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... lines : Mount , glorious queen , thy travelling throne , And bid it to put on ; For long though cheerful is the way , And life , alas ! allows but one ill winter's day . In the same ode , celebrating the power of the Muse , he gives her ...
... lines : Mount , glorious queen , thy travelling throne , And bid it to put on ; For long though cheerful is the way , And life , alas ! allows but one ill winter's day . In the same ode , celebrating the power of the Muse , he gives her ...
Page 16
... lines . Do thou but threat , loud storms shall make reply , And thunder echo to the trembling sky : Whilst raging seas swell to so bold an height , As shall the fire's proud element afright . Th ' old drudging sun , from his long beaten ...
... lines . Do thou but threat , loud storms shall make reply , And thunder echo to the trembling sky : Whilst raging seas swell to so bold an height , As shall the fire's proud element afright . Th ' old drudging sun , from his long beaten ...
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... line has in it more of pedantry than perhaps can be found in any other stan za of the poem . In the perusal of the ... lines have such resemblance to the noble epigram of Grotius on the death of Scaliger , that I can- not but think ...
... line has in it more of pedantry than perhaps can be found in any other stan za of the poem . In the perusal of the ... lines have such resemblance to the noble epigram of Grotius on the death of Scaliger , that I can- not but think ...
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... lines , such as the feeble care of Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse ... line . His combination of different measures is sometimes dissonant and unpleasing ; he joins verses together , of ...
... lines , such as the feeble care of Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts sometimes swelled his verse ... line . His combination of different measures is sometimes dissonant and unpleasing ; he joins verses together , of ...
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... lines are often formed of mono- syllables ; but yet they are sometimes sweet and sonorousfcia es arr . Hanze 1 ... line : tigt at b -Nor can the glory contain itself in the endless space . " I am most part of hatsary to admonish the ...
... lines are often formed of mono- syllables ; but yet they are sometimes sweet and sonorousfcia es arr . Hanze 1 ... line : tigt at b -Nor can the glory contain itself in the endless space . " I am most part of hatsary to admonish the ...
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