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Page 155
Some to the sun their insect - wings unfold , Waft on the breeze , or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms , too fine for mortal sight , Their fluid bodies half dissolv'd in light . Loose to the wind their airy garments Alew ...
Some to the sun their insect - wings unfold , Waft on the breeze , or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms , too fine for mortal sight , Their fluid bodies half dissolv'd in light . Loose to the wind their airy garments Alew ...
Page 287
Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings , And lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart , And ev'ry fur promote the fisher's art . So the gay lady , with expensive care , Borrows the pride of ...
Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings , And lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart , And ev'ry fur promote the fisher's art . So the gay lady , with expensive care , Borrows the pride of ...
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With stealthy wing , Should some rude foot their woody haunts molest , Amid a neighbouring bush they silent drop , And whirring thence , as if alarm'd , deceive Th ' unfeeling schoolboy . Hence , around the head Of wandering swain ...
With stealthy wing , Should some rude foot their woody haunts molest , Amid a neighbouring bush they silent drop , And whirring thence , as if alarm'd , deceive Th ' unfeeling schoolboy . Hence , around the head Of wandering swain ...
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Contents
Preface PAGE 111 | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I | 15 |
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appear arms beauty beneath breast breath charms court dear death deep delight earth ev'ry eyes face fair fall fame fate fear fields fire give grace green hand happy head hear heart Heav'n hill hope hour John 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 sense shade shine sing smile soft song soon soul sound spread spring strain stream sweet tears tell thee things thou thought Till toil true truth turn verse virtue voice waves wild winds wings youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century |
| Editor | Cecil Albert Moore |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 942 pages |
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