Minor English Poets, 1660-1780: A Selection from Alexander Chalmers' The English Poets, Volume 6David P. French B. Blom, 1967 - English poetry |
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... Strain'd the stiff bow , and bent it to the cord ; Then , from the full - stor'd quiver , chose with art , Wing'd for th ' aerial flight , a pointed dart . Theseus commands the warriors to divide , Who crowded thick and press'd on ev'ry ...
... Strain'd the stiff bow , and bent it to the cord ; Then , from the full - stor'd quiver , chose with art , Wing'd for th ' aerial flight , a pointed dart . Theseus commands the warriors to divide , Who crowded thick and press'd on ev'ry ...
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... strain , In praise of Kitty Fell . Where woodbines twist their fragrant shade , And noontide beams repel , I'll rest me on the tufted mead , And sing of Kitty Fell . When moon - beams dance among the boughs That lodge sweet Philomel , I ...
... strain , In praise of Kitty Fell . Where woodbines twist their fragrant shade , And noontide beams repel , I'll rest me on the tufted mead , And sing of Kitty Fell . When moon - beams dance among the boughs That lodge sweet Philomel , I ...
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... strain . Hark ! what angelic sounds , what voice divine Breathes through the ravisht air ! my rapt ear feels The harmony of Heaven . Hail sacred choir ! Immortal spirits , hail ! If haply those That erst in favour'd Palestine proclaim'd ...
... strain . Hark ! what angelic sounds , what voice divine Breathes through the ravisht air ! my rapt ear feels The harmony of Heaven . Hail sacred choir ! Immortal spirits , hail ! If haply those That erst in favour'd Palestine proclaim'd ...
Contents
The Regicide | 17 |
Poems of Wilkie | 55 |
The Authors Preface to his Epigoniad | 69 |
Copyright | |
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