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... . Denham's Essay on Translated Verse III . Waller's Address to the Queen V ix 3 45 95 137 181 · 225 269 272 · 275 IV . The Preface to Waller's Posthumous Poems , 1690 . 278 INDEX • 285 POETRY AT THE DEATH OF SHAKESPEARE . POETRY AT THE.
... . Denham's Essay on Translated Verse III . Waller's Address to the Queen V ix 3 45 95 137 181 · 225 269 272 · 275 IV . The Preface to Waller's Posthumous Poems , 1690 . 278 INDEX • 285 POETRY AT THE DEATH OF SHAKESPEARE . POETRY AT THE.
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... verses tallied . Easy was the task : A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy . Ill - fated , impious race ! That blasphemed the bright Lyrist to his face , And did not know it , -no , they went about , Holding a poor , decrepit ...
... verses tallied . Easy was the task : A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy . Ill - fated , impious race ! That blasphemed the bright Lyrist to his face , And did not know it , -no , they went about , Holding a poor , decrepit ...
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... verses in which the sense is not concluded at the end of one line or of one couplet , but straggles on , at its own free will , until it naturally ... verse into another . " It will now be well to show the distinction between 6 Poetry at the.
... verses in which the sense is not concluded at the end of one line or of one couplet , but straggles on , at its own free will , until it naturally ... verse into another . " It will now be well to show the distinction between 6 Poetry at the.
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... verse was owned , without dispute , Through all the realms of Nonsense , absolute . This aged prince , now flourishing in peace And blest with issue of a large increase , Worn out with business , did at length debate To settle the ...
... verse was owned , without dispute , Through all the realms of Nonsense , absolute . This aged prince , now flourishing in peace And blest with issue of a large increase , Worn out with business , did at length debate To settle the ...
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... verse of ornament and arranged it in distichs , he was unconsciously doing what was simultaneously being done in the other leading nations of Europe . It will perhaps help us to understand the change in England , if we glance briefly ...
... verse of ornament and arranged it in distichs , he was unconsciously doing what was simultaneously being done in the other leading nations of Europe . It will perhaps help us to understand the change in England , if we glance briefly ...
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