Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks |
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... hours before we dine : Six hours ! no earthly thing to do ! Would I had dozed in bed till two . " A pamphlet is before ... hour or more . The morning , of all hours , I hate . One can't contrive to rise too late . " 20 20 339 30 25 35 To ...
... hours before we dine : Six hours ! no earthly thing to do ! Would I had dozed in bed till two . " A pamphlet is before ... hour or more . The morning , of all hours , I hate . One can't contrive to rise too late . " 20 20 339 30 25 35 To ...
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... hours compare . Says Tom , " Since all men must confess That time lies heavy more or less ; Why should it be so hard to ... hour or two ; It fully answers my design , When I have picked up friends to dine . The tavern makes our burthen ...
... hours compare . Says Tom , " Since all men must confess That time lies heavy more or less ; Why should it be so hard to ... hour or two ; It fully answers my design , When I have picked up friends to dine . The tavern makes our burthen ...
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... hour To sleep within the carriage more secure , His legs depending at the open door . Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse ...
... hour To sleep within the carriage more secure , His legs depending at the open door . Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse ...
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