Poems by Mr. Gray. A new editionOsborne & Griffin, 1787 - 132 pages |
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Page 35
... glory ; awake , lute and harp . David's Pfalms . Pindar ftiles his own poetry , with its mufi- cal accompanyments . Eolian fong , Eolian frings , the breath of the Eolian flute . Now the rich ftream of mufic winds along ,. Deep.
... glory ; awake , lute and harp . David's Pfalms . Pindar ftiles his own poetry , with its mufi- cal accompanyments . Eolian fong , Eolian frings , the breath of the Eolian flute . Now the rich ftream of mufic winds along ,. Deep.
Page 36
... poetry , which gives life and luftre to all it touches , are here defcribed ; its quiet , majeftic progress en- riching every fubject ( other wife dry and barren ) with a pomp of diction and luxuriant harmony of numbers ; and its more ...
... poetry , which gives life and luftre to all it touches , are here defcribed ; its quiet , majeftic progress en- riching every fubject ( other wife dry and barren ) with a pomp of diction and luxuriant harmony of numbers ; and its more ...
Page 40
... Poetic Genius over the remoteft and most uncivilized nations : its connection with Liberty , and the virtues that that naturally attend on it . ( See the Erfe , Norwegian , and Welch Fragments , the Lap- land and American Songs . ) Virg ...
... Poetic Genius over the remoteft and most uncivilized nations : its connection with Liberty , and the virtues that that naturally attend on it . ( See the Erfe , Norwegian , and Welch Fragments , the Lap- land and American Songs . ) Virg ...
Page 41
... poetic mountain Infpiration breath'd around ; Ev'ry fhade and hallow'd fountain Murmur'd deep a folemn found : Till the ... Poetry from Greece to Italy , and from Italy to England . Chaucer was not unacquainted with the writings of Dante ...
... poetic mountain Infpiration breath'd around ; Ev'ry fhade and hallow'd fountain Murmur'd deep a folemn found : Till the ... Poetry from Greece to Italy , and from Italy to England . Chaucer was not unacquainted with the writings of Dante ...
Page 53
... Poet ftood ; [ air ; Loose his beard ‡ , and hoary hair Stream'd , like a meteor || , to the troubled Gilbert de Clare , furnamed the Red , Earl of Gloucester and Hertford , fon - in - law to King Edward . + Edmund de Mortimer , Lord of ...
... Poet ftood ; [ air ; Loose his beard ‡ , and hoary hair Stream'd , like a meteor || , to the troubled Gilbert de Clare , furnamed the Red , Earl of Gloucester and Hertford , fon - in - law to King Edward . + Edmund de Mortimer , Lord of ...
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