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... keep back for a poem ' ' ve by me , And merely observe that the girls look'd divine , And the old folks in - doors exclaimed " Bless us how fine ! " Apollo arriv'd , had no sooner embodied His essence ethereal , than quenching his ...
... keep back for a poem ' ' ve by me , And merely observe that the girls look'd divine , And the old folks in - doors exclaimed " Bless us how fine ! " Apollo arriv'd , had no sooner embodied His essence ethereal , than quenching his ...
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... keep the spot pure for the visits of heaven . " ( 13 ) He spoke with a warmth , but his accent was bland , And the poet bow'd down with a blush to his hand , When all on a sudden , there rose on the stairs A noise as of persons with ...
... keep the spot pure for the visits of heaven . " ( 13 ) He spoke with a warmth , but his accent was bland , And the poet bow'd down with a blush to his hand , When all on a sudden , there rose on the stairs A noise as of persons with ...
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... , When Phoebus shook hands , and departed for heaven ; " For poets , " he said , " who would cherish their powers , And hop'd to be deathless , must keep to good hours . " ( 28 ) So off he betook him the way that he came 28.
... , When Phoebus shook hands , and departed for heaven ; " For poets , " he said , " who would cherish their powers , And hop'd to be deathless , must keep to good hours . " ( 28 ) So off he betook him the way that he came 28.
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... keeps his place in those strange medleys of good and bad , called collections of the English Poets ; but very few persons know any thing of him ; and they who do will hardly object to the tone of contempt with which Apollo speaks of a ...
... keeps his place in those strange medleys of good and bad , called collections of the English Poets ; but very few persons know any thing of him ; and they who do will hardly object to the tone of contempt with which Apollo speaks of a ...
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... keep the beaten track , and set a proper example to neither . By these appeals , however , the public ear has been excited to expect something better ; and perhaps there never was a more favourable time than the present 34.
... keep the beaten track , and set a proper example to neither . By these appeals , however , the public ear has been excited to expect something better ; and perhaps there never was a more favourable time than the present 34.
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