Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks |
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... stream and fenny brake : And man untaught , and rav'nous as the beast , Does valley , wood , and brake , and stream infest . Derived these men and animals their birth 316 substantial : i.e. , real or true . 310 315 320 325 From trunk of ...
... stream and fenny brake : And man untaught , and rav'nous as the beast , Does valley , wood , and brake , and stream infest . Derived these men and animals their birth 316 substantial : i.e. , real or true . 310 315 320 325 From trunk of ...
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... stream Descends the billowy foam ; now is the time , While yet the dark - brown water aids the guile , To tempt the trout . The well - dissembled fly , The rod fine - tapering with elastic spring , Snatched from the hoary steed the ...
... stream Descends the billowy foam ; now is the time , While yet the dark - brown water aids the guile , To tempt the trout . The well - dissembled fly , The rod fine - tapering with elastic spring , Snatched from the hoary steed the ...
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... stream , And soon to slide into a stream again . Alas ! ' twas but a mortifying stroke Of undesigned severity that glanced ( Made by a monarch ) on her own estate , On human grandeur and the courts of kings . 144 fabric : structure ...
... stream , And soon to slide into a stream again . Alas ! ' twas but a mortifying stroke Of undesigned severity that glanced ( Made by a monarch ) on her own estate , On human grandeur and the courts of kings . 144 fabric : structure ...
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