Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... Thou seest me here at midnight , now all rest : Time's dead low - water ; when all minds divest To - morrow's business , when the labourers have Such rest in bed , that their last church - yard grave , Subject to change , will scarce be ...
... Thou seest me here at midnight , now all rest : Time's dead low - water ; when all minds divest To - morrow's business , when the labourers have Such rest in bed , that their last church - yard grave , Subject to change , will scarce be ...
Page 58
... thou dost pursue , To make translations and translators too . They but preserve the ashes , thou the flame , True to his sense , but truer to his fame . ' The excellence of these lines is greater , as the truth which they contain was ...
... thou dost pursue , To make translations and translators too . They but preserve the ashes , thou the flame , True to his sense , but truer to his fame . ' The excellence of these lines is greater , as the truth which they contain was ...
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... thou , great Caesar ! though we know not yet Among what gods thou'lt fix thy lofty seat , Whether thou'lt be the kind tutelar god Of thy own Rome ; or with thy awful nod , Guide the vast world , while thy great hand shall bear The ...
... thou , great Caesar ! though we know not yet Among what gods thou'lt fix thy lofty seat , Whether thou'lt be the kind tutelar god Of thy own Rome ; or with thy awful nod , Guide the vast world , while thy great hand shall bear The ...
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