The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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... whofe heedlefs eye , Shall fcorn thy pale fhrine glimm'ring near ? With him , fweet bard , may fancy die , And joy defert the blooming year . But thou , lorn ftream , whofe fullen tide No fedge crown'd fifters now attend , Now waft me ...
... whofe heedlefs eye , Shall fcorn thy pale fhrine glimm'ring near ? With him , fweet bard , may fancy die , And joy defert the blooming year . But thou , lorn ftream , whofe fullen tide No fedge crown'd fifters now attend , Now waft me ...
Page 77
... whofe ftreams , fays he , lie remote , and out of the common road . From all which he infers , that it is better to moderate our defires , and fet bounds to our avarice and ambition ; with which moral precept he concludes the ode ...
... whofe ftreams , fays he , lie remote , and out of the common road . From all which he infers , that it is better to moderate our defires , and fet bounds to our avarice and ambition ; with which moral precept he concludes the ode ...
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... whofe characters are therefore fitteft for Comedy , in which Humour is reckoned the trueft Wit . The Duke of Buckinghamshire , a very good judge of these matters , makes Humour to be all in all . Wit , according to him , fhould never be ...
... whofe characters are therefore fitteft for Comedy , in which Humour is reckoned the trueft Wit . The Duke of Buckinghamshire , a very good judge of these matters , makes Humour to be all in all . Wit , according to him , fhould never be ...
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