The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 83
... Sublime on radiant fpheres he rode , When he to fair Olympia prefs'd : And while he fought her fnowy breast : Then round her flender waist he curl'd , And ftamp'd an image of himfelf , a fov'reign of the world . The lift'ning crowd ...
... Sublime on radiant fpheres he rode , When he to fair Olympia prefs'd : And while he fought her fnowy breast : Then round her flender waist he curl'd , And ftamp'd an image of himfelf , a fov'reign of the world . The lift'ning crowd ...
Page 130
... sublime , But bubbles on the rapid ftream of time , That life and fall , that fwell , and are no more , Bern , and forgot , ten thoufand in an hour ? We have already obferved , that perfonal fatire ap- proaches too near defamation , to ...
... sublime , But bubbles on the rapid ftream of time , That life and fall , that fwell , and are no more , Bern , and forgot , ten thoufand in an hour ? We have already obferved , that perfonal fatire ap- proaches too near defamation , to ...
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