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Page 117
... And life ftill vig'rous revels in my veins , Grant me , kind heav'n , to find some happier place , Where honesty and sense are no disgrace ; Some pleasing bank where verdant ofiers play , Some peaceful vale with nature's painting ...
... And life ftill vig'rous revels in my veins , Grant me , kind heav'n , to find some happier place , Where honesty and sense are no disgrace ; Some pleasing bank where verdant ofiers play , Some peaceful vale with nature's painting ...
Page 121
Could'st thou resign the park and play content , There mighi'it chou find some elegant retreat , Some hireling fenator's deserted seat ; And stretch thy prospects o'er the smiling land , For less than rent the dungeons of the Strand ...
Could'st thou resign the park and play content , There mighi'it chou find some elegant retreat , Some hireling fenator's deserted seat ; And stretch thy prospects o'er the smiling land , For less than rent the dungeons of the Strand ...
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Some hostile god , for some unknown offence , Had sure bereft my mind of better sense : For while thro ' winding ways I took my fight ; And fought the shelter of the gloomy night ; Alas ! I loft Creusa : hard to tell If by her fatal ...
Some hostile god , for some unknown offence , Had sure bereft my mind of better sense : For while thro ' winding ways I took my fight ; And fought the shelter of the gloomy night ; Alas ! I loft Creusa : hard to tell If by her fatal ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients ... Volume 2 of The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients, John Newbery |
| Author | John Newbery |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029947, 9780576029940 |
| Length | 382 pages |
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