The feast of the poets, with notes, and other pieces in verse, by the editor of The Examiner. The dedication signed: Leigh HuntLondon, 1815 |
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... round about them an arrowy light ; And if , as he shook back his hair in it's cluster , A curl fell athwart them and darken'd their lustre , A sprinkle of gold through the duskiness came , Like the sun through a tree , when he's setting ...
... round about them an arrowy light ; And if , as he shook back his hair in it's cluster , A curl fell athwart them and darken'd their lustre , A sprinkle of gold through the duskiness came , Like the sun through a tree , when he's setting ...
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... round him a cloud that was purple and white , The same that of old us'd to wrap his own shoulders , When coming from heaven , he'd spare the beholders . The bard , like a second Æneas , went home in't , And lives underneath it , it ...
... round him a cloud that was purple and white , The same that of old us'd to wrap his own shoulders , When coming from heaven , he'd spare the beholders . The bard , like a second Æneas , went home in't , And lives underneath it , it ...
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... round , as of fiery rods , With the sound of deep organs and chorister gods ; And the faces of bards , glowing fresh from their skies , Came thronging about with intentness of eyes , — And the Nine were all heard , as the harmony swell ...
... round , as of fiery rods , With the sound of deep organs and chorister gods ; And the faces of bards , glowing fresh from their skies , Came thronging about with intentness of eyes , — And the Nine were all heard , as the harmony swell ...
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... round into flame ... In a word , so completely forestall'd were the wishes , Ev'n harmony struck from the noise of the dishes . It can't be suppos'd I should think of repeating The fancies that flow'd at this laureat meeting ; I haven't ...
... round into flame ... In a word , so completely forestall'd were the wishes , Ev'n harmony struck from the noise of the dishes . It can't be suppos'd I should think of repeating The fancies that flow'd at this laureat meeting ; I haven't ...
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... rounds , As if follow'd and fann'd by the soft - winged sounds . Thus chatting and singing they sat till eleven , When Phoebus shook hands , and departed for heaven ; For poets , ' he said , who would cherish their powers , And hop'd to ...
... rounds , As if follow'd and fann'd by the soft - winged sounds . Thus chatting and singing they sat till eleven , When Phoebus shook hands , and departed for heaven ; For poets , ' he said , who would cherish their powers , And hop'd to ...
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