Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks |
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Page 277
... Sweet is the dew that falls betimes , And drops upon the leafy limes ; Sweet Hermon's fragrant air : 415 420 425 Sweet is the lily's silver bell , 430 And sweet the wakeful tapers ' smell That watch for early pray'r . LXXIII Sweet the ...
... Sweet is the dew that falls betimes , And drops upon the leafy limes ; Sweet Hermon's fragrant air : 415 420 425 Sweet is the lily's silver bell , 430 And sweet the wakeful tapers ' smell That watch for early pray'r . LXXIII Sweet the ...
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... 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 , who snores the sick man dead , Nor his who quits the box at midnight hour To slumber ...
... 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 , who snores the sick man dead , Nor his who quits the box at midnight hour To slumber ...
Page 442
... sweet Maenalian strain . " The pines of Maenalus , the vocal grove , 30 35 Are ever full of verse , and full of love : They hear the hinds , they hear their god complain , Who suffered not the reeds to rise in vain . Begin with me , my ...
... sweet Maenalian strain . " The pines of Maenalus , the vocal grove , 30 35 Are ever full of verse , and full of love : They hear the hinds , they hear their god complain , Who suffered not the reeds to rise in vain . Begin with me , my ...
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