The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... knew What perils youthful ardour would pursue ; That boiling blood would carry thee too far , Young as thou wert to dangers , raw to war . O curst essay of arms , disastrous doom , Prelude of bloody fields and fights to come ! Hard ...
... knew What perils youthful ardour would pursue ; That boiling blood would carry thee too far , Young as thou wert to dangers , raw to war . O curst essay of arms , disastrous doom , Prelude of bloody fields and fights to come ! Hard ...
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... knew ; An artless war from thwarting motions grew ; Till they to number and fixt rules were brought . Water and air he for the Tenor chose , Earth made the Bass ; the Treble , flame arose . * COWLEY . The tears of lovers are always of ...
... knew ; An artless war from thwarting motions grew ; Till they to number and fixt rules were brought . Water and air he for the Tenor chose , Earth made the Bass ; the Treble , flame arose . * COWLEY . The tears of lovers are always of ...
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... knew how to distinguish , and how to commend , the qualities of his companion ; but , when he wishes to make us weep , he forgets to weep him- self , and diverts his sorrow by imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , would ...
... knew how to distinguish , and how to commend , the qualities of his companion ; but , when he wishes to make us weep , he forgets to weep him- self , and diverts his sorrow by imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , would ...
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... knew ; The common prostitute she lately grew , And with the spurious brood loads now the press ; Laborious effects of idleness . As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of twelve , there is no opportu- nity ...
... knew ; The common prostitute she lately grew , And with the spurious brood loads now the press ; Laborious effects of idleness . As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of twelve , there is no opportu- nity ...
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... knew of man : as the creation of Eve , with their love and marriage . After this , Lucifer appears ; after his overthrow , bemoans himself , seeks revenge on man . The Cho- rus prepare resistance on his first approach . At last , after ...
... knew of man : as the creation of Eve , with their love and marriage . After this , Lucifer appears ; after his overthrow , bemoans himself , seeks revenge on man . The Cho- rus prepare resistance on his first approach . At last , after ...
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