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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... look'd up to that Heaven in vain , That bounteous Heaven , which God did not re- strain Upon the most unjust to ... looks and smil'd ; Thou tide of glory , which no rest dost know , But ever ebb and ever flow ! Thou golden shower of a ...
... look'd up to that Heaven in vain , That bounteous Heaven , which God did not re- strain Upon the most unjust to ... looks and smil'd ; Thou tide of glory , which no rest dost know , But ever ebb and ever flow ! Thou golden shower of a ...
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... Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold ; Look homeward , angel , now , and melt with ruth : And , O ye dolphins , waft the hapless youth . 169 Weep no more , woful shepherds , weep no. Meanwhile the rural ditties were not mute , Temper ...
... Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold ; Look homeward , angel , now , and melt with ruth : And , O ye dolphins , waft the hapless youth . 169 Weep no more , woful shepherds , weep no. Meanwhile the rural ditties were not mute , Temper ...
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... look , And the Carpathian wisard's hook , By scaly Triton's winding shell , And old sooth - saying Glaucus ' spell , By Leucothea's lovely hands , And her son that rules the strands , By Thetis ' tinsel - slipper'd feet , And the songs ...
... look , And the Carpathian wisard's hook , By scaly Triton's winding shell , And old sooth - saying Glaucus ' spell , By Leucothea's lovely hands , And her son that rules the strands , By Thetis ' tinsel - slipper'd feet , And the songs ...
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... Look downward on that globe , whose hither side With light from hence , though but reflected , shines ; That place is Earth , the seat of Man ; that light His day , which else , as the other hemisphere , Night would invade ; but there ...
... Look downward on that globe , whose hither side With light from hence , though but reflected , shines ; That place is Earth , the seat of Man ; that light His day , which else , as the other hemisphere , Night would invade ; but there ...
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... Look'st from thy sole dominion like the God Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call , But with no friendly voice , and add thy name , O Sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams , That ...
... Look'st from thy sole dominion like the God Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call , But with no friendly voice , and add thy name , O Sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams , That ...
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