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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A nightingale , come from the neighbouring wood ; ( The sweet inhabitant of each
glad tree , Their muse , their syren , harmless syren she ) There stood she list'
ning , and did entertain The music's soft report : and mould the same In her own ...
A nightingale , come from the neighbouring wood ; ( The sweet inhabitant of each
glad tree , Their muse , their syren , harmless syren she ) There stood she list'
ning , and did entertain The music's soft report : and mould the same In her own ...
Page 310
The high - perch'd treble chirps at this , and chides , Until his finger ( moderator )
hides And closes the sweet quarrel ... her supple breast thrills out Sharp airs ,
and staggers in a warbling doubt Of dallying sweetness , hovers o'er her skill ,
And ...
The high - perch'd treble chirps at this , and chides , Until his finger ( moderator )
hides And closes the sweet quarrel ... her supple breast thrills out Sharp airs ,
and staggers in a warbling doubt Of dallying sweetness , hovers o'er her skill ,
And ...
Page 312
... anon Creeps on the soft touch of a tender tone : Whose trembling murmurs
melting in wild airs Run to and fro , complaining his sweet cares ; Because those
precious mysteries that dwell In music's ravish'd soul he dares not tell , But
whisper ...
... anon Creeps on the soft touch of a tender tone : Whose trembling murmurs
melting in wild airs Run to and fro , complaining his sweet cares ; Because those
precious mysteries that dwell In music's ravish'd soul he dares not tell , But
whisper ...
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Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected |
| Author | Leigh Hunt |
| Editor | Joseph Edward Babson |
| Publisher | Roberts Brothers, 1870 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 6 May 2015 |
| Length | 368 pages |
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