Poets of the English Language: Milton to GoldsmithWystan Hugh Auden, Norman Holmes Pearson Viking Press, 1950 - American Poetry (Collections) |
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... Praise of Nature ] COMUS . O foolishnes of men ! that lend their ears To those budge doctors of the Stoick Furr , And fetch their precepts from the Cynick Tub , Praising the lean and sallow Abstinence . Wherefore did Nature powre her ...
... Praise of Nature ] COMUS . O foolishnes of men ! that lend their ears To those budge doctors of the Stoick Furr , And fetch their precepts from the Cynick Tub , Praising the lean and sallow Abstinence . Wherefore did Nature powre her ...
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... praise , lamented Shade ! receive , This praise at least a grateful Muse may give : The Muse whose early voice you taught to sing , Prescrib'd her heights , and prun'd her tender wing , ( Her guide now lost ) no more attempts to rise ...
... praise , lamented Shade ! receive , This praise at least a grateful Muse may give : The Muse whose early voice you taught to sing , Prescrib'd her heights , and prun'd her tender wing , ( Her guide now lost ) no more attempts to rise ...
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... praise sojourn To make thy welcome last ; Turn from old Adam to the New ; By hope futurity pursue ; Look upwards to the past . Control thine eye , salute success ... Praise above all — for praise prevails ; Heap up 576 CHRISTOPHER SMART.
... praise sojourn To make thy welcome last ; Turn from old Adam to the New ; By hope futurity pursue ; Look upwards to the past . Control thine eye , salute success ... Praise above all — for praise prevails ; Heap up 576 CHRISTOPHER SMART.
Contents
Introduction | xiii |
General Principles | xxvi |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 1 |
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