The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... o'er the farthest verge of heaven , the sun Scarce spreads o'er ether the dejected day . Faint are his gleams , and ineffectual shoot His struggling rays in horizontal lines Through the thick air ; as clothed in cloudy storms , Weak ...
... o'er the farthest verge of heaven , the sun Scarce spreads o'er ether the dejected day . Faint are his gleams , and ineffectual shoot His struggling rays in horizontal lines Through the thick air ; as clothed in cloudy storms , Weak ...
Page 462
... o'er the palace waves- While , a gay insect in his summer shine , The fop , light - fluttering , spreads his mealy wings . Dread o'er the scene the ghost of Hamlet stalks ; Othello rages ; poor Monimia mourns ; And Belvidera pours her ...
... o'er the palace waves- While , a gay insect in his summer shine , The fop , light - fluttering , spreads his mealy wings . Dread o'er the scene the ghost of Hamlet stalks ; Othello rages ; poor Monimia mourns ; And Belvidera pours her ...
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... O'er hill and dale , heaped into one expanse Of marbled snow , or , far as eye can sweep , With a blue crust of ice unbounded glazed . By dancing meteors then , that ceaseless shake A waving blaze refracted o'er the heavens , And vivid ...
... O'er hill and dale , heaped into one expanse Of marbled snow , or , far as eye can sweep , With a blue crust of ice unbounded glazed . By dancing meteors then , that ceaseless shake A waving blaze refracted o'er the heavens , And vivid ...
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