The Feast of the Poets: With Notes, and Other Pieces in Verse |
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... mention'd those lamps of the Muse , I can't but observe what splendour they shed , When a thought more than common came into his head : Then they leap'd in their frankness , deliciously bright , And shot round about them an arrowy light ...
... mention'd those lamps of the Muse , I can't but observe what splendour they shed , When a thought more than common came into his head : Then they leap'd in their frankness , deliciously bright , And shot round about them an arrowy light ...
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... mention- Your versification - pray give it invention . A fancy like your's , that can play its own part , And clip with fine fingers the chords of the heart , Should draw from itself the whole charm of its song , Nor put up with notes ...
... mention- Your versification - pray give it invention . A fancy like your's , that can play its own part , And clip with fine fingers the chords of the heart , Should draw from itself the whole charm of its song , Nor put up with notes ...
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... mention , however , that during the wine , The mem❜ry of Shakspeare was toasted with nine ; When lo , as each poet was lifting his cup , A strain of invisible music struck up : - ' Twas a mixture of all the most exquisite sounds To be ...
... mention , however , that during the wine , The mem❜ry of Shakspeare was toasted with nine ; When lo , as each poet was lifting his cup , A strain of invisible music struck up : - ' Twas a mixture of all the most exquisite sounds To be ...
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... mention of persons by their christian as well as surname , to have an air of his own ; and , indeed , there is not a greater mannerist in the whole circle of poetry , either in a good or bad sense . His main talent , both in character ...
... mention of persons by their christian as well as surname , to have an air of his own ; and , indeed , there is not a greater mannerist in the whole circle of poetry , either in a good or bad sense . His main talent , both in character ...
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... mentioning his crimes , because he is the least abashed . Other writers have paid decency the compliment of doubting their extent , or of keeping them in the back ground ; but here we have the plainest , tooth- picking acknowledgments ...
... mentioning his crimes , because he is the least abashed . Other writers have paid decency the compliment of doubting their extent , or of keeping them in the back ground ; but here we have the plainest , tooth- picking acknowledgments ...
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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