Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks |
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Page 311
... pride of aweful state , The golden canopy , the glitt'ring plate , The regal palace , the luxurious board , The liv'ried army , and the menial lord . 110 115 With age , with cares , with maladies oppressed , He seeks the refuge of ...
... pride of aweful state , The golden canopy , the glitt'ring plate , The regal palace , the luxurious board , The liv'ried army , and the menial lord . 110 115 With age , with cares , with maladies oppressed , He seeks the refuge of ...
Page 318
... Pride and Prudence take her seat in vain . In crowd at once , where none the pass defend , The harmless Freedom , and the private friend . The guardians yield , by force superior plied ; By Int'rest , Prudence ; and by Flatt'ry , Pride ...
... Pride and Prudence take her seat in vain . In crowd at once , where none the pass defend , The harmless Freedom , and the private friend . The guardians yield , by force superior plied ; By Int'rest , Prudence ; and by Flatt'ry , Pride ...
Page 407
... pride , In all the pomp of method , and of art ; When men display to congregations wide Devotion's ev'ry grace , except the heart The Power , incensed , the pageant will desert , The pompous strain , the sacerdotal stole : But haply ...
... pride , In all the pomp of method , and of art ; When men display to congregations wide Devotion's ev'ry grace , except the heart The Power , incensed , the pageant will desert , The pompous strain , the sacerdotal stole : But haply ...
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