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... once vivid and sterile . He possesses isolated passages of remarkable force and beauty , and never sinks below a ... once remote from sameness and from singularity ; and the rhythm steers a delicate medium at once remote from a ...
... once vivid and sterile . He possesses isolated passages of remarkable force and beauty , and never sinks below a ... once remote from sameness and from singularity ; and the rhythm steers a delicate medium at once remote from a ...
Page xix
... once more assert themselves , and the Pope - Dryden school was doomed . Later In 1786 Lady Hesketh , a cousin , took Lady Austen's place in the poet's life . Through her in- fluence he translated Homer ( published in 1791 ) , one of his ...
... once more assert themselves , and the Pope - Dryden school was doomed . Later In 1786 Lady Hesketh , a cousin , took Lady Austen's place in the poet's life . Through her in- fluence he translated Homer ( published in 1791 ) , one of his ...
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... once pregnant with celestial fire ° ; Hands , that the rod of empire might have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; 50 Chill penury ...
... once pregnant with celestial fire ° ; Hands , that the rod of empire might have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; 50 Chill penury ...
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... once my careless childhood strayed , A stranger yet to pain ° ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow , As , waving fresh their gladsome wing , My weary soul they seem to soothe , And , redolent of joy and youth ...
... once my careless childhood strayed , A stranger yet to pain ° ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow , As , waving fresh their gladsome wing , My weary soul they seem to soothe , And , redolent of joy and youth ...
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... shuttles , dipt in gore , Shoot the trembling cords along . Sword , that once a monarch bore , 15 Keep the tissue close and strong . Mista , black terrific maid , Sangrida , and Hilda 28 GRAY'S POEMS The Fatal Sisters.
... shuttles , dipt in gore , Shoot the trembling cords along . Sword , that once a monarch bore , 15 Keep the tissue close and strong . Mista , black terrific maid , Sangrida , and Hilda 28 GRAY'S POEMS The Fatal Sisters.
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