The Feast of the Poets: With Notes, and Other Pieces in Verse |
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... never once offends . Bright as the sun - her eyes the gazers strike , And like the sun - they shine on all alike . Yet graceful ease - and sweetness void of pride , Might hide her faults - if belles had faults to hide : If to her share ...
... never once offends . Bright as the sun - her eyes the gazers strike , And like the sun - they shine on all alike . Yet graceful ease - and sweetness void of pride , Might hide her faults - if belles had faults to hide : If to her share ...
Page 48
... Pleasures of Memory - a poem , at best , in imitation of Goldsmith - is writ- ten in the worst and most monotonous taste of modern versification ; to say nothing of the never- failing souls and controls , thoughts and fraughts , tablets 48.
... Pleasures of Memory - a poem , at best , in imitation of Goldsmith - is writ- ten in the worst and most monotonous taste of modern versification ; to say nothing of the never- failing souls and controls , thoughts and fraughts , tablets 48.
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... never been tolerated , had not the last age of poetry , in which he lived , been given up to the lees of the French taste . The love of Italian literature which began to revive among a few scholars of that age , is beginning to have 56.
... never been tolerated , had not the last age of poetry , in which he lived , been given up to the lees of the French taste . The love of Italian literature which began to revive among a few scholars of that age , is beginning to have 56.
Page 69
... with the pa- thetic ; and the Soldier's Dream is one of those heartfelt and domestic appeals from which the fancy , after dwelling upon their tenderness , is suddenly glad to escape . ( 12 ) And never should poet , so gifted 69.
... with the pa- thetic ; and the Soldier's Dream is one of those heartfelt and domestic appeals from which the fancy , after dwelling upon their tenderness , is suddenly glad to escape . ( 12 ) And never should poet , so gifted 69.
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With Notes, and Other Pieces in Verse Leigh Hunt. ( 12 ) And never should poet , so gifted and rare , Pollute the bright Eden Jove gives to his care , But love the fair Virtue for whom it is given , And keep the spot pure for the visits ...
With Notes, and Other Pieces in Verse Leigh Hunt. ( 12 ) And never should poet , so gifted and rare , Pollute the bright Eden Jove gives to his care , But love the fair Virtue for whom it is given , And keep the spot pure for the visits ...
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