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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... shalt have ; and creep time ne'er so slow , Yet it shall come , for me to do thee good . I had a thing to say , -But let it go : The sun is in the heaven , and the proud day , Attended with the pleasures of the world , Is all too wanton ...
... shalt have ; and creep time ne'er so slow , Yet it shall come , for me to do thee good . I had a thing to say , -But let it go : The sun is in the heaven , and the proud day , Attended with the pleasures of the world , Is all too wanton ...
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... shalt not lack The flower , that ' s like thy face , pale primrose ; nor The azur'd hair - bell , like thy veins ; no , nor The leaf of eglantine , whom , not to slander , Out - sweeten'd not thy breath . The ruddock would , With ...
... shalt not lack The flower , that ' s like thy face , pale primrose ; nor The azur'd hair - bell , like thy veins ; no , nor The leaf of eglantine , whom , not to slander , Out - sweeten'd not thy breath . The ruddock would , With ...
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... shalt soon deplore , When Death lay waste thy house , and flames consume thy store . BE HUMBLE AND BE WISE . SHALL he , whose birth , maturity , and age , Scarce fill the circle of one summer day , Shall the poor knat with discontent ...
... shalt soon deplore , When Death lay waste thy house , and flames consume thy store . BE HUMBLE AND BE WISE . SHALL he , whose birth , maturity , and age , Scarce fill the circle of one summer day , Shall the poor knat with discontent ...
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... Shalt beauteous blaze upon the day , And bless the parent's evening ray That watch'd thy early morning . JOHN ANDERSON MY JO . JOHN ANDERSON my jo , John , When we were first acquent ; Your locks were like the raven , Your bonnie brow ...
... Shalt beauteous blaze upon the day , And bless the parent's evening ray That watch'd thy early morning . JOHN ANDERSON MY JO . JOHN ANDERSON my jo , John , When we were first acquent ; Your locks were like the raven , Your bonnie brow ...
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... shalt form my nosegay now , And I will bind thee round my brow ; And as I twine the mournful wreath , I'll weave a melancholy song : And sweet the strain shall be and long , The melody of death . Come , funeral flower ! who lov'st to ...
... shalt form my nosegay now , And I will bind thee round my brow ; And as I twine the mournful wreath , I'll weave a melancholy song : And sweet the strain shall be and long , The melody of death . Come , funeral flower ! who lov'st to ...
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ALLAN RAMSAY Arth beauty behold beneath bliss book of Job breast breath bright Brutus charm clouds dark dear death deep delight doth dream earth English language eternal fair fancy fear feel fire flowers frae gentle glory grave green Grongar Hill grove hand hath hear heard heart heaven Hebrew poetry hill holy hour Jehovah king land light live lonely look Lord lyre Mark Antony mighty mind moral morn mountains muse nature night o'er peace poet poetical poetry praise PSALM rill rock round scene Scotland shade shalt shine shore silent sing skies sleep smile solemn song soul sound spirit spring stream sublime sweet tears tempest tender thee thine thou art thou hast thought tree trembling University of Edinburgh unto vale voice wandering wave ween weep wild wind wing woods