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Page 56
But not the praise , ' Phoebus replied , and touched my trembling ears ; Fame is
no plant that grows on mortal soil , Nor in the glistering foil , Set off to the world ,
nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes , And ...
But not the praise , ' Phoebus replied , and touched my trembling ears ; Fame is
no plant that grows on mortal soil , Nor in the glistering foil , Set off to the world ,
nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes , And ...
Page 143
... forced , in age , for bread , To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread , To
pick her wintry faggot from the thorn , To seek her nightly shed , and weep till
morn ; She only left of all the harmless train , The sad historian of the pensive
plain .
... forced , in age , for bread , To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread , To
pick her wintry faggot from the thorn , To seek her nightly shed , and weep till
morn ; She only left of all the harmless train , The sad historian of the pensive
plain .
Page 151
Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail , That idly waiting flaps with
every gale , Downward they move , a melancholy band , Pass from the shore ,
and darken all the strand . Contented toil , and hospitable care , And kind
connubial ...
Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail , That idly waiting flaps with
every gale , Downward they move , a melancholy band , Pass from the shore ,
and darken all the strand . Contented toil , and hospitable care , And kind
connubial ...
Page 193
The World may dance along the flowery plain , Cheered as they go by many a
sprightly strain ; Where Nature has her mossy velvet spread , With unshod feet
they yet securely tread , Admonished , scorn the caution and the friend , Bent all
on ...
The World may dance along the flowery plain , Cheered as they go by many a
sprightly strain ; Where Nature has her mossy velvet spread , With unshod feet
they yet securely tread , Admonished , scorn the caution and the friend , Bent all
on ...
Page 234
... which to the end of time Will live , and spread , and kindle : even such minds In
childhood , from this solitary Being , Or from like Wanderer , haply have received (
A thing more precious far than all that books Or the solicitudes of love can do ! ) ...
... which to the end of time Will live , and spread , and kindle : even such minds In
childhood , from this solitary Being , Or from like Wanderer , haply have received (
A thing more precious far than all that books Or the solicitudes of love can do ! ) ...
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations |
| Author | George Croly |
| Editor | George Croly |
| Publisher | R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside ; and sold by L.B. Seeley and Sons, 1828 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
| Length | 367 pages |
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