The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 - Classical poetry |
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... eye . Old Error thus , with shades impure , Throws sacred Truth behind : Yet sometimes , through the deep obscure , She bursts upon the mind . Sleep and her sister Silence reign ; They lock the shepherd's fold : But hark - I hear a lamb ...
... eye . Old Error thus , with shades impure , Throws sacred Truth behind : Yet sometimes , through the deep obscure , She bursts upon the mind . Sleep and her sister Silence reign ; They lock the shepherd's fold : But hark - I hear a lamb ...
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... an attic building smiles ! Painted gardens - grots - and groves , Intermingling shade and light ! Lengthen'd vistas , green alcoves , Join to give the eye delight . Hamlets - villages , and spires , Scatter'd on the 26 CUNNINGHAM .
... an attic building smiles ! Painted gardens - grots - and groves , Intermingling shade and light ! Lengthen'd vistas , green alcoves , Join to give the eye delight . Hamlets - villages , and spires , Scatter'd on the 26 CUNNINGHAM .
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... eyes In vain ; and Melody her song sublime : In vain , Philosophy , with maxims wise , Would touch the cold unfeeling heart of Time . Yet the hoar tyrant , though not moved to spare , Relented when he struck its finish'd pride ; And ...
... eyes In vain ; and Melody her song sublime : In vain , Philosophy , with maxims wise , Would touch the cold unfeeling heart of Time . Yet the hoar tyrant , though not moved to spare , Relented when he struck its finish'd pride ; And ...
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... eyes of heavenly blue , Lips softening in nectarious dew ; A lustre o'er his charms display , More glorious than the beams of day . Expect , sir , if you can succeed , A premium for a prince indeed . ' His talents straight the painter ...
... eyes of heavenly blue , Lips softening in nectarious dew ; A lustre o'er his charms display , More glorious than the beams of day . Expect , sir , if you can succeed , A premium for a prince indeed . ' His talents straight the painter ...
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... eye , The tincture on the cheeks too high ! The robes have a lascivious play , The attitude's too loosely gay . Friend , on the whole , this piece , for me , Is too luxuriant - far too free . ' The painter thus- The faults you find Are ...
... eye , The tincture on the cheeks too high ! The robes have a lascivious play , The attitude's too loosely gay . Friend , on the whole , this piece , for me , Is too luxuriant - far too free . ' The painter thus- The faults you find Are ...
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