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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... happy state , I would not fear , nor wish , my fate ; But boldly say each night , To - morrow let my sun his beams display , Or in clouds hide them ; I have liv'd to - day . HONOUR , SHE loves , and she confesses too ; There's then , at ...
... happy state , I would not fear , nor wish , my fate ; But boldly say each night , To - morrow let my sun his beams display , Or in clouds hide them ; I have liv'd to - day . HONOUR , SHE loves , and she confesses too ; There's then , at ...
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... Happy insect , happy thou ! Dost neither age nor winter know ; But , when thou'st drunk , and danc'd , and sung Thy fill , the flow'ry leaves among , ( Voluptuous , and wise withal , Epicurean animal ! ) Sated with thy summer feast ...
... Happy insect , happy thou ! Dost neither age nor winter know ; But , when thou'st drunk , and danc'd , and sung Thy fill , the flow'ry leaves among , ( Voluptuous , and wise withal , Epicurean animal ! ) Sated with thy summer feast ...
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... happy call , ' Tis hope is the most hopeless thing of all . Hope ! thou bold taster of delight , [ quite ! Who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st it Thou bring'st us an estate , yet leav'st us poor 12 COWLEY . Against Hope.
... happy call , ' Tis hope is the most hopeless thing of all . Hope ! thou bold taster of delight , [ quite ! Who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st it Thou bring'st us an estate , yet leav'st us poor 12 COWLEY . Against Hope.
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... HAPPY the man , who his whole time doth bound Within th ' enclosure of his little ground . Happy the man , whom the same humble place ( Th ' hereditary cottage of his race ) From his first rising infancy has known , And by degrees sees ...
... HAPPY the man , who his whole time doth bound Within th ' enclosure of his little ground . Happy the man , whom the same humble place ( Th ' hereditary cottage of his race ) From his first rising infancy has known , And by degrees sees ...
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... happy state , Favour'd of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first seduc'd them to that foul revolt ? The infernal Serpent ; he it was , whose ...
... happy state , Favour'd of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first seduc'd them to that foul revolt ? The infernal Serpent ; he it was , whose ...
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