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To a gallant young soldier returning in May ? No - that ' s a resemblance too
vapid and low ;Let ' s see - to a finished young traveller ? . . No . To a graceful
young lord just stept out of his carriage ? Or handsome young poet , the day of
his ...
To a gallant young soldier returning in May ? No - that ' s a resemblance too
vapid and low ;Let ' s see - to a finished young traveller ? . . No . To a graceful
young lord just stept out of his carriage ? Or handsome young poet , the day of
his ...
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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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( 4 ) Not though I collected one pattern victorious Of all that was good , and
accomplish ' d , and glorious , From deeds in the daylight , and books on the shelf
, And call ' d up the shape of young Alfred himself . A note upon Alfred might be ...
( 4 ) Not though I collected one pattern victorious Of all that was good , and
accomplish ' d , and glorious , From deeds in the daylight , and books on the shelf
, And call ' d up the shape of young Alfred himself . A note upon Alfred might be ...
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... upon which I am loth to touch , and therefore dismiss them . The pertinacious
ribaldry of Mr . Colman , and his affectation of regarding its reprovers as
hypocrites - things which look more like the robust ignorance of a vulgar young
rake , than ...
... upon which I am loth to touch , and therefore dismiss them . The pertinacious
ribaldry of Mr . Colman , and his affectation of regarding its reprovers as
hypocrites - things which look more like the robust ignorance of a vulgar young
rake , than ...
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This is a splendid image : but Tasso merely says , with a more natural and
momentary touch , that her golden locks were shaken out in the wind , and a
young female appeared before him :E le chiome dorate al vento sparse , Giovane
donna in ...
This is a splendid image : but Tasso merely says , with a more natural and
momentary touch , that her golden locks were shaken out in the wind , and a
young female appeared before him :E le chiome dorate al vento sparse , Giovane
donna in ...
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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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