Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks |
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... Mind : ( 1718 ) Canto I Matthew met Richard ; when or where From story is not mighty clear : Of many knotty points they spoke ; And pro and con by turns they took . Rats half the manuscript have eat : Dire hunger ! which we still regret ...
... Mind : ( 1718 ) Canto I Matthew met Richard ; when or where From story is not mighty clear : Of many knotty points they spoke ; And pro and con by turns they took . Rats half the manuscript have eat : Dire hunger ! which we still regret ...
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... mind or mind - illumined face ; Truth , goodness , honor , harmony , and love , The richest bounty of indulgent Heaven ! Meantime a smiling offspring rises round , And mingles both their graces . By degrees The human blossom blows ; and ...
... mind or mind - illumined face ; Truth , goodness , honor , harmony , and love , The richest bounty of indulgent Heaven ! Meantime a smiling offspring rises round , And mingles both their graces . By degrees The human blossom blows ; and ...
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... mind ? Must helpless man , in ignorance sedate , 345 Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm , no wishes rise , No cries attempt the mercies of the skies ? Enquirer , cease , petitions yet remain , Which heav ...
... mind ? Must helpless man , in ignorance sedate , 345 Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm , no wishes rise , No cries attempt the mercies of the skies ? Enquirer , cease , petitions yet remain , Which heav ...
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