Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 10
... poetic tendency : - " At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , Where discipline helps opening buds of sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a poet too . " Cowper remained at ...
... poetic tendency : - " At Westminster , where little poets strive To set a distich upon six and five , Where discipline helps opening buds of sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a poet too . " Cowper remained at ...
Page 100
... POET , THE OYSTER , AND SENSITIVE A PLANT . N Oyster , cast upon the shore . Was heard , though never heard before , Complaining in a speech well worded , And worthy thus to be recorded ... POET AND THE OYSTER . The Poet and the Oyster -
... POET , THE OYSTER , AND SENSITIVE A PLANT . N Oyster , cast upon the shore . Was heard , though never heard before , Complaining in a speech well worded , And worthy thus to be recorded ... POET AND THE OYSTER . The Poet and the Oyster -
Page 101
... poet's muse is To make them grow just where she chooses . You shapeless nothing in a dish , You that are but almost a fish , I scorn your coarse insinuation , And have most plentiful occasion To wish myself the rock I view , Or such ...
... poet's muse is To make them grow just where she chooses . You shapeless nothing in a dish , You that are but almost a fish , I scorn your coarse insinuation , And have most plentiful occasion To wish myself the rock I view , Or such ...
Contents
On a Plant of VirginsBower | 6 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE | 7 |
To my Cousin | 31 |
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