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across her , as the thunderbolt across the eagle's wing ; and her natural vigour
was bitterly expended in the struggles of rival usurpers , and in foreign wars ,
fruitless of all ... Yet Poetry is a part of human nature , and exists wherever man
exists .
across her , as the thunderbolt across the eagle's wing ; and her natural vigour
was bitterly expended in the struggles of rival usurpers , and in foreign wars ,
fruitless of all ... Yet Poetry is a part of human nature , and exists wherever man
exists .
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As nature's ties decay , As duty , love , and honour fail to sway , Fictitious bonds ,
the bonds of wealth and law , Still gather strength , and force unwilling awe .
Hence all obedience bows to these alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps ...
As nature's ties decay , As duty , love , and honour fail to sway , Fictitious bonds ,
the bonds of wealth and law , Still gather strength , and force unwilling awe .
Hence all obedience bows to these alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps ...
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So his fame Should share in Nature's immortality , A venerable thing ! and so his
song Should make all Nature lovelier , and itself Be loved like Nature ! But ' twill
not be so ; And youths and maidens most poetical , Who lose the deepening ...
So his fame Should share in Nature's immortality , A venerable thing ! and so his
song Should make all Nature lovelier , and itself Be loved like Nature ! But ' twill
not be so ; And youths and maidens most poetical , Who lose the deepening ...
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations... |
| Author | George Croly |
| Compiled by | George Croly |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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