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... ridiculed by their contem- poraries have now raised Gray and Collins to the rank of our two greatest lyric poets . Beattie , at the end of the eighteenth century , writing to " " Sir William Forbes , says : " Of all the xiv INTRODUCTION.
... ridiculed by their contem- poraries have now raised Gray and Collins to the rank of our two greatest lyric poets . Beattie , at the end of the eighteenth century , writing to " " Sir William Forbes , says : " Of all the xiv INTRODUCTION.
Page xv
... poet in the English language , but to have written a little more . " And , to come nearer to our own times , Sir James Mackintosh speaks of Gray thus : " Of all English poets he was the most finished artist . He attained the highest ...
... poet in the English language , but to have written a little more . " And , to come nearer to our own times , Sir James Mackintosh speaks of Gray thus : " Of all English poets he was the most finished artist . He attained the highest ...
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... poet was again attacked by insanity in 1773 , he was in the midst of sympathetic friends whose kind treatment soon restored him . He and Newton became close associates , and together they wrote the celebrated Olney Hymns , which were ...
... poet was again attacked by insanity in 1773 , he was in the midst of sympathetic friends whose kind treatment soon restored him . He and Newton became close associates , and together they wrote the celebrated Olney Hymns , which were ...
Page xix
... poet's life . Through her in- fluence he translated Homer ( published in 1791 ) , one of his most noteworthy achievements . she took him and Mrs. Unwin to live at Weston , where he continued his writing . But sorrow and misfortune now ...
... poet's life . Through her in- fluence he translated Homer ( published in 1791 ) , one of his most noteworthy achievements . she took him and Mrs. Unwin to live at Weston , where he continued his writing . But sorrow and misfortune now ...
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... poet of a well - educated and well- principled Englishman . " Home , sweet home " is the scene - limited as it may ... poet of our study , our cabinet , and our alcove . - DR . THOMAS F. DIBDIN . As a poet , Cowper was a man of great ...
... poet of a well - educated and well- principled Englishman . " Home , sweet home " is the scene - limited as it may ... poet of our study , our cabinet , and our alcove . - DR . THOMAS F. DIBDIN . As a poet , Cowper was a man of great ...
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Author's note awake bard beneath boast breath Cæsar cheer Comus death delight divine dream E'en earth Edited Eirin Elegy English Eton College eyes Faerie Queene fame fancy favorite fear feel flowers glittering Gog and Magog golden golden reign grace Gray here quotes Gray quotes Gray's Gwynedd hand hast Hawthorne's heard heart Heaven High School human Iliad John Gilpin Julius Cæsar 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