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... praises to his verse he owes . Nor thou persist , I pray thee , still to slight The sacred Nine , and to imagine vain And useless powers , by whom inspired , thyself Art skilful to associate verse with airs Harmonious , and to give the ...
... praises to his verse he owes . Nor thou persist , I pray thee , still to slight The sacred Nine , and to imagine vain And useless powers , by whom inspired , thyself Art skilful to associate verse with airs Harmonious , and to give the ...
Page xix
... absorb'd In the oblivious Lethęan gulf , Shall to futurity perhaps convey This theme , and by these praises of my sire Improve the fathers of a distant age . In 1627 , Milton wrote his first Latin elegy , LIFE OF MILTON . xix.
... absorb'd In the oblivious Lethęan gulf , Shall to futurity perhaps convey This theme , and by these praises of my sire Improve the fathers of a distant age . In 1627 , Milton wrote his first Latin elegy , LIFE OF MILTON . xix.
Page xxiv
... praise nor blame from unfounded prejudice . This poem is so far from deserving the character applied to it by Johnson , that " the diction is harsh , the rhymes uncertain , and the numbers unpleasing , " that , the language is ...
... praise nor blame from unfounded prejudice . This poem is so far from deserving the character applied to it by Johnson , that " the diction is harsh , the rhymes uncertain , and the numbers unpleasing , " that , the language is ...
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... PRAISE OF THE COUNTESS OF DERBY , MARRIED TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR , This noble Countess lived many years With Derby , one of England's greatest peers : Fruitful and fair , and of so clear a name , That all this region marvell'd at her ...
... PRAISE OF THE COUNTESS OF DERBY , MARRIED TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR , This noble Countess lived many years With Derby , one of England's greatest peers : Fruitful and fair , and of so clear a name , That all this region marvell'd at her ...
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... praise the Nine , O Manso ! happy in that theme , design ; For , Gallus and Męcenas gone , they see None such besides , or whom they love , as thee ; And , if my verse may give the meed of fame , Thine too shall prove an everlasting ...
... praise the Nine , O Manso ! happy in that theme , design ; For , Gallus and Męcenas gone , they see None such besides , or whom they love , as thee ; And , if my verse may give the meed of fame , Thine too shall prove an everlasting ...
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