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viii PREFACE . ticularly desirous of doing justice to a great living poet , of whom ,
in the first instance , led away by the impatience of seeing him pervert his genius ,
he had suffered himself to speak with unqualified , and therefore unbecoming ...
viii PREFACE . ticularly desirous of doing justice to a great living poet , of whom ,
in the first instance , led away by the impatience of seeing him pervert his genius ,
he had suffered himself to speak with unqualified , and therefore unbecoming ...
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A smile , followed up by a shake of the head , Cross ' d the fine lip of Phæbus ,
who view ' d him , and said “ I ' ll give you a lesson , Sir , quite your own seeking ,
And one that you very much want - on plain speaking . Pray have you to learn ...
A smile , followed up by a shake of the head , Cross ' d the fine lip of Phæbus ,
who view ' d him , and said “ I ' ll give you a lesson , Sir , quite your own seeking ,
And one that you very much want - on plain speaking . Pray have you to learn ...
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... Who gave him his hand , and said , “ Show me a sight That can give a divinity
sounder delight , Or that carth should more prize from its core to the poles , Than
the self - improved morals of elegant sonis . Repentant I speak it — though when
...
... Who gave him his hand , and said , “ Show me a sight That can give a divinity
sounder delight , Or that carth should more prize from its core to the poles , Than
the self - improved morals of elegant sonis . Repentant I speak it — though when
...
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Repentant I speak it — though when I was wild , My friends should remember the
world was a child That customs were diff ' rent , and young people ' s eyes Had
no better examples than those in the skies . But soon as I learnt how to value ...
Repentant I speak it — though when I was wild , My friends should remember the
world was a child That customs were diff ' rent , and young people ' s eyes Had
no better examples than those in the skies . But soon as I learnt how to value ...
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... 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 grave
coxcomb ,
... 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 grave
coxcomb ,
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| Title | The Feast of the Poets: With Notes, and Other Pieces in Verse |
| Author | Leigh Hunt |
| Publisher | J. Cawthorn, 1814 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 157 pages |
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