The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 246
... Heav'n bade the deep to fpare ! but heav'n my Spares only to infiict fome mightier woe ! Inur'd to cares , to death in all its forms , Out - caft I - rove , familiar with the ftorms ! Once more I view the face of human kind : Oh let ...
... Heav'n bade the deep to fpare ! but heav'n my Spares only to infiict fome mightier woe ! Inur'd to cares , to death in all its forms , Out - caft I - rove , familiar with the ftorms ! Once more I view the face of human kind : Oh let ...
Page 253
... heav'n gives thee to excel , But heav'n denies the praife of thinking well . Ill bear the brave a rude ungovern'd tongue , And , youth , my gen'rous foul refents the wrong : Skill'd in heroic exercife , I claim A poft of honour with the ...
... heav'n gives thee to excel , But heav'n denies the praife of thinking well . Ill bear the brave a rude ungovern'd tongue , And , youth , my gen'rous foul refents the wrong : Skill'd in heroic exercife , I claim A poft of honour with the ...
Page 265
... heav'n - inftructed bard . Befide the gate the rev'rend minstrel ftands ; The lyre , now filent , trembling in his ... heav'n and heav'n alone The genuine feeds of poefy are sown ; And ( what the gods beftow ) the lofty lay , To gods ...
... heav'n - inftructed bard . Befide the gate the rev'rend minstrel ftands ; The lyre , now filent , trembling in his ... heav'n and heav'n alone The genuine feeds of poefy are sown ; And ( what the gods beftow ) the lofty lay , To gods ...
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