Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett: With Memoirs, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes"Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett: With Memoirs, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes" by Samuel Johnson, Thomas Parnell, Thomas Gray, and T. Smollett is an essential text for poetry students and lovers. Containing exemplary works from each of the four authors represented in the text, the editor made sure to add notes and explanations to help readers understand the context of each poem so they could become fully immersed and fall in love. |
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Anacreon ancient ANTISTROPHE bard beauty Behold beneath blushes bosom breast breathe charms Colley Cibber Comus cries death delight Dr Johnson dread dress'd e'er Elegy Eton College eyes fair fame fate father fear fire fix'd flame flowers Footnote genius glittering gold grace Gray grove hear heart Heaven Hesiod honour Johnson king Lady Lord Margaret of Anjou mind Muse ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er Odin once pain Parnell passion peace plain pleasure poems poet poetical poetry praise pride rage reign rise round sacred Samuel Johnson satire SATIRE OF JUVENAL scene scorn Scriblerus Club shade shine sighs sing smiles Smollett soft song sorrow soul Spring Stella swains sweet tear thee thine THOMAS PARNELL thou thought TOBIAS SMOLLETT toil tongue Translation trembling Twas vale verse Victor Hirtzler virtue voice wind wing youth