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Page 189
See on these ruby lips the trembling breath , These cheeks now fading at the blast of death : Cold is that breast which warm'd the world before , And those love - darting eyes must roll no more . Thus , if eternal justice rules the ball ...
See on these ruby lips the trembling breath , These cheeks now fading at the blast of death : Cold is that breast which warm'd the world before , And those love - darting eyes must roll no more . Thus , if eternal justice rules the ball ...
Page 497
... what later bards have sung , And swains , and flocks , and fields rejoice ; But thine was Homer's ancient might , 95 Then mighty Love her charms confest , And thine victorious Pindar's flight ; And soon his vows inclin'd her breast ...
... what later bards have sung , And swains , and flocks , and fields rejoice ; But thine was Homer's ancient might , 95 Then mighty Love her charms confest , And thine victorious Pindar's flight ; And soon his vows inclin'd her breast ...
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Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms , And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child , when scaring sounds molest , Clings close and closer to the mother's breast , So the loud torrent , and the whirlwind's ...
Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms , And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child , when scaring sounds molest , Clings close and closer to the mother's breast , So the loud torrent , and the whirlwind's ...
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Contents
MATTHEW PRIOR I | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I | 15 |
Copyright | |
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appear arms bear beauty beneath breast breath charms dear death deep delight earth ev'ry eyes face fair fall fame fate fear feel fields fire give grace grave green hand happy head hear heart Heav'n hills hope hour John kind king land laws leave light live look Lord mind morn Muse Nature never night o'er once pain passion peace plain play pleasure poem poet poor Pope pow'r praise pride reason rest rise round scene seen sense shade shine side sing sleep smiles soft song soon soul sound spring stand stream sweet tears tell thee things thou thought Till true truth turn verse virtue voice waves wild winds 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 | 2 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 942 pages |
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