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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... head . Beauty is nature's brag , and must be shown ' In courts , at feasts , and high solemnities , Where most may wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home , They had their name thence ; coarse complexions ...
... head . Beauty is nature's brag , and must be shown ' In courts , at feasts , and high solemnities , Where most may wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home , They had their name thence ; coarse complexions ...
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... head , And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectar'd lavers , strew'd with asphodel ; And through the porch and inlet of each sense Dropt in ambrosial oils , till she reviv'd , And underwent a quick immortal change , Made goddess ...
... head , And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectar'd lavers , strew'd with asphodel ; And through the porch and inlet of each sense Dropt in ambrosial oils , till she reviv'd , And underwent a quick immortal change , Made goddess ...
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... head up - lift above the wave , and eyes That sparkling blaz'd ; his other parts besides , Prone on the flood , extended long and large , Lay floating many a rood ; in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size , Titanian ...
... head up - lift above the wave , and eyes That sparkling blaz'd ; his other parts besides , Prone on the flood , extended long and large , Lay floating many a rood ; in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size , Titanian ...
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... head Levell❜d his deadly aim ; their fatal hands No second stroke intend ; and such a frown Each cast at the other , as when two black clouds , With Heaven's artillery fraught , come rattling on Over the Caspian , then stand front to ...
... head Levell❜d his deadly aim ; their fatal hands No second stroke intend ; and such a frown Each cast at the other , as when two black clouds , With Heaven's artillery fraught , come rattling on Over the Caspian , then stand front to ...
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... head , and , so losing all , To expiate his treason hath nought left , But to destruction sacred and devote , He , with his whole posterity , must die , Die he or justice must ; unless for him Some other able , and as willing , pay The ...
... head , and , so losing all , To expiate his treason hath nought left , But to destruction sacred and devote , He , with his whole posterity , must die , Die he or justice must ; unless for him Some other able , and as willing , pay The ...
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