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 88
... woods , impenetrable To star or sun - light , spread their umbrage broad And brown as evening : cover me , ye pines ... wood ; there soon they chose The fig - tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd , But such as at this day , to Indians ...
... woods , impenetrable To star or sun - light , spread their umbrage broad And brown as evening : cover me , ye pines ... wood ; there soon they chose The fig - tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd , But such as at this day , to Indians ...
Page 101
... wood , and all due rites perform'd : His offering soon propitious fire from Heaven Consum'd with nimble glance , and ... woods on mountain or in vale , Down to the veins of Earth ; thence gliding hot To some cave's mouth ; or whether ...
... wood , and all due rites perform'd : His offering soon propitious fire from Heaven Consum'd with nimble glance , and ... woods on mountain or in vale , Down to the veins of Earth ; thence gliding hot To some cave's mouth ; or whether ...
Page 115
... wood or grove , by mossy fountain side , In valley or green meadow , to way - lay Some beauty rare , Calisto ... wood - gods and wood - nymphs : he view'd it When suddenly a man before him stood ; Not rustic as before , but seemlier clad ...
... wood or grove , by mossy fountain side , In valley or green meadow , to way - lay Some beauty rare , Calisto ... wood - gods and wood - nymphs : he view'd it When suddenly a man before him stood ; Not rustic as before , but seemlier clad ...
Page 167
... woods have ears ; For this the wise are ever on their guard , For , unforeseen , they say , is unprepar'd ... wood , and sees His course at distance by the bending trees , And thinks , here comes my mortal enemy , And either he must fall ...
... woods have ears ; For this the wise are ever on their guard , For , unforeseen , they say , is unprepar'd ... wood , and sees His course at distance by the bending trees , And thinks , here comes my mortal enemy , And either he must fall ...
Page 168
... wood and wilds pursued his way . Beside him rode Hippolita the queen , And Emily attir'd in lively green , With horns , and hounds , and all the tuneful cry , To hunt a royal hart within the covert nigh : And as he follow'd Mars before ...
... wood and wilds pursued his way . Beside him rode Hippolita the queen , And Emily attir'd in lively green , With horns , and hounds , and all the tuneful cry , To hunt a royal hart within the covert nigh : And as he follow'd Mars before ...
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