Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best Poets in the English Language, a Copious Selection of Elegant Extracts, a Short Analysis of Hebrew Poetry, and Translations from the Sacred Poets: Designed to Illustrate the Principles of Rhetoric, and Teach Their Application to Poetry |
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... Eternal Blessedness JAMES THOMSON . Showers in Spring 90 91 94 95 96 97 98 99 99 100 101 • 102 103 105 • 106 107 The Pleasures of Rural Retirement Snow Traveller Perishing in the Snows Effects of Frost 108 109 110 111 Moral of the ...
... Eternal Blessedness JAMES THOMSON . Showers in Spring 90 91 94 95 96 97 98 99 99 100 101 • 102 103 105 • 106 107 The Pleasures of Rural Retirement Snow Traveller Perishing in the Snows Effects of Frost 108 109 110 111 Moral of the ...
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... Cannot describe , nor wit of man can tell ; Too high a ditty for my simple song ! The city of the Great King hight it well , Wherein eternal peace and happiness doth dwell . As he thereon stood gazing , he might see The EDMUND SPENSER . 11.
... Cannot describe , nor wit of man can tell ; Too high a ditty for my simple song ! The city of the Great King hight it well , Wherein eternal peace and happiness doth dwell . As he thereon stood gazing , he might see The EDMUND SPENSER . 11.
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... eternal . Ben Jonson , his contemporary , thus characterizes him . ' I loved the man , and do honor his memory , on this side idolatry , as much as any . He was , indeed , honest , and of an open and free nature : had an excellent fancy ...
... eternal . Ben Jonson , his contemporary , thus characterizes him . ' I loved the man , and do honor his memory , on this side idolatry , as much as any . He was , indeed , honest , and of an open and free nature : had an excellent fancy ...
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... eternal wrath Burnt after them to the bottomless pit . SATAN ASSEMBLES HIS INFERNAL LEGIONS AFTER THEIK FALL FROM HEAVEN . HE scarce had ceas'd , when the superior Fiend Was moving to'ward the shore ; his pond'rous shield , Ethereal ...
... eternal wrath Burnt after them to the bottomless pit . SATAN ASSEMBLES HIS INFERNAL LEGIONS AFTER THEIK FALL FROM HEAVEN . HE scarce had ceas'd , when the superior Fiend Was moving to'ward the shore ; his pond'rous shield , Ethereal ...
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... Eternal Spirits ; or have ye chos'n this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease you find To slumber here , as in the vales of Heaven ? Or in this abject posture have ye sworn To ' adore the Conqueror ...
... Eternal Spirits ; or have ye chos'n this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease you find To slumber here , as in the vales of Heaven ? Or in this abject posture have ye sworn To ' adore the Conqueror ...
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