheads , hear and sleep . The festal blazes , the triumphal show , The ravished standard , and the captive foe , The senate's thanks , the gazette's pompous tale , With force resistless o'er the brave prevail ...
... hear his death , ye blockheads , hear and sleep . The festal blazes , the triumphal show , The ravished standard , and the captive foe , The senate's thanks , the gazette's pompous tale , With force resistless o'er the brave prevail ...
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... hear not Till Thou hast touched them ; ' tis the voice of song- A loud hosanna sent from all Thy works ; Which he that hears it with a shout repeats , And adds his rapture to the gen'ral praise . 890 In that blest moment Nature ...
... hear not Till Thou hast touched them ; ' tis the voice of song- A loud hosanna sent from all Thy works ; Which he that hears it with a shout repeats , And adds his rapture to the gen'ral praise . 890 In that blest moment Nature ...
Contents
Introduction | xvii |
Matthew Prior | xxiv |
To the Honorable Charles Montague Esq | 2 |
Copyright | |
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ADORATION auld auld lang syne bard beauty beneath bless breast breath charms Christopher Smart clouds Cowper death delight Dunciad e'er earth eighteenth-century ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fate fear fire flame flowers frae golden reign grace hand hear heart heav'n honor hour human J. V. Cunningham John John Gay Jonathan Swift king lasses light Lord lyre maid Matthew Prior mind morn Muse nature Nature's ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace periphrasis Philip Larkin plain play pleasure poem poet poetic poetry pow'r praise pride rise round scene scorn sense shade shine sighs sing skelpin sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit Spring strain stream swain sweet Swift thee thou thought toil trembling Twas vale verse virtue voice walk wild William Cowper wind wing woods youth