Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Volume 2John Aikin |
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Page 448
... storm , Weak , wan , and broad , he skirts the southern sky ; And , soon descending , to the long dark night , Wide - shading all , the prostrate world resigns . Nor is the night unwish'd ; while vital heat , Light , life , and joy ...
... storm , Weak , wan , and broad , he skirts the southern sky ; And , soon descending , to the long dark night , Wide - shading all , the prostrate world resigns . Nor is the night unwish'd ; while vital heat , Light , life , and joy ...
Page 475
... storm , Or bade it threatening rise , and tyrants shook , Flush'd at the head of their victorious troops . In it the Muse , her fury never quench'd , By mean unyielding phrase , or jarring sound , Her unconfin'd divinity display'd ; And ...
... storm , Or bade it threatening rise , and tyrants shook , Flush'd at the head of their victorious troops . In it the Muse , her fury never quench'd , By mean unyielding phrase , or jarring sound , Her unconfin'd divinity display'd ; And ...
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... storm ! What felt thy Walpole , pilot of the realm ! Our Palinurus slept not at the helm ; His eye ne'er clos'd ; long since inur'd to wake , And out - watch every star for Brunswick's sake : By thwarting passions tost , by cares ...
... storm ! What felt thy Walpole , pilot of the realm ! Our Palinurus slept not at the helm ; His eye ne'er clos'd ; long since inur'd to wake , And out - watch every star for Brunswick's sake : By thwarting passions tost , by cares ...
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