The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 139
... eyes your steps aloof , and oft Lies perdue in a nook or gloomy cave , Prompt to inchant fome inadvertent wretch With his unhallow'd touch . So ( poets fing ) Grimalkin , to domeftic vermin fworn An everlasting foe , with watchful eye ...
... eyes your steps aloof , and oft Lies perdue in a nook or gloomy cave , Prompt to inchant fome inadvertent wretch With his unhallow'd touch . So ( poets fing ) Grimalkin , to domeftic vermin fworn An everlasting foe , with watchful eye ...
Page 224
... eyes his royal guest ; No lefs the royal gueft the hero eyes , His God - like afpect and majestic size ; Here , youthful grace and noble fire engage , And there , the mild benevolence of age . Thus gazing long , the filence neither ...
... eyes his royal guest ; No lefs the royal gueft the hero eyes , His God - like afpect and majestic size ; Here , youthful grace and noble fire engage , And there , the mild benevolence of age . Thus gazing long , the filence neither ...
Page 310
... eye ; and therefore fixes a more lively and permanent idea on the mind . Thus , in Virgil we not only read of Dido's love , but we see the cruel effects of it ; the circumftances of her rage and defpair are plac'd before our eyes , we ...
... eye ; and therefore fixes a more lively and permanent idea on the mind . Thus , in Virgil we not only read of Dido's love , but we see the cruel effects of it ; the circumftances of her rage and defpair are plac'd before our eyes , we ...
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