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... fame led to his being offered the position of Poet - Laureate in 1757 on the death of Cibber , which his dread of publicity forced him to decline . That same year his Pindaric Odes- " The Progress of Poesy " and " The Bard ' were put ...
... fame led to his being offered the position of Poet - Laureate in 1757 on the death of Cibber , which his dread of publicity forced him to decline . That same year his Pindaric Odes- " The Progress of Poesy " and " The Bard ' were put ...
Page xx
... fame , Ranks with her dearest sons his favorite name ; Sense , fancy , wit , suffice not all to raise So clear a title to affection's praise ; His highest honors to the heart belong ; His virtues formed the magic of his song ...
... fame , Ranks with her dearest sons his favorite name ; Sense , fancy , wit , suffice not all to raise So clear a title to affection's praise ; His highest honors to the heart belong ; His virtues formed the magic of his song ...
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... fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews , That teach the rustic moralist to die . For who , to dumb forgetfulness a prey , This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned , Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day ...
... fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews , That teach the rustic moralist to die . For who , to dumb forgetfulness a prey , This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned , Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day ...
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... fame unknown : Fair science frowned not on his humble birth , And melancholy marked him for her own . Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere , Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to misery ( all he had ) a tear , 099 ...
... fame unknown : Fair science frowned not on his humble birth , And melancholy marked him for her own . Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere , Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to misery ( all he had ) a tear , 099 ...
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... murder fed , Revere his consort's faith , his father's fame , And spare the meek usurper's holy head . " Above , below , the rose of snow , 30 90 10 The bristled boar ° in infant - gore Wallows beneath THE BARD 25 15.
... murder fed , Revere his consort's faith , his father's fame , And spare the meek usurper's holy head . " Above , below , the rose of snow , 30 90 10 The bristled boar ° in infant - gore Wallows beneath THE BARD 25 15.
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