The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith]. |
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... With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist , and
round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours dipp'd in heav'n ;
the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail , Sky - tinetur'd
grain !
... With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist , and
round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours dipp'd in heav'n ;
the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail , Sky - tinetur'd
grain !
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May heav'n , dear father ! now have all thy heart , Yet ah ! how once we lov'd ,
remember still , Till you are dust like me . Dear shade ! I will : Then mix this duft
with thine - O spotless ghost ! O more than fortune , friends , or country lost ! Is
there ...
May heav'n , dear father ! now have all thy heart , Yet ah ! how once we lov'd ,
remember still , Till you are dust like me . Dear shade ! I will : Then mix this duft
with thine - O spotless ghost ! O more than fortune , friends , or country lost ! Is
there ...
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How has kind heav'n adorn'd the happy land , And scatter'd blessings with a
wasteful hand ! But what avail her unexhausted stores , Her blooming mountains
, and her funny shores , With all the gifts that heav'n and earth impart , The smiles
of ...
How has kind heav'n adorn'd the happy land , And scatter'd blessings with a
wasteful hand ! But what avail her unexhausted stores , Her blooming mountains
, and her funny shores , With all the gifts that heav'n and earth impart , The smiles
of ...
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Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate , All but the page prescrib'd , their
present state ; From brutes what men , from men what spirits know ; Or who could
suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to day , Had he thy ...
Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate , All but the page prescrib'd , their
present state ; From brutes what men , from men what spirits know ; Or who could
suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to day , Had he thy ...
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Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason , man is not a fly . Say
what the use , were finer optics giv'n , T'inspect a mite , not comprehend the heav'
n ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To smart and agonize at ev'ry pore ...
Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason , man is not a fly . Say
what the use , were finer optics giv'n , T'inspect a mite , not comprehend the heav'
n ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To smart and agonize at ev'ry pore ...
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