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... kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more fre- quently ...
... kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen . Their thoughts are often new , but seldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they just ; and the reader , far from wondering that he missed them , wonders more fre- quently ...
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... kind ; as if a tenth Muse had been newly born , to cherish drooping poetry . The Doctor at that time brought him into that com- pany , which was most celebrated for good conversa- tion ; where he was received and esteemed , with great ...
... kind ; as if a tenth Muse had been newly born , to cherish drooping poetry . The Doctor at that time brought him into that com- pany , which was most celebrated for good conversa- tion ; where he was received and esteemed , with great ...
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... kind assistance yield , Your gifts I sing ! and thou , at whose fear'd stroke From rending earth the fiery courser broke , Great Neptune , O assist my artful song ! And thou to whom the woods and groves belong , Whose snowy heifers on ...
... kind assistance yield , Your gifts I sing ! and thou , at whose fear'd stroke From rending earth the fiery courser broke , Great Neptune , O assist my artful song ! And thou to whom the woods and groves belong , Whose snowy heifers on ...
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