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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... LOST . What in an. Or in Valdarno , to descry new lands , Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe . His spear , to equal with the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills , to be the mast Of some great ammiral , were but a wand , He walk'd ...
... LOST . What in an. Or in Valdarno , to descry new lands , Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe . His spear , to equal with the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills , to be the mast Of some great ammiral , were but a wand , He walk'd ...
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... lost , and gain'd a king ; Ahaz his sottish conqueror , whom he drew God's altar to disparage and displace For one of Syrian mode , whereon to burn His odious offerings , and adore the gods Whom he had vanquish'd . After these appear'd ...
... lost , and gain'd a king ; Ahaz his sottish conqueror , whom he drew God's altar to disparage and displace For one of Syrian mode , whereon to burn His odious offerings , and adore the gods Whom he had vanquish'd . After these appear'd ...
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... lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than arch - angel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the Moon , In ...
... lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than arch - angel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the Moon , In ...
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With Biographical and Critical Prefaces John Aikin !ç›’ Book I. PARADISE LOST . What in an age they with incessant toil And hands innumerable scarce perform . Nigh on the plain , in many cells prepar'd , That underneath had veins of ...
With Biographical and Critical Prefaces John Aikin !ç›’ Book I. PARADISE LOST . What in an age they with incessant toil And hands innumerable scarce perform . Nigh on the plain , in many cells prepar'd , That underneath had veins of ...
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... lost . From this descent Celestial virtues rising , will appear More glorious and more dread than from no fall , And trust themselves to fear no second fate . Me though just right , and the fix'd laws of Heaven , Did first create your ...
... lost . From this descent Celestial virtues rising , will appear More glorious and more dread than from no fall , And trust themselves to fear no second fate . Me though just right , and the fix'd laws of Heaven , Did first create your ...
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