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Page 3
Such was a bulletin or despatch after a skirmish in the sixth century . The
following is a softer strain . It is evidently the original of Mr Southey ' s beautiful
drinking - song in Madoc :“ Fetch the drinking - horn , whose gloss is like the
waves of The ...
Such was a bulletin or despatch after a skirmish in the sixth century . The
following is a softer strain . It is evidently the original of Mr Southey ' s beautiful
drinking - song in Madoc :“ Fetch the drinking - horn , whose gloss is like the
waves of The ...
Page 4
... Venedolia were as the alternate motion of the waves on the sea - shore where
the seamew screams . The hovering crows were numberless . The ravens
croaked ; they were ready to suck the prostrate carcasses . The enemies are
scattered ...
... Venedolia were as the alternate motion of the waves on the sea - shore where
the seamew screams . The hovering crows were numberless . The ravens
croaked ; they were ready to suck the prostrate carcasses . The enemies are
scattered ...
Page 101
... it burst away in impetuous grandeur . In following its track , we must soon
indeed lose sight of the bold , broad , rush . ing wave which swept forward on its
swell the bark of Shakspeare through all the quick - changing and luxuriant
ENGLISH ...
... it burst away in impetuous grandeur . In following its track , we must soon
indeed lose sight of the bold , broad , rush . ing wave which swept forward on its
swell the bark of Shakspeare through all the quick - changing and luxuriant
ENGLISH ...
Page 127
He waves his wand of enchantment , and at once embodies airy beings , and
throws a delicious veil over all actual objects . The two worlds of reality and fiction
are poized on the wings of his imagination . His ideas seem more distinct than his
...
He waves his wand of enchantment , and at once embodies airy beings , and
throws a delicious veil over all actual objects . The two worlds of reality and fiction
are poized on the wings of his imagination . His ideas seem more distinct than his
...
Page 133
... like starry light , Which , sparckling on the silent waves , does seeme more
bright . FLORIMEL AND THE WITCH ' S SON . THROUGH th ' tops of the high
trees she did descry A little smoke , whose vapour thin and light Reeking aloft
uprolled ...
... like starry light , Which , sparckling on the silent waves , does seeme more
bright . FLORIMEL AND THE WITCH ' S SON . THROUGH th ' tops of the high
trees she did descry A little smoke , whose vapour thin and light Reeking aloft
uprolled ...
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| Title | Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
| Author | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Editor | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Contributor | Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland) |
| Publisher | Oliver & Boyd, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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