The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 176
... Song confirm'd her fway . But who the coming changes can presage , And mark the future periods of the stage ? Ferhaps , if skill could diftant times explore , New Bebus , new Durfeys yet remain in ftore . Ferhaps , where Lear has rav'd ...
... Song confirm'd her fway . But who the coming changes can presage , And mark the future periods of the stage ? Ferhaps , if skill could diftant times explore , New Bebus , new Durfeys yet remain in ftore . Ferhaps , where Lear has rav'd ...
Page 331
... song Of birds on every bough .. Awake : the morning fhines , and the fresh field Calls us ; we lofe the prime , to mark how fpring Our tended plants , how blows the citron grove , What drops the myrrh , and what the balmy reed , How ...
... song Of birds on every bough .. Awake : the morning fhines , and the fresh field Calls us ; we lofe the prime , to mark how fpring Our tended plants , how blows the citron grove , What drops the myrrh , and what the balmy reed , How ...
Page 358
... Song of Solomon , or in any part of the Old Teftament . It is , perhaps , the beautiful fimplicity of Fenelon's file , fo hard to imitate , and fo eafily understood , that has degraded him in the eyes of the injudicious ; but it is to ...
... Song of Solomon , or in any part of the Old Teftament . It is , perhaps , the beautiful fimplicity of Fenelon's file , fo hard to imitate , and fo eafily understood , that has degraded him in the eyes of the injudicious ; but it is to ...
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