Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical PrefacesJohn Aikin "The object of this work, which is entirely new, is to comprise, within a single volume, a chronological series of our classical poets, from Ben Johnson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of their authors. The contents of this volume are so comprehensive, that few poems, it is believed, are omitted, except such as are of secondary merit, or unsuited to the perusal of youth" -- Page [i]. |
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Page 49
... Earth : And oft , though wisdom wake , suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate , and to simplicity Resigns her charge , while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems : which now for once beguil'd Uriel , though regent of the Sun , and held ...
... Earth : And oft , though wisdom wake , suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate , and to simplicity Resigns her charge , while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems : which now for once beguil'd Uriel , though regent of the Sun , and held ...
Page 52
... Earth , since wild , and of all chase In wood or wilderness , forest or den ; Sporting the lion ramp'd , and in his paw Dandled the kid ; bears , tigers , ounces , pards , Gamboll'd before them ; the unwieldy elephant , To make them ...
... Earth , since wild , and of all chase In wood or wilderness , forest or den ; Sporting the lion ramp'd , and in his paw Dandled the kid ; bears , tigers , ounces , pards , Gamboll'd before them ; the unwieldy elephant , To make them ...
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... Earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful Evening mild ; then silent Night , With this her solem bird , and this fair Moon , And these the gems of Heaven , her starry train : But neither breath of Morn , when she ...
... Earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful Evening mild ; then silent Night , With this her solem bird , and this fair Moon , And these the gems of Heaven , her starry train : But neither breath of Morn , when she ...
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... Earth confin'd , But sometimes in the air , as we , sometimes Ascend to Heaven , by merit thine , and see What life the gods live there , and such live thou . ' So saying , he drew nigh , and to me held , Even to my mouth of that same ...
... Earth confin'd , But sometimes in the air , as we , sometimes Ascend to Heaven , by merit thine , and see What life the gods live there , and such live thou . ' So saying , he drew nigh , and to me held , Even to my mouth of that same ...
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... Earth Satan , from Hell ' scap'd through the darksome gulf , Hath rais'd in Paradise ; and how disturb'd This night the human pair ; how he designs In them at once to ruin all mankind . Go therefore , half this day as friend with friend ...
... Earth Satan , from Hell ' scap'd through the darksome gulf , Hath rais'd in Paradise ; and how disturb'd This night the human pair ; how he designs In them at once to ruin all mankind . Go therefore , half this day as friend with friend ...
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