The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volumes 1-2Leavitt & Allen, 1849 |
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... Lycidas is a monody , in which the author bewails the death of a youthful friend , who had been drowned at sea . It is constructed of irregular stanzas , and , though equal in ornate diction and picturesque illustration to anything from ...
... Lycidas is a monody , in which the author bewails the death of a youthful friend , who had been drowned at sea . It is constructed of irregular stanzas , and , though equal in ornate diction and picturesque illustration to anything from ...
Page 203
... Lycidas is dead , ere his prime , Young Lycidas , and hath not left his peer : Who would not sing for Lycidas ? he knew , Himself , to sing , and build the lofty rhyme . He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept , and welter to the ...
... Lycidas is dead , ere his prime , Young Lycidas , and hath not left his peer : Who would not sing for Lycidas ? he knew , Himself , to sing , and build the lofty rhyme . He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept , and welter to the ...
Page 204
... Lycidas , thy loss to shepherd's ear . Where were ye , nymphs , when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep , Where your old bards , the famous Druids , lie , Nor on ...
... Lycidas , thy loss to shepherd's ear . Where were ye , nymphs , when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep , Where your old bards , the famous Druids , lie , Nor on ...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Memoir, and Critical ..., Volumes 1-2 John Milton No preview available - 1800 |
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