The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 67
... o'er thy darling's grave . O queen of numbers once again , Animate fome chofen fwain , Who fill'd with unexhaufted fire , May boldly fmite the founding lyre , Who with fome new , unequall'd fong , May rife above the rhyming throng ; O'er ...
... o'er thy darling's grave . O queen of numbers once again , Animate fome chofen fwain , Who fill'd with unexhaufted fire , May boldly fmite the founding lyre , Who with fome new , unequall'd fong , May rife above the rhyming throng ; O'er ...
Page 88
... O'er death and o'er hell ; A conqueft how hard and how glorious ! Tho ' fate had faft bound her With Styx nine times round her , Yet mufic and love were victorious But foon , too foon , the lover turns his eyes : Again the falls , again ...
... O'er death and o'er hell ; A conqueft how hard and how glorious ! Tho ' fate had faft bound her With Styx nine times round her , Yet mufic and love were victorious But foon , too foon , the lover turns his eyes : Again the falls , again ...
Page 244
... o'er their limbs diffufe ambrofial oil : And while the robes imbibe the folar ray , O'er the green mead the fporting virgins play : ( Their fhining veils unbound ) along the skies Toft , and retoft , the ball inceffant flies . They ...
... o'er their limbs diffufe ambrofial oil : And while the robes imbibe the folar ray , O'er the green mead the fporting virgins play : ( Their fhining veils unbound ) along the skies Toft , and retoft , the ball inceffant flies . They ...
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