The Feast of the Poets: With Notes, and Other Pieces in Verse |
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... thought which was head or was feet , And slid through the hall , and fell plump in the street . So great was the panic they struck with their fright , That of all who had come to be feasted that night , Not one ventur'd up , or would ...
... thought which was head or was feet , And slid through the hall , and fell plump in the street . So great was the panic they struck with their fright , That of all who had come to be feasted that night , Not one ventur'd up , or would ...
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... thought - ( ' twas so witching a war ble ) The guests had all turn'd into listening marble ; The wreaths on their temples grew brighter of bloom , As the breath of the Deity circled the room ; And the wine in the glasses went rippling ...
... thought - ( ' twas so witching a war ble ) The guests had all turn'd into listening marble ; The wreaths on their temples grew brighter of bloom , As the breath of the Deity circled the room ; And the wine in the glasses went rippling ...
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... men freely of their foulest faults , To laugh at their vain deeds and vainer thoughts , " Would Dryden have pardoned such a rhyme ? " . It would appear so , for he used it repeatedly him- self . Not to multiply instances , see the 2d 32.
... men freely of their foulest faults , To laugh at their vain deeds and vainer thoughts , " Would Dryden have pardoned such a rhyme ? " . It would appear so , for he used it repeatedly him- self . Not to multiply instances , see the 2d 32.
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... thought very unfurnished for criticism upon it , either on the score of principle or perception . The truth is , that perception has had nothing to do with the matter . The public ear was lulled into a want of thought on the subject ...
... thought very unfurnished for criticism upon it , either on the score of principle or perception . The truth is , that perception has had nothing to do with the matter . The public ear was lulled into a want of thought on the subject ...
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... thought that Milton , " notwith- standing his singular skill in music , " had " a very bad ear , " and of whose beau ideal in versification I may here give an amusing instance . In the third book of the Faerie Queene , canto 1. st . 14 ...
... thought that Milton , " notwith- standing his singular skill in music , " had " a very bad ear , " and of whose beau ideal in versification I may here give an amusing instance . In the third book of the Faerie Queene , canto 1. st . 14 ...
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