Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing; and in the Conduct of Life; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1791 - English poetry |
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Page 130
... last dying kiss . Yet ftay ; his fight will melt my just resolves : But oh ! I beg with my last fallying breath , Cherish my babe . Enter Messenger . [ dead . Mess . Madam , I grieve to tell you What you must know : your royal husband's ...
... last dying kiss . Yet ftay ; his fight will melt my just resolves : But oh ! I beg with my last fallying breath , Cherish my babe . Enter Messenger . [ dead . Mess . Madam , I grieve to tell you What you must know : your royal husband's ...
Page 325
... last : Derry down , down , down , derry down . $ 30 . Song . MOORE . WHEN Damon languifh'd at my feet , And I believ'd him true , The moments of delight how fweet ; But ah ! how fwift they flew ! The funny hill , the flowery vale , The ...
... last : Derry down , down , down , derry down . $ 30 . Song . MOORE . WHEN Damon languifh'd at my feet , And I believ'd him true , The moments of delight how fweet ; But ah ! how fwift they flew ! The funny hill , the flowery vale , The ...
Page 456
... last of the first stanza have a Spondee in the last place but one . See Remark 3 . 5. Line the third of the third ftanza hath a Pyrrhic in the fecond place . See Remark 2 . 6. Of these twelve lines there are but three that are pure ...
... last of the first stanza have a Spondee in the last place but one . See Remark 3 . 5. Line the third of the third ftanza hath a Pyrrhic in the fecond place . See Remark 2 . 6. Of these twelve lines there are but three that are pure ...
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