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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Th ' applause of lift'ning senates to command , The threats of pain and ruin to
despise , To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land , And read their history in a nation's
eyes Their lot forbad ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues , but their ...
Th ' applause of lift'ning senates to command , The threats of pain and ruin to
despise , To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land , And read their history in a nation's
eyes Their lot forbad ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues , but their ...
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Hard is to bear of pinching cold the pain ; And hard is want to the unpractic'd
swain ; But neither want , nor pinching cold ; is hard , To blasting storms of
calumny compard : Unkind as hail it falls ; the pelting shower Destroys the tender
herb ...
Hard is to bear of pinching cold the pain ; And hard is want to the unpractic'd
swain ; But neither want , nor pinching cold ; is hard , To blasting storms of
calumny compard : Unkind as hail it falls ; the pelting shower Destroys the tender
herb ...
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... glorious morn ! the second birth Of heaven , and earch ! awakening nature
hears The new.creating word , and starts to life , In every heightend form , from
pain and death For ever free . The great eternal scheme . Involving all , and in a ...
... glorious morn ! the second birth Of heaven , and earch ! awakening nature
hears The new.creating word , and starts to life , In every heightend form , from
pain and death For ever free . The great eternal scheme . Involving all , and in a ...
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Mean while this heav'nly particle pervades The mortal elements , in every nerve It
thrills with pleasure , or grows mad with pain , And , in its secret conclave , as it
feels The body's woes and joys , this ruling power Wields at its will the dull ...
Mean while this heav'nly particle pervades The mortal elements , in every nerve It
thrills with pleasure , or grows mad with pain , And , in its secret conclave , as it
feels The body's woes and joys , this ruling power Wields at its will the dull ...
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1 1 But he the muse's laurel juftly shares , A poet he , and touch'd with heaven's
own fire ; Who , with bold rage or solemn pomp of sounds , Inflames , exalts , and
ravishes the soul ; Now tender , plaintive , sweet almost to pain , In love diffolves
...
1 1 But he the muse's laurel juftly shares , A poet he , and touch'd with heaven's
own fire ; Who , with bold rage or solemn pomp of sounds , Inflames , exalts , and
ravishes the soul ; Now tender , plaintive , sweet almost to pain , In love diffolves
...
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