Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis, Volume 21801 |
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... that Virgil sung , And Virgil's self shall speak the English tongue ; Manhood and Garboiles shall he chaunt with changed feet , And headstrong dactyls making musick meet . The nimble dactyls , striving to outgo The drawling spondees [ 352 ]
... that Virgil sung , And Virgil's self shall speak the English tongue ; Manhood and Garboiles shall he chaunt with changed feet , And headstrong dactyls making musick meet . The nimble dactyls , striving to outgo The drawling spondees [ 352 ]
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... spondees striving to delay The breathless dactyls with a sudden stay ! Who ever saw a colt , wanton and wild , Yoked with a slow - foot ox on fallow field , Can right areed how handsomely besets Dull spondees with the English dactylets ...
... spondees striving to delay The breathless dactyls with a sudden stay ! Who ever saw a colt , wanton and wild , Yoked with a slow - foot ox on fallow field , Can right areed how handsomely besets Dull spondees with the English dactylets ...
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