Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks |
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Page 101
... vain , But watch with careful eye the passing train . Yet I ( perhaps too fond ) if chance the tide Tumultuous , bear my partner from my side , Impatient venture back ; despising harm , I force my passage where the thickest swarm . Thus ...
... vain , But watch with careful eye the passing train . Yet I ( perhaps too fond ) if chance the tide Tumultuous , bear my partner from my side , Impatient venture back ; despising harm , I force my passage where the thickest swarm . Thus ...
Page 258
... vain to me the smiling mornings shine , And redd'ning Phoebus lifts his golden fire : The birds in vain their amorous descant join ; Or cheerful fields resume their green attire : 17 Bute : John Stuart , Third Earl of Bute , persuaded ...
... vain to me the smiling mornings shine , And redd'ning Phoebus lifts his golden fire : The birds in vain their amorous descant join ; Or cheerful fields resume their green attire : 17 Bute : John Stuart , Third Earl of Bute , persuaded ...
Page 442
... vain ; Yet shall my dying breath to Heav'n complain . 25 25 Begin with me , my flute , the 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 ...
... vain ; Yet shall my dying breath to Heav'n complain . 25 25 Begin with me , my flute , the 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 ...
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