Poems, Volume 1Stereotyped and printed by Andrew Wilson for J. Johnson, 1808 - English poetry |
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... fancy , and genius , and in the esteem and con- verse of such persons , as in these respects were most congenial with himself , he would have been happy . But he was not - He wondered ( as thousands in a similar situation still do ) ...
... fancy , and genius , and in the esteem and con- verse of such persons , as in these respects were most congenial with himself , he would have been happy . But he was not - He wondered ( as thousands in a similar situation still do ) ...
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... virtue , truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . Oh liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's muse , his passion and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse ; 28 TABLE TALK .
... virtue , truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . Oh liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's muse , his passion and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse ; 28 TABLE TALK .
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William Cowper. Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where winter breathes his ...
William Cowper. Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse ; Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; Heroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where winter breathes his ...
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... fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment were sacrificed to sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judged a ...
... fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus all success depending on an ear , And thinking I might purchase it too dear , If sentiment were sacrificed to sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , I judged a ...
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... fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste : But , when the second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrained a nerve ...
... fancy cast , Was lumber in an age so void of taste : But , when the second Charles assumed the sway , And arts revived beneath a softer day , Then , like a bow long forced into a curve , The mind , released from too constrained a nerve ...
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