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Nor think , in Nature's State they blindly trod ; The State of Nature was the reign of God : Self - love and social at her birth began , Union the bond of all things , and of man . Pride then was not ; nor arts , that pride to aid ...
Nor think , in Nature's State they blindly trod ; The State of Nature was the reign of God : Self - love and social at her birth began , Union the bond of all things , and of man . Pride then was not ; nor arts , that pride to aid ...
Page 373
The Muse of the Drawing - room gave place abruptly to the Muse of Nature . It required the fresh enthusiasm of a young Scotchman to reveal to English readers the rural charms which their poets had long neglected .
The Muse of the Drawing - room gave place abruptly to the Muse of Nature . It required the fresh enthusiasm of a young Scotchman to reveal to English readers the rural charms which their poets had long neglected .
Page 556
The secret of thy love unfold ; Wrestling I will not let thee go , Till I thy name , thy nature know . 20 A MORNING HYMN Wilt thou not yet to me reveal Thy new , unutterable name ? Tell me , I still beseech thee , tell , To know it now ...
The secret of thy love unfold ; Wrestling I will not let thee go , Till I thy name , thy nature know . 20 A MORNING HYMN Wilt thou not yet to me reveal Thy new , unutterable name ? Tell me , I still beseech thee , tell , To know it now ...
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Contents
MATTHEW PRIOR I | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I | 15 |
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appear arms bear beauty beneath breast breath charms clouds court death deep delight earth ev'ry eyes face fair fall fame fate fear fields fire give grace grave green hand happy head hear heart Heav'n hill hope hour kind kings land laws leave light live look Lord mind Muse Nature never night o'er once pain passion peace plain pleasure poem poet poor Pope pow'r praise pride rage reason rest rise round scene seen sense shade shine sing smile soft song soon soul sound spread spring strain stream sweet tears tell thee things thou thought toil true truth turn verse virtue voice waves wild winds wings woods youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century |
| Editor | Cecil Albert Moore |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 942 pages |
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