A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto UncollectedIncludes papers on Heathen mythology, Genii of antiquity, Genii and fairies of the East, etc. |
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... once : - epithets again ; I must recur to Then shine the bars , the cakes in smoke aspire , A sudden glory bursts from all the fire . The conscious wight , rejoicing in the heat , Rubs the blithe knees , and toasts th ' alternate feet ...
... once : - epithets again ; I must recur to Then shine the bars , the cakes in smoke aspire , A sudden glory bursts from all the fire . The conscious wight , rejoicing in the heat , Rubs the blithe knees , and toasts th ' alternate feet ...
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... once above myrtle and laurel , and her Majesty , of course , agreed with him : - " Venus her myrtle , Phoebus has his bays ; Tea both excels , which she vouchsafes to praise . The best of queens , and best of herbs , we owe To that bold ...
... once above myrtle and laurel , and her Majesty , of course , agreed with him : - " Venus her myrtle , Phoebus has his bays ; Tea both excels , which she vouchsafes to praise . The best of queens , and best of herbs , we owe To that bold ...
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... once and the calmer of tired thought ; this the spot where our better spirits await to exalt and enliven us , when the daily and vulgar ones have discharged their duty ! " Questo è il Paradiso , Più dolce , che fra l ' acque , e fra l ...
... once and the calmer of tired thought ; this the spot where our better spirits await to exalt and enliven us , when the daily and vulgar ones have discharged their duty ! " Questo è il Paradiso , Più dolce , che fra l ' acque , e fra l ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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