Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical PrefacesJohn Aikin "The object of this work, which is entirely new, is to comprise, within a single volume, a chronological series of our classical poets, from Ben Johnson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of their authors. The contents of this volume are so comprehensive, that few poems, it is believed, are omitted, except such as are of secondary merit, or unsuited to the perusal of youth" -- Page [i]. |
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... bound , that fled Apollo . 660 Lad . Fool , do not boast ; Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind With all thy charms , although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled , while Heaven sees good . Com . Why are you vex'd , lady ...
... bound , that fled Apollo . 660 Lad . Fool , do not boast ; Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind With all thy charms , although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled , while Heaven sees good . Com . Why are you vex'd , lady ...
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... bound him fast ; without his rod revers'd , And backward mutters of dissevering power , We cannot free the Lady that sits here In stony fetters fix'd , and motionless : Yet stay , be not disturb'd ; now I bethink me , Some other means I ...
... bound him fast ; without his rod revers'd , And backward mutters of dissevering power , We cannot free the Lady that sits here In stony fetters fix'd , and motionless : Yet stay , be not disturb'd ; now I bethink me , Some other means I ...
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... bound , Without dimension , where length , breadth , and height , And time , and place , are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos , ancestors of Nature , hold Eternal anarchy , amidst the noise Of endless wars , and by confusion stand ...
... bound , Without dimension , where length , breadth , and height , And time , and place , are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos , ancestors of Nature , hold Eternal anarchy , amidst the noise Of endless wars , and by confusion stand ...
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... bound . Thou , at the sight Pleas'd , out of Heaven shalt look down and smile , While , by thee rais'd , I ruin all my foes , Death last , and with his carcass glut the grave : Then , with the multitude of my redeem'd , Shall enter ...
... bound . Thou , at the sight Pleas'd , out of Heaven shalt look down and smile , While , by thee rais'd , I ruin all my foes , Death last , and with his carcass glut the grave : Then , with the multitude of my redeem'd , Shall enter ...
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... bound the ocean wave . Satan from hence , now on the lower stair , That scal'd by steps of gold to Heaven - gate , Looks down with wonder at the sudden view Of all this world at once . As when a scout , Through dark and desert ways with ...
... bound the ocean wave . Satan from hence , now on the lower stair , That scal'd by steps of gold to Heaven - gate , Looks down with wonder at the sudden view Of all this world at once . As when a scout , Through dark and desert ways with ...
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