Poets of the English Language: Milton to GoldsmithWystan Hugh Auden, Norman Holmes Pearson Viking Press, 1950 - American Poetry (Collections) |
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... ev'ry Man his own presuming Guide . The sacred Books , you say , are full and plain , And ev'ry needful point of Truth contain ; All who can read , Interpreters may be : Thus though your several Churches disagree , Yet ev'ry Saint has ...
... ev'ry Man his own presuming Guide . The sacred Books , you say , are full and plain , And ev'ry needful point of Truth contain ; All who can read , Interpreters may be : Thus though your several Churches disagree , Yet ev'ry Saint has ...
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... ry , worth , his lavish tongue bestows ; In ev'ry face a thousand graces shine , From ev'ry tongue flows harmony divine . These arts in vain our rugged natives try , Strain out with fault'ring diffidence a lye , And get a kick for ...
... ry , worth , his lavish tongue bestows ; In ev'ry face a thousand graces shine , From ev'ry tongue flows harmony divine . These arts in vain our rugged natives try , Strain out with fault'ring diffidence a lye , And get a kick for ...
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... ev'ry glance on humankind ; How just that scorn ere yet thy voice declare , Search every state , and canvas ev'ry pray'r . Unnumber'd suppliants croud Preferment's gate , Athirst for wealth , and burning to be great ; Delusive Fortune ...
... ev'ry glance on humankind ; How just that scorn ere yet thy voice declare , Search every state , and canvas ev'ry pray'r . Unnumber'd suppliants croud Preferment's gate , Athirst for wealth , and burning to be great ; Delusive Fortune ...
Contents
Introduction | xiii |
General Principles | xxvi |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 1 |
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