The Farmer's Boy: A Rural PoemVernor, Hood, and Sharpe, ... and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, ... at the Union Printing-Office, 1806 - Country life - 99 pages |
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Page iii
... poetic Imagery , and Animation , a taste for the picturesque , a true sense of the na- tural and pathetic , Force of ... Poet , which alone can deserve the name , must possess . But , with these general Characters of true Poetry , " The ...
... poetic Imagery , and Animation , a taste for the picturesque , a true sense of the na- tural and pathetic , Force of ... Poet , which alone can deserve the name , must possess . But , with these general Characters of true Poetry , " The ...
Page v
... R. BLOOMFIELD on the Death of this half - brother , which strongly manifest the affectionate Disposition of the Writer , and are among other proofs of his early poetic Genius . C. L. " When Robert was not above eleven years old , PREFACE .
... R. BLOOMFIELD on the Death of this half - brother , which strongly manifest the affectionate Disposition of the Writer , and are among other proofs of his early poetic Genius . C. L. " When Robert was not above eleven years old , PREFACE .
Page viii
... From such sparks not only the spirit of the former Poet , but of the Artist in various branches , of the future sailor and soldier is awakened . C. L. man was lecturing . This Man fill'd Robert with astonishment viii PREFACE .
... From such sparks not only the spirit of the former Poet , but of the Artist in various branches , of the future sailor and soldier is awakened . C. L. man was lecturing . This Man fill'd Robert with astonishment viii PREFACE .
Page x
... Poet's Corner . And one day he repeated a Song which he com- pos'd to an old tune . I was much surpris'd that he should make so smooth verses : so I persuaded him to try whether the Editor of our Paper would give them a place in Poet's ...
... Poet's Corner . And one day he repeated a Song which he com- pos'd to an old tune . I was much surpris'd that he should make so smooth verses : so I persuaded him to try whether the Editor of our Paper would give them a place in Poet's ...
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... Poet's Corner . And as he was so young , ( his Brother proceeds ) it shews some genius in him , and some industry , to have acquired so much knowledge of the use of words in so little time . Indeed at this time myself and my fellow ...
... Poet's Corner . And as he was so young , ( his Brother proceeds ) it shews some genius in him , and some industry , to have acquired so much knowledge of the use of words in so little time . Indeed at this time myself and my fellow ...
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AUSONIUS Author behold Bell-alley bends beneath Benevolence Bird bless blow boast bosom bough Brother brow BUNBURY CAPEL LOFFT character charming cheer cheese clouds dairy dark delight doom'd DRAKE e'en Eclogue Euston fame Farmer's Boy feels field fill'd flies flock flower flows fragrance Garret Genius GEORGE BLOOMFIELD GEORGIC Giles ginal glowing green HADLEIGH head heart Heaven HONINGTON hues Ixworth labour Lambs at play light load loud LUCRETIUS Mastiff merits Midst milk mind morn Nature's night nightly numbers o'er PASTORAL POETRY pastures path peace pierce plain pleasure Poet Poet's Corner poor pow'r praise pride Printed Poem reign rest rise roar Robert ROBERT BLOOMFIELD Rooks round rural SAPISTON seen shadows play shower smiles snow song soul spreads Spring stor❜d stream Suffolk SUMMER sweet taste tender thee thine Thomson thorn thou treads Troston verse village warm Whilst wild wood yields Zephyrus