Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 439
... Night , the address to the Poet's sup- posed son is , Lorenzo , Fortune makes her court to thee . In the fifth Night- And burns Lorenzo still for the sublime Of life ? to hang his airy nest on high ? ' Is this a picture of the son of ...
... Night , the address to the Poet's sup- posed son is , Lorenzo , Fortune makes her court to thee . In the fifth Night- And burns Lorenzo still for the sublime Of life ? to hang his airy nest on high ? ' Is this a picture of the son of ...
Page 440
... Night Thoughts was not old enough , when they were written , to recriminate , or to be a father . The Night Thoughts were begun immediately after the mournful event of 1741. The first Nights appear in the books of the company of ...
... Night Thoughts was not old enough , when they were written , to recriminate , or to be a father . The Night Thoughts were begun immediately after the mournful event of 1741. The first Nights appear in the books of the company of ...
Page 442
... Night Eight the politician plainly betrays himself— Think no post needful that demands a knave , When late our civil helm was shifting hands , So P thought : think better if you can . Yet it must be confessed , that at the conclusion of ...
... Night Eight the politician plainly betrays himself— Think no post needful that demands a knave , When late our civil helm was shifting hands , So P thought : think better if you can . Yet it must be confessed , that at the conclusion of ...
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