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... Fame , in the shape of Mr. P - t , ° ( By this time all the parish know it , ) Had told that thereabouts there lurked A wicked imp they call a poet : 30 35 40 45 Who prowled the country far and near , Bewitched the children of the ...
... Fame , in the shape of Mr. P - t , ° ( By this time all the parish know it , ) Had told that thereabouts there lurked A wicked imp they call a poet : 30 35 40 45 Who prowled the country far and near , Bewitched the children of the ...
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... sung . The dogs did bark , the children screamed , Up flew the windows all ; And every soul cried out , " Well done ! " As loud as he could bawl . 90 95 100 105 110 Away went Gilpin - who but he ? His fame HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN 63.
... sung . The dogs did bark , the children screamed , Up flew the windows all ; And every soul cried out , " Well done ! " As loud as he could bawl . 90 95 100 105 110 Away went Gilpin - who but he ? His fame HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN 63.
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Thomas Gray. Away went Gilpin - who but he ? His fame soon spread around , " He carries weight ! " " He rides a race ! " 115 " ' Tis for a thousand pound ! " And still , as fast as he drew near , ' Twas wonderful to view , How in a trice ...
Thomas Gray. Away went Gilpin - who but he ? His fame soon spread around , " He carries weight ! " " He rides a race ! " 115 " ' Tis for a thousand pound ! " And still , as fast as he drew near , ' Twas wonderful to view , How in a trice ...
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... fame . VII " Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land , Armed with thunder , clad with wings , Shall a wider world command . VIII " Ruffians , pitiless as proud , Heaven awards the vengeance due ; Empire is on us ...
... fame . VII " Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land , Armed with thunder , clad with wings , Shall a wider world command . VIII " Ruffians , pitiless as proud , Heaven awards the vengeance due ; Empire is on us ...
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... a friend , And hates him for encroaching . Hence authors of illustrious name , ( Unless belied by common fame , ) Are sadly prone to quarrel ; 55 60 65 70 75 To deem the wit a friend displays So much of ON FRIENDSHIP 113.
... a friend , And hates him for encroaching . Hence authors of illustrious name , ( Unless belied by common fame , ) Are sadly prone to quarrel ; 55 60 65 70 75 To deem the wit a friend displays So much of ON FRIENDSHIP 113.
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Ęschylus Author's note awake bard beneath boast breath Cęsar cheer Comus death delight divine dream E'en earth Edited Edward Eirin Elegy English Eton College eyes Faerie Queene fame fancy favorite fear feel flowers glittering Gog and Magog golden grace Gray here quotes Gray quotes Gray's Gwynedd hand hast Hawthorne's heard heart Heaven High School human Iliad John Gilpin Julius Cęsar king Lady liberty live lyre Macaulay's Essay Mary Milton mind morn Muse ne'er never night nymphs o'er Odin once Palgrave's Golden Treasury Paradise Lost peace Pindar pleasure Poems poet poetry praise PROPHETESS Queen scene Scott's shade Shakespeare's sing skies sleep smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit spring stanza sweet taste tear thee thine Thomas Gray thought Twas verse voice Welsh wild William Cowper wind wonder written wrote