The Poetical Preceptor: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry; Extracted from the Works of the Most Eminent English Poets. ... And Calculated for the Use, Not Only of Schools, But of Private GentlemenPrinted only for S. Crowder, 1780 - 344 pages |
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... Mufic on St. Cecilia's Day Alexander's Feaft ; or the Power of Mufic ; an Ode on St. Cecilia's Day - - Defcription of a Battle , illuftrated by a fublime Com- parifon - The first Onset of a Battle , illuftrated by a noble Comparison ...
... Mufic on St. Cecilia's Day Alexander's Feaft ; or the Power of Mufic ; an Ode on St. Cecilia's Day - - Defcription of a Battle , illuftrated by a fublime Com- parifon - The first Onset of a Battle , illuftrated by a noble Comparison ...
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... Mufic The Power of Imagination Defcription of a Man fwimming afhore The Vanity of Human Nature Concealed Love A beautiful Perfon petitioning in vain 220 224 225 228 230 - 231 Henry 234 236 ibid 237 ibid 238 ibid ibid ibid 239 ...
... Mufic The Power of Imagination Defcription of a Man fwimming afhore The Vanity of Human Nature Concealed Love A beautiful Perfon petitioning in vain 220 224 225 228 230 - 231 Henry 234 236 ibid 237 ibid 238 ibid ibid ibid 239 ...
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... mufic's fweetest note ; In the mid road he bafking lay , The yelping nufance of the way ; For not a creature paft along But had a fample of his fong . Soon as the trotting fteed he hears , He starts , he cocks his dapper ears ; Away he ...
... mufic's fweetest note ; In the mid road he bafking lay , The yelping nufance of the way ; For not a creature paft along But had a fample of his fong . Soon as the trotting fteed he hears , He starts , he cocks his dapper ears ; Away he ...
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... , ( The voice of mufic ravifh'd as he spoke . ) . Thy pray'r , thy praife , thy life to vice unknown , In fweet memorial rife before the throne : DS Thefe These charms , fuccefs in our bright region find , PRECEPTOR . 57.
... , ( The voice of mufic ravifh'd as he spoke . ) . Thy pray'r , thy praife , thy life to vice unknown , In fweet memorial rife before the throne : DS Thefe These charms , fuccefs in our bright region find , PRECEPTOR . 57.
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... mufic of the fpheres , How would he wish that Heav'n had left him still The whifp'ring Zephyr , and the purling rill ? Who finds not Providence all good and wife , Alike in what it gives , and what denies ? ORDER and SUBORDINATION ...
... mufic of the fpheres , How would he wish that Heav'n had left him still The whifp'ring Zephyr , and the purling rill ? Who finds not Providence all good and wife , Alike in what it gives , and what denies ? ORDER and SUBORDINATION ...
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bafe beft beneath bleffing bleft blifs bofom breaft breath charms Dæmons delight dreft earth erft Eurydice Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe faid fair fame fate fcene fecret feek feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhape fhine fhould fide fight filent fing firft fkies flain fleep flow'rs fmile foar foft folemn fome fong fool foon foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftrain ftream ftrong fuch fwain fweet fwell guife happy heart heav'n himſelf honour juft laft lefs loft lyre mind moft mufe mufic muft nature nature's ne'er night nymphs o'er paffion pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride profpect purfue reafon reft rife rofe round SHAKESPEARE thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil Twas virtue whofe wife wind wings worfe youth