The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith].1762 |
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... thee , yet unknown , And me with thee hath ruin'd , for with thee Certain my refolution is to die ; How can I live without thee , how forego ' Thy sweet converfe , and love fo dearly join'd , To live again in these wild woods forlorn ...
... thee , yet unknown , And me with thee hath ruin'd , for with thee Certain my refolution is to die ; How can I live without thee , how forego ' Thy sweet converfe , and love fo dearly join'd , To live again in these wild woods forlorn ...
Page 33
... thee , and unweeting have offended , Unhappily deceiv'd ! Thy fuppliant I beg , and clasp thy knees ; bereave me not ( Whereon I live ) thy gentle looks , thy aid , Thy counsel in this uttermost distress , My only ftrength and ftay ...
... thee , and unweeting have offended , Unhappily deceiv'd ! Thy fuppliant I beg , and clasp thy knees ; bereave me not ( Whereon I live ) thy gentle looks , thy aid , Thy counsel in this uttermost distress , My only ftrength and ftay ...
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... thee with our early fong , And welcome thee , and wish thee long . But the agreeable often arifes from an oppofition , efpe- cially in thoughts which have two meanings ; or when a perfon agitated by paffion affers and contradicts ...
... thee with our early fong , And welcome thee , and wish thee long . But the agreeable often arifes from an oppofition , efpe- cially in thoughts which have two meanings ; or when a perfon agitated by paffion affers and contradicts ...
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... thee . The chearful birds no longer fing , Each drops his head , and hangs his wing . The clouds have bent their bofom lower , And fhed their forrow in a fhow'r . The brooks beyond their limit flow , And louder murmurs fpeak their woe ...
... thee . The chearful birds no longer fing , Each drops his head , and hangs his wing . The clouds have bent their bofom lower , And fhed their forrow in a fhow'r . The brooks beyond their limit flow , And louder murmurs fpeak their woe ...
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... thee grant him now . Some bad writer having taken the liberty to censure Mr. Prior , the poet very wittily lafh'd his impertinence in this . Epigram . While fafter than his coftive brain indites , Philo's quick hand in flowing letters ...
... thee grant him now . Some bad writer having taken the liberty to censure Mr. Prior , the poet very wittily lafh'd his impertinence in this . Epigram . While fafter than his coftive brain indites , Philo's quick hand in flowing letters ...
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