Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks |
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Page 64
... once a quarter : In half the time , he talks them round ; There must another set be found . " For poetry he's past ... once a quarter : once every three months . I wish he may hold out till spring ! " 64 Jonathan Swift ( 1667-1745 )
... once a quarter : In half the time , he talks them round ; There must another set be found . " For poetry he's past ... once a quarter : once every three months . I wish he may hold out till spring ! " 64 Jonathan Swift ( 1667-1745 )
Page 249
... Once again my call obey , Prophetess , arise , and say , What dangers Odin's child await , Who the author of his fate . 45 50 Pr . In Hoder's hand the hero's doom : 55 His brother sends him to the tomb . Now my weary lips I close ...
... Once again my call obey , Prophetess , arise , and say , What dangers Odin's child await , Who the author of his fate . 45 50 Pr . In Hoder's hand the hero's doom : 55 His brother sends him to the tomb . Now my weary lips I close ...
Page 347
... once more I mourn Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives . How airy and how light the graceful arch , Yet awful as the consecrated roof Re - echoing pious anthems ! while beneath The checkered ...
... once more I mourn Your fate unmerited , once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives . How airy and how light the graceful arch , Yet awful as the consecrated roof Re - echoing pious anthems ! while beneath The checkered ...
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