The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith].1762 |
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... o'er . Moft words ending in ed , which we contract in our common discourse , may also be contracted in poetry ; as lov'd , threaten'd , exprefs'd , ador'd , abandon'd , & c . Some words admit of an elifion of their first fyllable ; as ...
... o'er . Moft words ending in ed , which we contract in our common discourse , may also be contracted in poetry ; as lov'd , threaten'd , exprefs'd , ador'd , abandon'd , & c . Some words admit of an elifion of their first fyllable ; as ...
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... o'er - hung the deeps below , He fate ; and round him caft his azure eyes , Where Ida's mifly tops confus'dly rife ; Below , fair lion's glitt'ring fpires were seen ; The crouded fhips , and fable feas between . There , from the cryftal ...
... o'er - hung the deeps below , He fate ; and round him caft his azure eyes , Where Ida's mifly tops confus'dly rife ; Below , fair lion's glitt'ring fpires were seen ; The crouded fhips , and fable feas between . There , from the cryftal ...
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... O'er the wide main extends his boundless eye , Through such a space of air , with thund'ring found , At every leap th ' immortal courfers bound . POPE . Milton's Paradife Loft is replete with thefe fublime thoughts ; among which , the ...
... O'er the wide main extends his boundless eye , Through such a space of air , with thund'ring found , At every leap th ' immortal courfers bound . POPE . Milton's Paradife Loft is replete with thefe fublime thoughts ; among which , the ...
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... o'er his breaft With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a ftarry zone his waift , and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours dipp'd in heav'n ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd ...
... o'er his breaft With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a ftarry zone his waift , and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours dipp'd in heav'n ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd ...
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... o'er the dew of yon high eaftern hill . Look , Love , what envious ftreaks Do lace the fevering clouds in yonder east . Night's tapers are burnt out , and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops . These paffages may be ...
... o'er the dew of yon high eaftern hill . Look , Love , what envious ftreaks Do lace the fevering clouds in yonder east . Night's tapers are burnt out , and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops . These paffages may be ...
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