The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 41
... hands : mine is therefore not so much as a permis- sion - poem , but a downright interloper . Those gen- tlemen who carry on their poetical trade in a joint stock would certainly do what they could to sink and ruin an unlicensed ...
... hands : mine is therefore not so much as a permis- sion - poem , but a downright interloper . Those gen- tlemen who carry on their poetical trade in a joint stock would certainly do what they could to sink and ruin an unlicensed ...
Page 48
... hand ; and while the fancy is full of images , collected from innume- rable objects and their different qualities , relations , and habitudes , it can at pleasure dress a common notion in a strange but becoming garb ; by which , as ...
... hand ; and while the fancy is full of images , collected from innume- rable objects and their different qualities , relations , and habitudes , it can at pleasure dress a common notion in a strange but becoming garb ; by which , as ...
Page 56
... hand directed all the tuneful spheres , He turn'd their orbs and polished all the stars . He fill'd the Sun's vast lamp with golden light , And bid the silver Moon adorn the night . He spread the airy Ocean without shores , Where birds ...
... hand directed all the tuneful spheres , He turn'd their orbs and polished all the stars . He fill'd the Sun's vast lamp with golden light , And bid the silver Moon adorn the night . He spread the airy Ocean without shores , Where birds ...
Page 76
... hand , but which , like other things that lie open to every one's use , are of little value . The attention naturally retires from a new tale of Venus , Diana , and Minerva . His " Fables " seem to have been a favourite work ; for ...
... hand , but which , like other things that lie open to every one's use , are of little value . The attention naturally retires from a new tale of Venus , Diana , and Minerva . His " Fables " seem to have been a favourite work ; for ...
Page 98
... be thine the care , With plaintive cries to lead the mournful band ; In sable weeds the golden vase to bear , And cull my ashes with thy trembling hand . Panchaia's odours be their costly feast , And all the 98 HAMMOND .
... be thine the care , With plaintive cries to lead the mournful band ; In sable weeds the golden vase to bear , And cull my ashes with thy trembling hand . Panchaia's odours be their costly feast , And all the 98 HAMMOND .
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