Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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... lines into his Solomon ; but perhaps he thought , like Cowley , that hemistichs ought to be admitted into heroick poetry . He had apparently such rectitude of judgement as secured him from every thing that approached to the ridiculous ...
... lines into his Solomon ; but perhaps he thought , like Cowley , that hemistichs ought to be admitted into heroick poetry . He had apparently such rectitude of judgement as secured him from every thing that approached to the ridiculous ...
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... lines forsake , To dare our British foes to open fight : Our conquest we by stratagem should make : Our triumph had been founded in our flight . ' Tis ours , by craft and by surprise to gain : ' Tis theirs , to meet in arms , and battle ...
... lines forsake , To dare our British foes to open fight : Our conquest we by stratagem should make : Our triumph had been founded in our flight . ' Tis ours , by craft and by surprise to gain : ' Tis theirs , to meet in arms , and battle ...
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... lines to Fenton , Serene , the sting of pain thy thoughts beguile , And make afflictions objects of a smile ; brought to my mind some lines on the death of Queen Mary , written by Barnes , of whom I should not have expected to find an ...
... lines to Fenton , Serene , the sting of pain thy thoughts beguile , And make afflictions objects of a smile ; brought to my mind some lines on the death of Queen Mary , written by Barnes , of whom I should not have expected to find an ...
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