Poets of the English Language: Milton to GoldsmithWystan Hugh Auden, Norman Holmes Pearson Viking Press, 1950 - American Poetry (Collections) |
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... past Mozambic , off at Sea North - East windes blow Sabean Odours from the spicie shoare Of Arabie the blest , with such delay Well pleas'd they slack thir course , and many a League Cheard with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles . So ...
... past Mozambic , off at Sea North - East windes blow Sabean Odours from the spicie shoare Of Arabie the blest , with such delay Well pleas'd they slack thir course , and many a League Cheard with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles . So ...
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... past Delight . From his fierce Eyes Flashes of Rage he throws , As from black Clouds when Lightning breaks away , Transported thinks himself amidst his Foes , And absent , yet enjoys the bloody Day . So when my Days of Impotence ...
... past Delight . From his fierce Eyes Flashes of Rage he throws , As from black Clouds when Lightning breaks away , Transported thinks himself amidst his Foes , And absent , yet enjoys the bloody Day . So when my Days of Impotence ...
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... past making love When she begins to comprehend it . An Epitaph Stet quicunque volet potens Aulæ culmine lubrico , etc. -SENECA Interr'd beneath this Marble Stone , Lie Saunt'ring Jack , and Idle Joan . While rolling Threescore Years and ...
... past making love When she begins to comprehend it . An Epitaph Stet quicunque volet potens Aulæ culmine lubrico , etc. -SENECA Interr'd beneath this Marble Stone , Lie Saunt'ring Jack , and Idle Joan . While rolling Threescore Years and ...
Contents
Introduction | xiii |
General Principles | xxvi |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 1 |
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