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... coming in , caught the Deity's eye , Who gave him his hand , and said , " Show me a sight That can give a divinity sounder delight , Or that earth should more prize from its core to the poles , Than the self - improved morals of elegant ...
... coming in , caught the Deity's eye , Who gave him his hand , and said , " Show me a sight That can give a divinity sounder delight , Or that earth should more prize from its core to the poles , Than the self - improved morals of elegant ...
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... coming , Or whole court of aldermen hawing and humming , Or Abbot , at least , with his ushers before , But ' twas only Bob Southey and two or three more . ( 14 ) As soon as he saw him , Apollo seem'd pleas'd ; ( 15 ) But as he had ...
... coming , Or whole court of aldermen hawing and humming , Or Abbot , at least , with his ushers before , But ' twas only Bob Southey and two or three more . ( 14 ) As soon as he saw him , Apollo seem'd pleas'd ; ( 15 ) But as he had ...
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... coming from heaven , he'd spare the beholders : — The bard , like a second Æneas , went home in't , And lives underneath it , it seems , at this moment . ( 20 ) Apollo then turning and smoothing his frown , Bade Southey take warning ...
... coming from heaven , he'd spare the beholders : — The bard , like a second Æneas , went home in't , And lives underneath it , it seems , at this moment . ( 20 ) Apollo then turning and smoothing his frown , Bade Southey take warning ...
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... coming declare , Or there's something at work in the moonshiny air ; For the trumpet sprang out , with a fierce - flowing blast , And the hautboys lamentingly mingled , and pass'd , Till a smile - drawing sweetness stole in at the close ...
... coming declare , Or there's something at work in the moonshiny air ; For the trumpet sprang out , with a fierce - flowing blast , And the hautboys lamentingly mingled , and pass'd , Till a smile - drawing sweetness stole in at the close ...
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... coming in such a place , in the very thick of petty resentments and vulgar personali- ties contradict the better taste that is in them , and give the reader perhaps as distasteful an idea of the author at that time of life when he ...
... coming in such a place , in the very thick of petty resentments and vulgar personali- ties contradict the better taste that is in them , and give the reader perhaps as distasteful an idea of the author at that time of life when he ...
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Abydos admiration affected Apollo appears bard beautiful better bow'd bright called character Coleridge court court of aldermen cried criticism delight Dryden elegant Eloisa to Abelard ev'ry eyes Fairfax fancy faults Feast feeling flow'r forget friends genius Giaour give graceful harmony Hayley heart idle imitation Italian Jump-up-and-kiss-me Juvenal keep king Laureat least less lines look look'd Lord Byron Lyrical Ballads mind Montepulciano Muse narch never o'er original passion perhaps persons piece Pindar poem poet Poet Laureat poetical poetry politics poor Pope praise prince PYRRHA reader respect rhyme ribaldry round satire Scott seem'd seems sense Shakspeare simplicity singular Sirmio smiles society song soul Southey sparkling speak species spect Spenser spirit style Tasso taste thee thing thou thought tion true turn turn'd twas only Bob verses versification vex'd vulgar Walter Scott wine words Wordsworth writings written