Practical English Prosody and Versification: Or, Descriptions of the Different Species of English Verse, with Exercises in Scanning and Versification ... Calculated to Produce Correctness of Ear and Taste in Reading and Writing Poetry ... |
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... . The variation con- I purposely omit , in the following pages , several wild irre- gular violations of metre , occurring particularly in songs written sists in the omission of the eighth semifoot , leaving Prosody . . 19.
... . The variation con- I purposely omit , in the following pages , several wild irre- gular violations of metre , occurring particularly in songs written sists in the omission of the eighth semifoot , leaving Prosody . . 19.
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... shores . Through woods and wilds , we vagrant roam , And never reach our destin'd home . With mingled roar , resounds the wood : Their teeth , their claws , distil with blood . Adieu , ye flow'rs , so sweet and fair , 66 Scanning .
... shores . Through woods and wilds , we vagrant roam , And never reach our destin'd home . With mingled roar , resounds the wood : Their teeth , their claws , distil with blood . Adieu , ye flow'rs , so sweet and fair , 66 Scanning .
Page 73
... wild licentious youth Confess'd the potent voice of truth . Beneath an aged oak reclin❜d , The various scenes engross'd my mind . I saw thy youthful mind expand , And still the spark of genius fann'd . He bids the piteous tale of woe ...
... wild licentious youth Confess'd the potent voice of truth . Beneath an aged oak reclin❜d , The various scenes engross'd my mind . I saw thy youthful mind expand , And still the spark of genius fann'd . He bids the piteous tale of woe ...
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... Wild fancy forms unnumber'd woes : To end his life the maniac goes ..... Forward I rush'd , and seis'd his arm , And forc'd him back , secure from harm . 54- England . O happy isle ! thy fertile plains Repay with golden sheaves the ...
... Wild fancy forms unnumber'd woes : To end his life the maniac goes ..... Forward I rush'd , and seis'd his arm , And forc'd him back , secure from harm . 54- England . O happy isle ! thy fertile plains Repay with golden sheaves the ...
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... wild extravagance of grief : No pity could the hapless maiden find : No scenes of sorrow touch the brutal mind . Th'inhuman villains bore their prize away , And gain'd the harbour where the vessel lay . Convey'd on board , she join❜d a ...
... wild extravagance of grief : No pity could the hapless maiden find : No scenes of sorrow touch the brutal mind . Th'inhuman villains bore their prize away , And gain'd the harbour where the vessel lay . Convey'd on board , she join❜d a ...
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Page 232 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 233 - Ye winds that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more.
Page 195 - FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great first Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind...
Page 19 - Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast ; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
Page v - T' arrest the fleeting images that fill The mirror of the mind, and hold them fast, And force them sit till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to dispose his copies with such art, That each may find its most propitious...
Page 81 - His head was silver'd o'er with age, And long experience made him sage ; In summer's heat and winter's cold He fed his flock and penn'd the fold : His hours in cheerful labour flew. Nor envy nor ambition knew : His wisdom and his honest fame Through all the country rais'd his name.
Page 232 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.
Page 73 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 32 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you ; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew: Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn ; Kind nature the embryo blossom will save.